Resolution 09-19 ''Mavs Go Green and Print in Duplex''

Authored by:

Bess Alvarez '09

Sponsored by:

Annie Liu

Date Submitted:

2009-09-15

Date Considered:

2009-10-13

Committee:

Academic Affairs

Action:

Amended and Passed in Committee 7-0-0

Result:

Amended and Passed in General Body 27-4-4

Remarks:

Whereas:

The University has recently outlined some of its “Mavericks Go Green” initiatives, one of which is waste reduction; and

Whereas:

Examples of waste reduction initiatives include UT Arlington employees switching to “paperless” earning statements and professors no longer providing paper copies of syllabi to their students (they are available online); and

Whereas:

The current default settings for documents to be printed on campus include the printing of jobs on one side per sheet of paper, also know as “single-sided.”

Be It Therefore Resolved That:

The default settings for documents to be printed be changed to print in duplex, also know as “double-sided” (to reduce waste and the current associated costs of printing jobs) on all printers that are capable of printing double-sided, while maintaining the option for single-sided printing.

Be It Further Resolved That:

the Office of Information Technology disseminate information regarding this change via emailing members of the University community.

Be It Further Resolved That:

OIT explore the option of adding a pop-up window to provide additional convenience to users.