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The Open Computing Facility Staff

Who are we?
OCF Staff consists of UC Berkeley student volunteers from a variety of majors, at various stages of academic ascendency at Cal. See pictures of past and present staff in our Staff Scrapbook!

What do we do?
We administer all of the OCF servers and workstations that serve our membership of over 10,000 students, faculty, and staff affiliated with UC Berkeley. Elected officers guide and coordinate major OCF activities on two fronts. The General Manager is in charge of publicity, staff care and maintenance, and laising with the ASUC. On the other side of the fence is the Site Manager, who heads up the hardware, software, and networking administration.

We have technical and non-technical positions that include helping users with questions, answering staff mail, installing and writing software, maintaining OCF information services, upgrading hardware, writing documentation for the computing center, tabling on Sproul plaza for new users, recruiting new OCF Staff members, upgrading our website, redefining our graphical image, and more.

Who's in charge of OCF?
The everyday technical working of the OCF is under the supervision of the OCF Site Manager, who is elected each semester by OCF's General Membership. The Spring 2008 Site Manager is Gregory Shuflin. The current Site Manager can always be reached at sm@ocf.berkeley.edu

Don't think that the Site Manager has total control however -- he doesn't. The General Manager is in charge of the Site Manager, other OCF Staff, and the administrative, public relations, and human resources of the OCF. The Spring 2008 General Manager is Gordon Mei You can reach the General Manager at gm@ocf.berkeley.edu.

Lastly, in a final check and balance of the previous two titles is the Board of Directors (BoD). It is under the BoD moniker that we hold Board Meetings once a week.

When are staff available?
If you have any questions, please feel free to either e-mail staff@ocf.berkeley.edu or talk to one of us in person in our lab during staff hours. Often, staff may be around during non-scheduled hours, and even at very odd hours.

How do I join staff?
Since we are all volunteers and because our current staff turns over after several years due to graduation, we are always accepting new staff members. If you are interested in contributing to the campus computing community and getting some experience that will look good on a résumé, read about how to join OCF staff. We are not elitist, but we are elite. :) That said, check where past staff have gone to work.