[UW-GIS-L] Fwd: 1-year timeout student versions of ArcGIS Desktop v. 10

kamal kamal at u.washington.edu
Thu Sep 30 09:34:40 PDT 2010


Hi Phil,
Here is the form, I did not mean to ignore it. I just returned from a long trip and trying hard to get classes started, e-mailed after reading the first few lines. I apologize for any misunderstanding.


Name: Kamal Ahmed
Department/School: UW
UW Mail Box#: 352700
Course: CEE 424: GIS for Civil Engineers
Course description: Specific applications of GIS to civil and environmental engineering
Quarter/year: Fall -2010
Number of copies of ArcGIS needed: 87
I agree to provide technical support to students to whom I distribute
student copies of ArcGIS [provide your initials]: K. A.
I agree to tell students about software use restrictions [provide your
initials]:K. A.




--Kamal Ahmed, 206/543-7613, Fax:206/543-1543, Box 352700, 121c More Hall
Civil Engineering Dept, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-2700

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Phil Hurvitz wrote:


> I could send you 87 copies if that is what you need. But you GOTTA FILL OUT

> THE FORM!

>

> -P.

>

> **************************************************************

> Phil Hurvitz, MFR | PhD Student, Urban Planning | CBE

> 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 535 | Box 354802

> University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-4802, USA

> phurvitz at u.washington.edu | http://gis.washington.edu/phurvitz

> "What is essential is invisible to the eye." -de Saint-Exupéry

> **************************************************************

>

> On 9/29/2010 3:23 PM, kamal wrote:

>> Hi Phil,

>> I was asked about this in class today and I did not know about it! Will

>> you please send me some in campus mail? My class CEE 424 GIS for civil

>> engineers is about 87 students, of course I am not ecpecting you to mail

>> me that much, but what is the limit?

>> Kamal,

>>

>>

>>

>> --Kamal Ahmed, 206/543-7613, Fax:206/543-1543, Box 352700, 121c More Hall

>> Civil Engineering Dept, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-2700

>>

>> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010, Phil Hurvitz wrote:

>>

>>> If you want to continue to order these yourself, and if that has

>>> worked in the past, feel free to continue doing that. Recently I got a

>>> few messages from ESRI that forwarded student requests, so this is

>>> just an attempt to centralize some of those requests.

>>>

>>> -P.

>>>

>>> **************************************************************

>>> Phil Hurvitz, MFR | PhD Student, Urban Planning | CBE

>>> 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 535 | Box 354802

>>> University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-4802, USA

>>> phurvitz at u.washington.edu | http://gis.washington.edu/phurvitz

>>> "What is essential is invisible to the eye." -de Saint-Exupéry

>>> **************************************************************

>>>

>>> On 9/29/2010 10:32 AM, Peter Schiess wrote:

>>>> Phil,

>>>>

>>>> In the past and also for fall quarter I always ordered/got those

>>>> freebies directly from ESRI. Are they to continue that support or

>>>> will you be the contact for the UW from here on out

>>>> p--

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Dr. Peter Schiess

>>>> Professor of Forest Engineering

>>>> School of Forest Resources

>>>> University of Washington

>>>> Box 352100

>>>> Seattle, WA 98195-2100

>>>> 206 543 1583

>>>> http://faculty.washington.edu/schiess/

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> -----Original Message-----

>>>> From: uw-gis-l-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu

>>>> [mailto:uw-gis-l-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Phil

>>>> Hurvitz

>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:00 AM

>>>> To: UW-GIS-L

>>>> Subject: [UW-GIS-L] Fwd: 1-year timeout student versions of ArcGIS

>>>> Desktop v. 10

>>>>

>>>> Oops, I neglected to add "mailstop" to the form, please use this:

>>>>

>>>> Name:

>>>> Department/School:

>>>> UW Mail Box#:

>>>> Course:

>>>> Course description:

>>>> Quarter/year:

>>>> Number of copies of ArcGIS needed:

>>>> I agree to provide technical support to students to whom I distribute

>>>> student copies of ArcGIS [provide your initials]:

>>>> I agree to tell students about software use restrictions [provide your

>>>> initials]:

>>>>

>>>> -P.

>>>>

>>>> **************************************************************

>>>> Phil Hurvitz, MFR | PhD Student, Urban Planning | CBE

>>>> 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 535 | Box 354802

>>>> University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-4802, USA

>>>> phurvitz at u.washington.edu | http://gis.washington.edu/phurvitz

>>>> "What is essential is invisible to the eye." -de Saint-Exupéry

>>>> **************************************************************

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> -------- Original Message --------

>>>> Subject: 1-year timeout student versions of ArcGIS Desktop v. 10

>>>> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:49:54 -0700

>>>> From: Phil Hurvitz<phurvitz at uw.edu>

>>>> To: UW-GIS-L<uw-gis-l at u.washington.edu>

>>>>

>>>> To: faculty of the University of Washington using ArcGIS Desktop (all

>>>> others may ignore this message):

>>>>

>>>> ESRI is trying to centralize the distribution of 1-year timeout student

>>>> versions of ArcGIS Desktop. Right now they are at v. 10 (ArcInfo run

>>>> level). I recently rec'd 500 copies of this, so if you need copies for

>>>> your students, let me know and I can drop some in campus mail. If we run

>>>> out, I'll order more.

>>>>

>>>> This is a very generous offer from ESRI as part of our statewide public

>>>> higher ed license agreement, but there are a few things you need to be

>>>> mindful of:

>>>>

>>>> Please be respectful of my time by not sending your students directly to

>>>> me (they will be ignored), and also try to make single comprehensive

>>>> requests for the entire term rather than piecemeal requests.

>>>>

>>>> When students register the software, let them know to make sure to spell

>>>> out "University of Washington" completely, otherwise the license request

>>>> has to get reviewed by a human at ESRI, which will delay licensing.

>>>>

>>>> While the software comes "free" it is not a "freebie." By distributing

>>>> the software you (or your TAs) are tacitly agreeing to provide a first

>>>> line of technical support for the installation and operation of the

>>>> software.

>>>>

>>>> The software is to be used strictly for **non-commercial** and

>>>> **academic** purposes. Students may use the software for coursework or

>>>> personal research, but may not use the software for direct financial

>>>> gain to themselves or other parties (i.e., they cannot use the software

>>>> if they are working as interns for private companies or non-profit

>>>> organizations--these entities need to have their own software licenses).

>>>>

>>>> We do have technical support from ESRI, but this is strictly limited to

>>>> "software is broken" or enhancement requests--this technical support is

>>>> **not** to answer questions about how to use ArcGIS. For support on

>>>> software use, direct your students to uw-gis-l

>>>> <http://gis.washington.edu/uw_gis_l>.

>>>>

>>>> If students do need technical support, please act as an intermediary to

>>>> make sure that the request is legitimate and meets the requirements for

>>>> creating an incident at ESRI (see

>>>> http://gis.washington.edu/esri/tech_contacts), and submit the request

>>>> yourself rather than having the students submit the request. Support

>>>> requests that are not legitimate, incomplete, or are actually software

>>>> use questions are likely to be ignored.

>>>>

>>>> If you are a student, please contact your instructor in order to have a

>>>> request made on your behalf (messages from students directly to me about

>>>> this program will be ignored).

>>>>

>>>> If you are an instructor, to make a request, please fill in this form

>>>> with your information. If you are teaching multiple courses, please fill

>>>> in a description and count for each course (this will be good feedback

>>>> for ESRI), and also give a total number of copies needed.

>>>>

>>>> Name:

>>>> Department/School:

>>>> Course:

>>>> Course description:

>>>> Quarter/year:

>>>> Number of copies of ArcGIS needed:

>>>> I agree to provide technical support to students to whom I distribute

>>>> student copies of ArcGIS [provide your initials]:

>>>> I agree to tell students about software use restrictions [provide your

>>>> initials]:

>>>>

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