Members Present: Others Present: Richard Crosby, Chairperson Joann Campbell Zella Boulware Kathy Hughes Stuart Chalk Bob Jones Andrew Farkas Scott Runnion Bruce Kavan John Sharp Jerry Merckel Lance Taylor Jeff Michelman Donna Mohr Tom Robertson Tom Serwatka John VennChairperson Crosby convened the University Technology Committee at 10:30 a.m.
The Minutes from the October 4, 1999 meeting were attached to the agenda and will be posted to the web page on Wednesday. Any changes, additions or deletions should be forwarded to Marsha Dukes before that time.
Kathy Hughes reported that a Jeffrey Brewer has been hired as the new Assistant Lab Manager.
Stuart Chalk stated that he had spoken with Chairperson Crosby regarding the initiation of a Macintosh Action Team. Chairperson Crosby asked him what he thought the duration of the Action Team would be. Stuart said that it would be for this year and if there were ongoing issues, would continue. He will be providing status reports to the UTC. Potential members will be: Stuart Chalk, Dan Wastchak, a representative from Communications & Visual Arts (Donna Mohr will provide a name), a representative from the College of Education (John Venn will provide a name), a representative from Student Affairs (Tom Robertson will provide a name). Chairperson Crosby and Stuart will meet to draft a charge to the Action Team.
Chairperson Crosby asked if there were any comments on the report handed out at the last meeting by Tom Serwatka (An Evaluation of a Videoconferencing Pilot Experience by Tuiren Bratina). Chairperson Crosby asked how support was going for this project. Tom Serwatka stated that it takes up too much of the C-Tech's time. Chairperson Crosby also reported that he would be attending the first CAFA (Council for Administrative & Financial Affairs) video teleconference on Friday, October 22nd. Chairperson Crosby stated that this action team is now sunset and the College of Education and College of Business Administration will continue to work on their own. Jeff Michelman suggested that the Video Teleconferencing Action Team become the Distance Learning Action Team. Chairperson Crosby stated that this is an excellent idea and asked that the members be prepared to discuss this at upcoming UTC meetings. Chairperson Crosby also requested Joann Campbell check to see if David Jaffee (the new Director of the Faculty Enhancement Center) is available to attend the November 1st meeting of the UTC.
Lance Taylor asked if the UTC members had any comments regarding the policy that he had emailed to them. Following discussion, Chairperson Crosby asked that everyone read the policy and be ready to finalize and approve at the next meeting.
Lance Taylor handed out a summary of the responses he received (from a question he posted on the EDUCAUSE CIO listserv) on the issue of Inappropriate Use of Technology in the Classroom. Following discussion, it was determined that this is not a technology issue, but an individual faculty member's responsibility to monitor.
Chairperson Crosby stated that a faculty member from the College of Arts & Sciences had contacted the EEO office regarding ADA access in classrooms. He stated that he has a meeting this week with Lina Monell to discuss this and just wanted to involve the UTC in broad-based discussions regarding awareness and solutions. Kathy Hughes will have the C-Techs give her information on how well the classrooms and labs can accommodate both disabled students and instructors. She also stated that Alistair Boudreaux had just attended a conference on ADA-accessible web pages and will provide a summary for the UTC at the next meeting.
Kathy Hughes reported that the audit group has been on campus and plan to have a de-briefing on Friday, October 8th. She said that this is a good exercise in terms of finding out what's wrong in order to be able to start working on stability.
Lance Taylor is preparing the IRM Annual Report and welcomes input on major collaborative projects as of June 30, 1999.
Kathy Hughes reported that we currently have a 100-user SAS license and to amend the contract to include data mining would involve a one-time $10,000 fee and an annual renewal cost of $5,000. She will need to determine what the current SAS demand so that she will know when the 100-user license needs to be increased. This will also be an agenda item for the next Associate Deans' meeting.
Lance Taylor reported that the Internet-II Action Team has tentatively planned an open session where representatives from UF and UCF would come to UNF to discuss this issue. He will get information to the UTC as soon as plans are finalized.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:40am.