Members Present: Others Present: Richard Crosby, Chairperson Kathy Hughes Zella Boulware Bob Jones Andrew Farkas John Sharp Bruce Kavan Jerry Merckel Jeff Michelman Donna Mohr Tom Robertson Tom SerwatkaThe University Technology Committee was convened by Chairperson Crosby at 10:35 a.m.
The Minutes from the September 20, 1999 meeting were approved as distributed. They will be posted to the web page this week.
Tom Serwatka handed out an Evaluation of COEHS Videoconferencing Classes prepared by Tuiren Bratina. He would like the UTC members to review it to see what videoconferencing experiences she had with Spring and Summer 1999 course offerings of EDF 6442: Assessment in the Curriculum. Dr. Serwatka also stated that Shawn Brayton is putting together a short survey for faculty who teach in the classrooms with LCD projectors to determine actual usage of the projectors. One of the outcomes of this survey will be to determine additional dollars to be invested in projectors.
Kathy Hughes reported that Computing Services is in the process of both stabilizing and expanding the network. She has emailed a copy of the Consultant's Report regarding the Network Outage to all UTC members. She stated that the firm, INS, would be on campus starting Tuesday, October 5th, to conduct a network audit. They will be identifying bottlenecks and getting at some capacities. Once they have completed their audit, she will provide the report to the UTC. She also stated that security hardware (firewall) has been installed although it has not yet been configured. She will also be able to provide a three-year plan following the completion of the above audit (which should be around October 31st). She will also send a copy of the link to the Osprey Net Acceptable Use Policy to the UTC members.
Kathy Hughes stated that there are around 200 Dell Pentium 133's and below and 25 Macs that are eligible for currency replacement. She has sent out an email requesting a list of all E&G faculty/staff machines that meet the above criteria. This is due to her by October 31st.
Because Lance Taylor was unable to attend the UTC meeting, this item is tabled until the next meeting.
Chairperson Crosby stated that Stuart Chalk had approached him regarding the establishment of a Macintosh Action Team or Users Group. Following discussion, it was determined that Donna Mohr and Tom Serwatka would speak with Stuart to discuss the development of this group. Potential members could be Dan Dundon, representatives from Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Education, representative from Student Affairs, Dan Wastchak and John Venn.
Chairperson Crosby stated that there is a Y2K Committee. He stated that the next meeting of the Committee is October 11th and any UTC members are invited to attend. He stated that Tom Serwatka would be added to the membership. The University is in great shape regarding Y2K and there will be further information announced on the Web Page.
Kathy Hughes stated that there continues to be a delay with the vendor shipping electrical equipment and tables. She will work with Lynda Lewis and Gloria McCrea regarding notification of when this lab will be open.
Chairperson Crosby reported that Lance Taylor would be providing a demo of the imaging system in about 6 weeks. Kathy Hughes will also be providing updates on training and the Help Desk as well as the 2-3 Year Plan. He also stated that the UTC members would probably be used to review the new Web Page. It was also requested that information regarding the re-opening of CIRT be sent out including what's available in CIRT and the expertise of each of the people working there.
Because Lance Taylor was unable to attend the UTC meeting, this item is tabled until the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:45am.