[1266] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: What should the new card be called?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laura G Dean)
Wed Mar 20 14:09:31 2002
Message-ID: <200203201903.OAA22272@multics.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:03:33 -0500
From: Laura G Dean <lgdean@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:07:19 EST."
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On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:07:19 EST, "Josiah D. Seale" wrote:
> As the Card Office sets up the new declining balance system for area
> restaurants and campus dining, changes are happening. One of the more
> prosaic details is one of those "name" things.
1. I thought the multi-plan people were separate from the card office
itself, but whatever.
> "Beaver Bucks" ???
> "Tim Bucks" ???
> "Tech Cash" ???
2. These are all worse than "multi-plan" is. It's a plan that lets
you access multiple vendors (though, currently not many). Duh.
Also, when an alum wants an alum card, the "card office" is the place
you'd think to look up in a directory. Not "beaver bucks" (why would
i need money on the card that lets me into buildings and offices?) or
anything else.
> PS> Tech Article: http://www-tech.mit.edu/V122/N11/11card.11n.html
3. "The first goal is to implement online account management over the
summer. That way students and parents can access their accounts over
the Internet in order to check the current balance, see account
activity, and even add money to the account."
Ooh, I can now be amused by the idea of parents dealing with
Netscape's handling of certificates. :)
Laura
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