For Staff and Administrators:

Sorry, but I can’t resist an analogy to the movie last night on ABC. Those of
you who have been taking a passive approach to IRIS training, you are in for
the ultimate wake up call.  That “asteroid” is going to land dead center on
your desk on July 1, and heaven help you if you have not been reviewing the
training materials you received in class and practicing on your own.  The
transition will be a rocky ride even for those who have been doing their
homework and feel comfortable navigating the IRIS system.  But (it’s a big
one), there are no “Bruce Willis” type characters out there to save us from
IRIS.  We are basically on our own.  However, like the movie, there is a team
of fellow employees (IRIS trainers), performing heroic deeds in order to you
provide support and training in IRIS.  I’m not exaggerating; you would also be
impressed if you saw the excrement (the original training materials from
Knoxville) that they have to work with.  But there is no time to moan and
complain about that.  Fixes must be made on the fly because they are working
against an ever-ticking clock in order to provide you the best training
possible under the circumstances.  But the training classes cannot do it all.
You must do you part and practice at your desk.  NOW!

Also like the movie, I believe there will be a happy ending. Once we get
though this transition, we will all like the efficiencies offered by IRIS.
We’ll even save a few trees to make Tom Kunesh (and myself) happy.