Architecture Group
Computing Services
Carnegie Mellon University

Document revision: 0.5 - 07/08/2003
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/arch/

1.0 Introduction

The Architecture Group is chartered to provide information technology guidance in Computing Services and, in turn, the entire university. This work is tightly related to Technology Integration.

The architects are expected to be involved or aware of all efforts in their specific areas so that they may share this information with each other and thereby providing recommendations and opinions with the best understanding of the overall situation.

Items of interest may include:

• Technical Information Papers
  
• Architecture Opinions
  
• Position papers
  
• Processes and Procedures
  
• Other administrative overhead

The following bboards will be used by the Architecture Group:

• org.acs.architecture - Internal bboard for communication and tracking.

• org.acs.architecture.clippings - Divisionally readable 'news' bboard. These are things that come up that we believe have some impact on the big picture. Items posted here should not be viewed as endorsement of the technology unless explicitly stated. We encourage people to subscribe and read this bboard.

• org.acs.architecture.notes - Divisionally readable bboard where we post the meetings minutes and notes. "Sensitive" data may be removed from the meeting notes but it is likely that most notes are posted near verbatim. We encourage people to subscribe and read this bboard.

  The notes bboard will contain the meeting notes from the architecture group. It is a mechanism by which members of the division can see what topics are being discussed and some of the general thoughts.

  This bboard acts as a supplement to the position papers and other documents produced by the Architecture Group. It should be realized that the notes posted may not reflect "final" decisions or may reflect temporary ambivalence will be replaced later by a decision. This will be a weak mechanism to track or reference decisions.

2.0 Membership

• Mark Poepping - our fearless leader.
• Mary L. Pretz-Lawson - Discovery
• Karen Van Dusen - User Architect.
• Walter Wong - Systems Architect. Walter is also responsible for the representation of machine room and internal operations in this space.
• Russell Yount - Network Architect. Russell is also responsible for the representation of Instructional Technology in this space.

Administrative Overhead