Minutes
University Technology Committee
June 5, 1995

Members Present:                   Technology Task Force Members Present:

     Dale Clifford                      Kathy Hughes
     Richard Crosby                     Steve Lyon     
     Andrew Farkas                      Rick Powell
     Katherine Kasten                   Marjory Templeton
     Joshua Kuethe                 
     Marcelle Lovett               Others Present:
     Daniel McCarthy                    
     Bill Wilson                        Lance Taylor
     Charles Winton                     

The meeting was called to order at 10:35a.m. by Chairperson Richard Crosby.

1. Approval of Minutes

   The Minutes from the meeting of May 22 1995, were approved as submitted.

   Announcements

   a. Chairperson Crosby announced that both Marcelle Lovett and Bill Slaughter had accepted their appointments to the UTC. Dr. Lovett reported that she would give an update on Distance Learning in the near future to the UTC.
   

   b. Chairperson Crosby announced that the July 3, 1995, meeting of the UTC will be canceled.
   

   c. The Committee agreed to tour all lab facilities in Building 15, College-specific labs, the Distance Learning Center/Radio Station, and the CIRT. Chairperson Crosby will set this up.
   

2. DEC Alpha Purchase

   Chairperson Crosby announced that the Budget Committee has allocated $250,000 to replace the UNIX environment. Rick Powell reported that meetings were held with the CIS faculty and a new complex has been configured as follows:

   1. One DEC Alpha - general purpose academic server
   2. One DEC Alpha - instructional data base server
   3. One DEC Alpha - institutional/administrative data base server

   Lance Taylor will provide a one-page summary of the above to be distributed to the Committee.

   Lance Taylor has met with an outside vendor who has provided a proposal on a needs assessment/requirements survey (Phase I) for the institutional data base project. The cost for Phase I is $75,000 and Lance will provide a copy of the proposal to the committee. He will also generate a list of key personnel in the University to participate in the needs assessment portion of the proposal.

3. Budget

   Lance Taylor handed out a Computing Services Expenditure Summary for 1994-95. It was requested that he put together a strawperson budget for next fiscal year (including staff salary information and request for off-the-top monies) and present this at the next UTC meeting.

4. Faculty Request List

   A "Specific Lab Requests" list was handed out and discussed. The following were listed as priority items:

             1.   2 LCD Panels for Lab Classrooms         $ 7,000
             2.   2 High Lumen Overhead Projectors          1,000
             3.   4 Dot Matrix Printers                     1,272
                  2 486 Workstations (for driving HP's)     3,600
             4.   1 Hewlett Packard Scanner                   883
             5.   50 Additional Lotus network licenses      3,500
             6.   2 10-packs-Harvard Graphics for Windows   1,200
                                      TOTAL               $18,455
   

   Richard Crosby will ask Alan Johns to fund the $10,503 request for the second floor Mac Lab.

5. Computer Donation

   Bruce Kavan reported that Dun & Bradstreet wanted to donate an older computer to UNF. Due to budget constraints and the university's move to client/server technology, the Committee recommended that the offer be declined.

6. College-Specific Computer Labs

   Bill Wilson raised a concern regarding outside donors for College-specific labs. The issue is regarding the donor's request (in the contract) that the labs be restricted for specific use (although UNF is furnishing rooms, computer support, etc. Bill Wilson will get a copy of the Nursing Lab contract for the UTC to review.

7. Telephone Systems Schedule

   This item was postponed until the next meeting.

8. Senate Bill 2330

   An overview of Senate Bill 2330 prepared by Shawn Brayton & Keith Hufford was handed out. Lance Taylor requested that the UTC review this document and E-MAIL any comments to him. Bill Wilson stated that the BOR had prepared an analysis and timeline and he will present this at the next meeting.

9. Internet

   This item was postponed until the next meeting.

10. Status Reports:
    1. Chargebacks Lance Taylor has established a Chargeback Task Force with the following members: Bob Cocanougher, Frank McLaughlin, Mike Smith, Susan Wallace, Bob Jones, Josh Kuethe, Larry Davis and a College of Health representative to be named later. Bill Wilson will serve as a resource person for this task force.
    2. IPA Lance Taylor has prepared the IPA and it is currently being reviewed by Richard Crosby & Linda Anderson.
    3. UTC Web Pages Kathy Hughes handed out a copy of UNFWeb. She stated that the UTC minutes & agendas will show up here.
    4. CIRT CIRT is located in Founders Hall/Room 1206 with equipment loaned by IBM and Lexmark. They are now looking for a donor for software. Marjory Templeton is the staff person for the center. An Open House will be held in the Fall.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m.