The intent is for the Ombuds to be open to any area of concern by a student, with the goals being to listen, to care, and to assist the student in identifying whatever options and support are available. This will be finalized and announced to the campus community soon. The project was initially focused on the reporting of bias incidents, but -based on a preemptive move by both some members of campus and an outside organization that feared the program would potentially infringe upon free speech -this is moving instead towards an Ombuds service. In September 2009, the university's Inclusive Excellence Council reported on this development ( PDF), mentioning FIRE's involvement: Under pressure from FIRE, Cal Poly promised that any future CARE-Net program (short for Community Advocating REspect) 'will not function to suppress controversial, offensive, or any other kind of protected speech.' The successor to CARE-Net is now a neutral ombuds office that, according to campus paper the Mustang Daily, 'will neither investigate nor exercise any authority.' Last spring, FIRE announced a victory for freedom of speech at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo when Cal Poly suspended an unconstitutional program targeting professors and students whose speech was 'biased' or not 'politically correct.' The program even planned to let students report complaints anonymously, meaning that those deemed 'politically incorrect' might never have known whom they had offended or why.

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