Stanford Residential Computing: About Residential Computing

About Residential Computing: History: 1995-1996 Budget

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	Expenditures	Funding Sources
		Room Rents	Revenue
RCCs	$186,549.00	$126,549.00	$60,000 (3)
RCC Salaries (2)	$161,068.00
Selection	$2,120.00
Board, Food, EM&S	$23,361.00
Hardware	$263,190.00	$255,190.00	$8,000.00 (4)
Student Salaries (2)	$37,758.00
Replacement	$157,976.00 (5)
Service Upgrades	$27,000.00
Maintenance	$40,456.00
Software & Development	$46,889.00	$46,889.00
Res Comp Admin	$14,414.00	$14,414.00
Printing	$20,000.00		$20,000.00 (4)
TOTAL	$531,042.00	$443,042.00	$88,000.00

(1) This budget spreadsheet does not include salaries for 3 FTE exempt and 1 FTE non-exempt central support staff. It does, however, include all student staff salaries associated with the program.

(2) All student salaries include 26% benefits rate.

(3) RCC compensation is supplemented by a $30 in room ethernet activation fee. This year we expect $60,000 in revenue from this fee.

(4) Students are charged 5 cents per page to print on cluster laser printers. We expect to take in $26,000 in revenue for this printing. Of this, $20,000 goes directly towards cost recovery of printing supplies and $6,000 supplements the hardware maintenance budget. An additional $2,000 is allocated towards hardware purchases from the Hurd fund.

(5) Funds for replacing cluster equipment on a three-year cycle are borrowed from Housing and Dining Services reserves and paid back over time. This value ($157,976) represents this year's payment on the current loan. 1995/96 is still a "ramp-up" year with respect to this funding. The total yearly budget base amount for this line item is scheduled to increase to $231,000 over the next two years.

Staff

3.0 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) exempt admin and technical
1.0 FTE non-exempt office manager
1.75 FTE student tech support
51 Resident Computer Coordinators (RCCs)
Other students as required for special projects

Configuration

Hall Clusters - 32 Locations

1 RCC in each location.
5 to 12 computers per cluster.
Macintosh Centris 610, Quadra, PowerMac 7100 computers.
High quality laser printing charged on a per page basis.
Scanner with OCR software.
VideoSpigot card in Quadra with multimedia software.
CD ROM drive installed in at least one computer in each cluster.
All clusters connected to Stanford University Network (SUNet).

Row Clusters - 39 locations (small houses)

1 unpaid Computer Manager in each house.
6 Resident Computer Coordinators support Computer Managers.
2 Computers per cluster.
1 Macintosh Centris 610 and 1 PowerMac 7100.
Apple Personal LaserWriter NTR charged however house chooses.
All clusters connected to SUNet.

Total Clusters

Over 350 computers in 71 locations serving about 9,000 residents. (Stanford houses over 94% of its undergraduates and 40% of its graduates).

In-room connections

Available to ~8000 students with plans to expand to all 9,000 in three years. Mix of PhoneNet, Thin Ethernet and 10baseT -- Migrating to 10baseT.

Resident Computer Coordinators

House staff members (along with RAs, Head AAs, TAs etc.) who manage computer clusters, provide computer-based education, consult with residents on any and all computer related problems. RCCs also teach the CS1c "Introduction to Micro Computing" course in each house. RCCs have become the primary campus consulting resource for Stanford's housed undergraduates. Our reliance on these expert students is the key to the efficiency and effectiveness of the program. A listing of the current Stanford Resident Computer Coordinators (RCC's) is given in the RCC Directory. There is also a detailed job description.