G-Day is Wednesday , October 17, 2012
What happens on G-Day? - This is the day Casper College Gmail goes live. All user email, calendar, contact management and instant messaging should now be done in Google Apps. caspercollege.edu email will no longer be delivered to your GroupWise Mailbox but instead to your Gmail Inbox.
Gmail Migration Timeline / Graphical - Click Here to see the graphical timeline in a new tab. Text version way below.
Gmail Migration Timeline / Text - all dates are during 2012
Events:
* 09/26: GroupWise Data Migration Phase 1 Begins - GroupWise data migration phase 1 begins, unknown duration but planning for two weeks. Your GroupWise message, calendar and contacts data from prior to 9/1/2012 will be migrated to your Casper College Gmail account.
* 10/15: GroupWise Data Migration Phase 2 Begins / Fall Break, Oct 15 & 16 - GroupWise data migration phase 2 begins and should be done by G-day. During this time, your GroupWise message, calendar and contacts data since 9/1/2012 will be migrated to your Casper College Gmail account. Messages from outside the college will no longer be delivered to your GroupWise Mailbox but instead to your Gmail Inbox. GroupWise should no longer be used except for message retrieval but will remain available for a limited time after G-Day.
* 10/17: G-Day - This is the day Casper College Gmail goes live. All user email, calendar, contact management and instant messaging should now be done in Gmail.
* 11/14: Decommission of GroupWise system - The GroupWise system will no longer be available.
Timespans:
* 08/01 to 10/12: Information Releases - During this period, there may be information releases pertanent to the migration. These releases will be sent via email or announcements on this web site.
* 08/01 to 11/20: Gmail Training - During this period, there will be Gmail training opportunities.
* 09/04 to 09/24: Un-Archive Period - During this period, you should be unarchiving any messages from your GroupWise Archives that you wish to have migrated to Gmail.