UCCSC - What People Thought

What People Thought

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1.	Name and Campus Affiliation:
	Although not every respondent chose to answer this optional question, most of the attendees who participated in the evaluation process were from UCLA. Numbers of those who acknowledged their campus affiliation on the evaluation form are listed below for each campus. UCLA - 26 USCS- 6 UCI - 5 UCD - 4 UCSB - 4 UCSD - 5 UCR - 1 UCB - 6

2.	Was this your first UCCSC Conference?
	The people who filled out the evaluation form were pretty evenly split between first-time attendees of the conference and non-first time attendees, as the numbers below illustrate. Yes - 35 No - 36

3.	Did you find the campus reports beneficial?
	Most of those who answered this question said that they did find the campus reports beneficial (66%), though a significant group (39%) of the respondees said they either did not attend the campus reports or found them unhelpful or only somewhat helpful. Yes - 43 No - 5 Didn't go - 3 Somewhat - 12 Not really - 2 Should be shorter - 1

4.	Should the campus reports be shortened to 10 minutes?
	Reactions of those participating in the survey were mixed on this answer also, but the majority of the respondees indicated that the campus reports should be shortened. Several people felt the reports should be 10 to 15 min. max, but one person suggested that they could be as short as 5 minutes if handouts were provided. A few others suggested that reports could be posted to the web and the campus report could then emphasize highlights. Yes - 37 No - 22 Depends on speaker - 1 Yes - 10 to 15 min. - 1 Yes - 5 minutes - 1

5.	How would you rate the overall technical proficiency of the speakers?
	Most people felt the overall technical proficiency of the speakers was quite good. Excellent - 27 Good - 39 Fair - 1 Poor - 1

6.	Which presentation did you find the most interesting and informative?
	This is impossible to summarize. People voted for many of the presentations and the range of responses was impressive. Responses are listed below. All of them were interesting Energy Providing handhelds - Jamie Sonsini UCLA TFT Presentation Data Warehousing @ UC Davis - Caroline West et al Accessible web sites - Patrick Burke Power Conservation Not one stood out overall-all good MYUCLA Implementing Windows 2K at UCB ISIS Bill Jepson's closing and the Visualization Portal Implementation of W2k at Berkeley All that I went to seem equally interesting and informative Security for NT/200; Security your network; Sponge SAN on TFT by Tito Network Security Active Directory implementations (UCB and UCD) Wireless LANs at UC Davis Campus Record My UCLA/ GradeBook IT Staffing Undergraduate Computing Needs Jim Davis All had good value Security They were all very well done Blackberry Joan's Classweb NT Security UCLA GradeBook Deployment of W2K NT 2000 Security TIE-San at UCLA, TFT, and campus reports Creating and Supporting Adaptive Technology Services Jim Davis GradeBook Campus Directory, Blackberry, Wireless Devices MYUCLA SAN UCI MYUCLA Several: MYUCLA, Bill Jepson, Multiterabyte SAN Sonsia: Handhelds Liked both Virtual Reference Desk and Virtual LA 7/10 2-3 pm Network Security Several: MYUCLA, Bill Jepson, Multiterabyte SAN Implementation of San MYUCLA and GradeBook Energy saving in computing and Bill Jepson's special visualization presentation I like MYUCLA. It looks like what a portal really should offer Email Postmaster Virtual UCLA/LA UC Irvine-Eqp't Mgmt. UCSD's Sponge help ticket program UCLA Theater Arts-Storage Area Network Classroom Computer Setup SMIL Ed Sakabu and Jimmy Suo presentation (UCLA - ATS staff)

7.	Was the overall conference well-organized and run on time?
	Conference attendees unanimously agreed that the conference was well-organized and run on time. Yes - 65 No - no responses in this category

8.	How did you like the 30-minute presentation format? Should that format be kept in the future, or do you prefer one-hour presentations?
	The majority of the respondents said that they liked the 30-minute presentations but a number of them said that they felt that some presentations warranted a 45-minute or 60-minute time slot. Like 30 minutes - 33 Like 45 minutes - 4 Like 30, have some 60 minute - 15 Like 30 to 45 minutes - 2 Like 60 minutes - 8 Want longer presentations - 30 minutes too short - 5 Like 45 minute to 1 hour - 1 Depends on the topic - 1

9.	Should vendors be allowed to participate in the UCCSC Conference in the future?
	Overall, responses tilted in the direction of NOT allowing vendors to participate in future conferences. However, the vote was almost an even draw when a few additional qualifying "yes" votes are added in - i.e., those who say that the participation should be allowed on a limited, specific use basis. Yes - 25 No - 32 Maybe - 3 Limited - 2 Only if specific - 3

10.	Did you like the virtual tours and the tours of the Visualization Portal, the Disabilities and Computing Lab and the UCLA campus?
	The majority of the respondents indicated that they liked the various tours that were arranged for the conference. Yes - 33 No - 12 Fair - 1

11.	How would you rate the Sunday night barbecue and the Monday night dinner?
	Most of the respondents appeared to like the Sunday night barbecue and the Monday night dinner. However, the total number of positive responses (89%) for the Sunday night barbecue dinner was slightly greater than the total number of positive responses for the Monday night dinner (79%), and the number of poor/fair responses was higher for the Monday night dinner (10%) than for the Sunday night dinner (7%). Sunday night Barbecue: Excellent - 32 Good - 23 Poor/Fair - 4 N/A - 3 Monday night dinner: Excellent - 32 Good - 17 Poor - 4 Fair - 6 N/A - 3

12.	If you could only make one suggestion for future conferences, what would it be?
	There was such a variety of suggestions that they are all listed below, so a better idea of the range of ideas can be understood: Allow time for questions and avoid presentation of what can be put in an outline. In other words, make the presentations more interactive. Get more faculty to come. Thank you. 1. Get the program out early with good abstracts. 2. Let people indicate what session they plan to attend (so that schedule conflicts can be minimized), 3. Make name on badge larger, 4. Include dept/school name on badge. I would like to see some panel discussion sessions. For instance, a wireless panel with people who have implemented wireless at each of the UC's. More conversation, fewer lectures. Coffee in AM session not just water! 40 minutes conference time instead of 30 Cut down the opening keynote talk to one. Two talks was too much (e.g. too long) · Nice Job! Add one more day to the total so we have more time for more presentations. Would have been nice to have address of Covel Commons for transportation (super shuttle) and map Some presentation should be 30 min. Others should be 1 hr. Email me when registration opens for next years I like what I saw for my first conference. Have "sig not" for badges, self selected indications of affinity and/or BOF sessions at lunch or after dinner for special topic discussion. Bring back the lunch breakout groups. More parties, less work More distraction between technical and non-technical sessions. No dorm food Make it Sunday thru Wednesday. Longer-You need 2 full days then third day for closure More variety of sessions, more technical Maintain the standards set by this conference and keep improving More distinction between non-technical and technical presentations. · More 30-minute sessions even if the number of tickets need to be reduced. There were more cool things this time. Have more conferences at UCLA Sessions at 50 mins. With 10 min breaks. 802.11b networking in conference areas. 2 days of sessions, not just 2 ½ days The list of presentation (green list in this packet) should have a brief synopsis (or at least a few words) about topic. Some title are obscure; always at a computer when deciding to attend. Make the website better. There was very little info: re scheduling and actual content of presentations ahead of time. Less conflicting presentations Can't think of one. This was perhaps the best run, most convenient (lodging and dining proximity) of these attended to date. Do some sessions with reps. from each campus on: Directory, Portal Development, NBA issues, HR systems, Control Authentication. I would have liked more free time to tour the campus. Overall wonderful job Add another day Food breaks were exactly right, don't change the timing. Just a thought-could we ask participant what they want to learn and hear about rather then have it driven by the topic selected of people who are willing to be presenters? More of an editorial function to shape the program-balancing details vs. overview sessions, ensuring continuity between sessions ensuring coverage of topics vital to I.T at UC. Drop late fee. It prevented several coworkers from signing up. We should have vendors that are related with presentations come. All presentations should be PowerPoint and made available on the web "Birds of a feather" tables at lunch Make all visual available on the web Invite the speaker on Energy Conservation to come again and repeat the presentation Computer at the registration table (request from Joanne) Leave room for "Birds of Feather" sessions Have campus reports posted to the web before the conference starts. Give the campus reporters 10 min. to go into a little depth on 1-3 issues. Also, tell the presenters well in advance what presentation tools are available. P.S. I was the campus presenter for Irvine. Really appreciated time for campus tours/long lunches When you have a blind person presenting, have you're A-V people set the speaker to the side so not in projector's light-that is very distracting-to have the window task bar on his face. More detailed abstracts of talk so you can better pre-plan what to go to. It's ok to put the abstract on the website. Infrastructure support for the presenters appeared to be excellent. Use a web form for this survey. Location with clocks · BOFs Encourage presenters to provide handouts especially of PowerPoint presentations Have a description of the seminars in the package.

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