To:	Members of the Classroom Facilities Review Committee<br>
From:	Al Filreis<p>

At the end of our last meeting Ben Goldstein raised <h2>a series of 
questions</h2> 
he hoped we would consider during our discussions this year. These are in 
fact many of the same questions we have been asking for quite some time. I 
deem it very important that we begin systematically to answer them as best 
we can.<p>

Several of these question are answerable now. But simply answering them 
would be a good exercise for the committee, since we all need to be 
informed about this process.
<p><ul>
<li>1. What is the full (including hidden) costs of putting technology in 
classrooms?
<li>
2. What is the level and rate of actual use of the technology in classrooms?

<li>3. What systems are set up to provide support for faculty willing to use 
the technology?

<li>4. What standards for technology are being used? (Do we need standards?)

<li>5. What are the standards for the design of installed technology?

<li>6. What is the degree of "robustness" of the technology we're installing?

<li>7. What sort of support for classroom technology are we providing/are we 
prepared to provide after hours and on weekends? Even if we want to provide 
such, can we do it? ("We" being Penn School and/or central computing 
organizations.)

<li>8. Who pays for upgrades/changes in technology in university classrooms? 
How can the committee exercise muscle for prompt completion of projects?