WHEREAS: many of the working conditions that make up teaching and non-teaching faculty jobs at the college are heavily dependent upon the IT infrastructure provided by the College;

WHEREAS: a growing number of tasks that teaching and non-teaching faculty are asked to complete require the use of computer technology provided by the College;

WHEREAS: up to date technical training is a necessity if faculty are required to use technology to perform their job duties;

WHEREAS: the root cause of many complaints and inefficiencies is the lack of any computerized record-keeping system in the human resources area that can be inspected, verified and corrected in a timely manner by faculty;

WHEREAS: past funding levels in many different IT-oriented committees including ISC, VTEA and IBG have funded only a fraction of the highest Priority 1 requests;

WHEREAS: during 2005-2006, $120,000 committed to IT projects were redirected toward deferred plant maintenance;

WHEREAS: many teaching faculty depend upon the use of classroom technology to perform their job and no funding exists for the timely replacement of stolen or broken equipment such as multimedia carts and projectors;

WHEREAS: chronic IT understaffing and under funding contributes to a culture that undervalues the mission-critical nature of all IT functions;

BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Association of Santa Monica College urges DPAC to reprioritize IT funding.

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees reprioritize IT funding and immediately address these shortcomings.