I'm here to address the questions raised at the end of the editorial "Communication Problems Abound On Campus." Why doesn't an administrator moderate the events postings? I was given two reasons, when I asked the CCC this question a month or so ago. First, the CCC employees have no time to take on the extra responsibility. Running the network is work enough. Second if you added a moderator to the list, how quickly would the events posting reach the system? If someone had to scan all those posts, when would they be cleared for release? On a daily basis, on a weekly basis, even the moderator would take away from the effectiveness of the events posting. Face it events is not coming back, but I would suggest a different solution. Get the WPI campus as a group on to the Social Web. The social web has the right structure for this type of posting system. There are organizational members with the privileges to post, and then there are regular members who get the info. Not everyone can post an event on the Social Web, only recognized organizations. This idea cuts down much of the junk posts like for sale post and the like.
Right now there is no truly passive info source on the Social Web, but with just a little work an e-mail list could be set up that broadcasts daily event announcements. Not everything events was but close. Email tbt@wpi.edu for info on this issue. I think the Social Web has a lot more potential than it is currently being used for.
Jeffrey Spaleta '97