Form or click?

For the web savvy of you...

My school's website is undergoing redesign (and thanks to those of you who checked it out and gave feedback) and I've pretty well sussed out how it's going to look and function. Except for one thing - the Contact Us section. The web designers are going for this whole series of text fields that the user has to fill in, like Name, Town, before clicking Send. I'm not sure it wouldn't be easier just to stick a link that said Click here to contact us, or something similar that would automatically open your default email program. Do people really fill out all those fields? Not sure I ever do...