Assume that your college president has received many student complaints about campus parking problems. You are appointed to chair a student committee organized to investigate the problems and recommend solutions. The president gives you a file labeled "Parking:
Complaints from Students," and you jot down the essence of the complaints as you inspect the contents.
Your notes look like this:
■ Inadequate student spaces at critical hours
■ Poor night lighting near the computer center
■ Inadequate attempts to keep resident neighbors from occupying spaces
■ Dim marking lines
■ Motorcycles taking up full spaces
■ Discourteous security officers
■ Spaces (usually empty) reserved for college officials
■ Relatively high parking fees
■ Full fees charged to night students even though they use the lots only during low-demand periods
■ Vandalism to cars and a sense of personal danger
■ Inadequate total space
■ Harassment of students parking on the street in front of neighboring house
Now prepare an outline for an informational report to be submitted to committee members. Use a topical organization for your report that categorizes this information.