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<p class=MsoNormal>I would like to thank everyone for a great meeting! I really
came away feeling more confident that the relationship with consortium members SWOSU
and OCU and the D2L instance hosted by OneNet is best for Rose State College
and its users. We have strength in our consortium to support one another. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I would like to thank the staff at OneNet for the excellent
preparations to provide valuable and reassuring information at our meeting.
More importantly, I would like to thank OneNet for the diligence and care with
which they manage and maintain our D2L instance to keep it running as smoothly as
possible. I think the plans and progress we have made incrementally over the
years, just moved into warp drive today. I think D2L may actually be contacting
OneNet in a few months for steps to improve their own hosting services. :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Our plans to slow the pace of upgrades will allow our users
time to digest features and feel more stability in the platform. Using the
planned outage in January to upgrade our server O.S. is brilliant, Frank. I
hope we can do that when you learn the details of what is involved. I believe
we have a better picture of how our D2L instance operates and how we can
communicate issues more efficiently. OneNet’s steps to monitor the server
and the planned notification system will put my mind at ease that the correct
people will be notified quickly at OneNet and member schools when there is a
problem.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For those interested in going to FUSION, the web address is <a
href="http://www.desire2learn.com/fusion/">http://www.desire2learn.com/fusion/</a>.
I suggest reserving a room in the conference hotel now with a credit card. The
block of rooms will sell out quickly. Perhaps at our next meeting, as of yet
unscheduled, we might be ready for more of an idea sharing and discussion about
guidelines to lighten the load on our server. We tentatively said we would meet
sometime in March.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Blessings,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Chris<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#365F91'>Chris Meyer</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:gray'>| Dean, Learning Resources Center | Rose State College | </span><a
href="http://www.rose.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#365F91'>www.rose.edu</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'> <br>
6420 S.E. 15<sup>th</sup> St. | Midwest City, OK 73110-2799 | v: 405.733.7913 |
f: 405.733.7567 | e: </span><a href="mailto:cmeyer@rose.edu"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#365F91'>cmeyer@rose.edu</span></a><span
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