MINUTES
UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 8, 1999

                                
Members Present:                        Others Present:
Richard Crosby, Chairperson             Jim Collom
Zella Boulware                     	Barbara Cox
Stuart Chalk                       	Kathy Hughes
Doug Covey                              Bob Jones
Andrew Farkas                      	Everett Malcolm
Dennis Gay                              Scott Runnion
Jeff Jefferies
Jeff Michelman                                         
Donna Mohr
Susan Wallace
Bill Wilson

1. Minutes

   The January 25, 1999 Minutes have been posted to the web page.

2. Announcements

   Chairperson Crosby introduced George (Jeff) Jefferies as a new student member of the UTC.

3. Internet Connectivity

   Chairperson Crosby introduced Jim Collom from Sponsored Research to discuss Internet connectivity. Mr. Collom stated that there are external funding opportunities which smaller institutions (such as UNF)could apply for. He thought that the UTC could serve as a mechanism for faculty or others to bring forward proposals for these types of funding proposals. It was also suggested that the Faculty Association's Academic Technology and Support Services Committee be a group who could solicit faculty input on this. Dennis Gay will present this to the next meeting, which is scheduled for Wednesday, February 10th, and bring information back to the next UTC meeting. Mr. Collom will also research available funding amounts and deadlines and bring this back to the next UTC meeting. Kathy Hughes & Lance Taylor will provide information on the cost of Internet 2 and Florida Net at the next UTC meeting. Chairperson Crosby also asked that each member of the UTC pass this information on to their colleagues.

4. Technology Planning & Budgeting Process

   Because Joann Campbell was not in attendance, Chairperson Crosby stated that they would provide the budget update at the next meeting.

5. UTC Review of Action Team Final Report: Web Course Development Tools
   (Chair: Henry Thomas; Liaison: Kathy Hughes)

   Kathy Hughes stated that she is working with Henry Thomas and Alistair Boudreaux to develop a more formal budget on WebCT which will be presented at the next UTC meeting. Chairperson Crosby stated that he had met with Royal VanHorn, Bruce Kavan, Bill Wilson, Lance Taylor and Kathy Hughes on Lotus Notes. Following a discussion on both WebCT and Lotus Notes, it was determined that Zella Boulware would poll her CIRT students and other faculty for their opinion on WebCT and Bill Wilson will ask Marjory Templeton on her experience with it. It was also requested that the Associate Deans discuss this at their February 15th meeting. There was also discussion that a budget needs to be developed as soon as possible in order to be able to request annual funding at the appropriate time.

6. UTC Review of Action Team Final Report: Classroom Technology Policies & Procedures
   (Chair: Tom Serwatka; Liaison: Kathy Hughes)

   Kathy Hughes reported that she has looked at the budget for this and will present a proposal for funding from the 7% Tuition Increase at the next meeting (in consultation with students, C-Techs, Help Desk, Associate Deans and the Faculty Association's Academic Technology and Support Services Committee). Dennis Gay stated that this will be an agenda item for the Wednesday meeting and he requested that Kathy Hughes provide him with a list of the specific categories for 7% Tuition Increase funding. Chairperson Crosby will also meet with the two new student UTC representatives (along with Bill Wilson and Kathy Hughes) and bring them up to speed on the UTC and the 7% Tuition Increase budget process.

7. Action Team Reports:

   1. Email Evaluation/Implementation (Liaison: Kathy Hughes) Kathy Hughes has requested additional OPS funding from the mid-year request to provide assistance in the Microsoft Outlook roll-out. Three pilot departments have been completed: Continuing Education, Computing Services and TSI/Foundation Accounting.

   2. Email for all Students (*Liaison: Kathy Hughes) Kathy Hughes stated that she is working on beginning a pilot during the Summer term.

   3. Video Conferencing Pilot (Liaison: Tom Serwatka) Because Tom Serwatka was not in attendance, this item was postponed.

   4. Imaging (Liaison: Lance Taylor) Because Lance Taylor was not in attendance, this item was postponed.

   5. Syllabi on the Web (Liaison: Kathy Hughes) Kathy Hughes reported that she is about two weeks away from getting the product to the Faculty Association's Academic Technology and Support Services Committee.

   6. Student Access to Computers (Liaison: Richard Crosby) Chairperson Crosby stated that this issue is temporarily on hold pending the outcome of several other action team reports.

   7. Networking Student Residences (Liaison: Doug Covey) Chairperson Crosby reported that this action team would be meeting for the first time today at noon. Susan Wallace stated that the Building Construction Management program will be requiring each of their students to have a laptop next fall. Chairperson Crosby also stated that he and Lance Taylor had visited Jacksonville University (JU) to look at their networked dorms. JU's system is similar to the University of Florida model.

8. Educational Technology Issues

   1. Virtual Institutional Design Team Report and Recommendations Chairperson Crosby reminded everyone to read the above hand out and be ready to discuss at the next meeting.

9. Email Addresses for English Language Program Students

   Because Lance Taylor was not in attendance, this item was postponed.

10. Currency

    Chairperson Crosby stated that attached to today's agenda is a DRAFT Computer Currency for Faculty and Staff Policy. He asked everyone to note that this is specifically for E&G faculty & staff desk-top currency only. This will be an agenda item at the next meeting. It was requested that the Associate Deans discuss the issue of providing currency machines on a more frequent basis for the College of Computing Sciences & Engineering.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 a.m.