NERSC 1998 User Survey Results

Question 18. Do you feel you are adequately informed about NERSC changes?

Yes 94, No 21

If not, why not?

I don't usually know if there has been a system change that is not listed on the message of the day.
I don't log in very often
Don't login much, didn't know about the website.
If I don't log into the system some time or check the web, I usually miss some announcements
Because I rely only on log-in messages. I don't have a lot of extra time to check websites frequently for messages.
I miss the Buffer - the Web is not a complete replacement.
I ought to check your NERSC news regularly
I don't check the what's new or change pages regularly.
I don't check the website very frequently and notices via email don't appear very often.
Sometimes I don't know about changes until after they occur.
I did not know that the NQS script format has changed until I accidentally found that.
I've had problems with my email and didn't realize free time on Pierre was over, thus overrunning my allocation.
I am mostly logged in on one of the workstations around the lab, since I can't make use of the CRAYs I am seldom logged in there. However, news are posted only there. In addition it would be nice to send a reminder each time even though it's a scheduled maintenance at least to PDSF, which is a part of NERSC, right? This is mainly related to HPSS.