You are invited to weigh in on our weekly poll as well as past polls. This is an opportunity to take a stand on issues related to the conference—and see how your fellow participants feel. A new polling question will be posted each week.

Current poll

Alumni
Is it part of Harvard's mission to enable its alumni to work together on
campaigns using digital resources?
Current results:
 

Past polls (still open for votes)
Poll results updated Nov. 7, 2002

Technology and Change
Would you favor requiring all campus webmasters to meet on a monthly basis to ensure greater consistency of message and medium?
Current results: YES 73%, NO 27%
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Harvard's Networks: Secure yet Open?
Should Harvard emphasize security or openness in its technology architecture?
Current results: OPENNESS 78%, SECURITY 22%
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Harvard's Role in the World
Do we have a moral obligation to make use of Internet technologies to share our resources (for instance, our knowledge of how to fight disease) with the rest of the world?
Current results: YES 96%, NO 4%
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Online Collaboration
Should the Harvard libraries abandon their aspirations to acquire comprehensive collections of materials and instead specialize in certain areas, relying on links to the digital collection of other libraries for materials not housed here?
Current results: YES 45%, NO 55%
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Harvard's Online Mission
Should digital video of Harvard courses be made available to the general public?
Current results: YES 68%, NO 32%
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For-Profit Partnerships
Should Harvard professors pursue for-profit ventures while teaching?
Current results: YES 59%, NO 41%
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