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February 15, 1982

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TO:: ALL COLLEGE PERSONNEL
FROM: BILL DAY

SYSTEMS & COMPUTING -
NEXT 3-12 MONTHS

PLANS FOR THE

At a recent Management Committee meet-
ing, Marsh Price, Manager of Systems
and Computing, reported on his pro-
posed activities over the next 8-12
months.

In the belief that his report will
be of interest to all of us, I am
printing it in the Mad Hatter. If
you have any questions, please see
Marsh when he returns from vacation
on February 22nd, or direct them to
any member of Management Committee.

REPORT TO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FROM: MARSH PRICE, MANAGER, SYSTEMS
AND COMPUTING

I have officially taken up residence
at the McBride Site, in the 700 Build-
ing, and can be reached at local 252.
My direct involvement with Kwantlen
College will be reduced gradually over
the next two months as Kwantlen has
hired a replacement for the position
who will begin duties February 15,
1982. I intend to keep all system's
oriented lines of communications as
"open" as possible as there are many
areas of common concern. Co-opera-
tion will benefit both institutions.

The Systems and Computing role may
be viewed primarily as one of admin-
istrative support. However, I feel
I can contribute much toward the
College as a whole. Care must be
taken to ensure that no interference
is put in the way of the process of
instruction. The College must, on
the other hand, be ensured of good
value for its computer hardware and
software dollars. This is especially
true of the micro-computer and Word

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Processing areas. In the next |
few months I intend to pursue
the following topics:

1. A Computer Equipment Standards
Policy with particular bias
toward commonality of equipment
types. This will be done in
conjunction with Purchasing.

2. A survey of computer related
needs for each division or
department. There should be a
well articulated curriculum
statement accompanying any equip-
ment request and/or a cost/ben-
efit statement. Hardware and/
or software can then be recom
mended which will best satisfy
the proposed use. In other
words, the need/use must be
measured before the equipment is
chosen.

3. The Computer/Data Processing
User Group of the Project Devel-
opment Committee will be used as
a vehicle to make a recommenda-
tion with regard to a central
"mainframe" computer for the
new building. This group has a
target date of April 30, 1982
to table a recommendation with.
the PDC.

In addition to the major topics men-
tioned above, there are a number of
developments underway conceming com .
puter usage by the College:

- The past couple of years have
brought to the College demands for
more information from the Ministry .
of Education. To meet that demand |
an accounting code structure called |
PACS was adopted by all B.C. col- i
leges to provide for uniform cost- |
ing of expenses.

- The Ministry also designated, for |
administrative functions, two com |
puter "streams"; IBM and DEC, along |

with most other B.C. Colleges.