Greetings,
As promised at CAUT Council, I am sending the first of several PowerPoint presentations that we hope will be helpful in discussions with your members.
The attached presentation presents key concerns with Google contracts to take over the university or college’s email service. The essential elements of all Google contracts are the same, regardless of university or college. This presentation highlights our concerns and why we encourage all associations to do everything in their power to stop academic staff email from being contract to Google or Microsoft. Steps include (1) determining if your administration is considering contracting out email services to Google, Microsoft or another cloud provider; (2) if so, insisting that there be a broad consultation with academic staff arranged jointly between the administration and your association, (3) bringing the concerns we discussed at Council to the attention of your membership. We hope the attached PowerPoint will be useful in #3 and would be pleased to provide more extensive assistance to your association.
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Please let me know if you have any questions or if CAUT can help in any way on this matter.
Sincerely,
Jim
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