Dick Gruetzemacher wrote:
> ... We are notifying all
> departments through Raven and campus mail that this date is
> incorrect.   The return deadline will again (as in past years) be the end
> of the second week of November (Friday November 15, 2002).

Thanks, Dick, for taking care of this.

> Over the years we have received numerous requests from faculty to report
> results of the student ratings before the end of the fall semester.

I think reporting the results that soon would be nice, but certainly not
necessary.  Having more meaningful results to report is to me a higher
priority than getting less meaningful results sooner.  I do commend
Janice Whitehead on her efforts to streamline the processing!

>  We had also intended to ask that packets be returned
> one week earlier (by November 8).  Somehow, the incorrect Halloween
> deadline date crept into the memo!

So it was partly (one week) intentional and partly a mistake.  Anyway, I
am glad the mistake has been corrected and the date has been restored to
November 15th.  If anything I would move it later rather than earlier,
but mid-November at least covers all but the last two weeks or so.

> We will still make every effort to report the results to
> departments before the holiday begins.

Good luck, but if that doesn't happen I think most of us can hold our
breath until January :)  Thanks again for your prompt attention to this
matter!

Joe Dumas