Resolution 71

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

An act TO Encourage NC State’s Information Technology department to increase space in students’ unity accounts and to outsource university email services to Provide more efficient services

Short Title: Information Technology Renewal Act (Public)

Sponsored by: Senator Webb (corresponding) [additional sponsors sought]

First Reading: March 12, 2008 Version Date: January 9, 2008

Referred to: University Affairs Committee

WHEREAS, students currently have a maximum of two hundred megabytes (MB) of “AFS”

space available to them for web space and for use as an “extra drive” ;and,

WHEREAS, students have one hundred ninety four MB of space maximum for use on

“roaming profiles”, for use on computers in Unity and college based labs; and,

WHEREAS, students have a maximum of one hundred forty-four MB of space to use for

email space available; and,

WHEREAS, this space cannot exceed three hundred fifty MB aggregate; and,

WHEREAS, additional space can be purchased for a minimum charge of $21.80 for the first

year, and a minimum charge of $11.80 every year afterwards; and,

WHEREAS, for many students, the default amount of storage is plenty of space, but for others it is lacking, presenting the need for additional storage to be procured; and,

WHEREAS, given the lowering costs of storage of the recent decade, adding additional space

has become cheaper every year; and,

WHEREAS, NC State Information Technology Division has looked at a multitude of options to

increase space, including time-based storage, which moves data to slower and cheaper options as data in personal space ages, saving money and increasing storage; and,

RESOLVED, that the North Carolina Student Senate encourages NC State’s Information Technology Division to find ways, including tiered storage, to increase the amount of space available to students, faculty and staff.