MINUTES

UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

NOVEMBER 15, 1999

Members Present:				Others Present:

Richard Crosby, Chairperson			Alistair Boudreaux
Tom Serwatka, Vice Chairperson			Kathy Hughes
Zella Boulware					Bob Jones
Tom Erdal (rep. Judy Perkin)
Andrew Farkas
Bruce Kavan
Jeff Michelman
Donna Mohr
Tom Robertson
Scott Runnion (rep. Jerry Merckel)
Douglas Valdes
John Venn

Chairperson Crosby convened the University Technology Committee (UTC) meeting at 10:35 a.m.

1. Minutes - November 1, 1999

The November 1, 1999 UTC Minutes were emailed to committee members this morning. Any comments/additions/deletions/changes should be forwarded to Marsha Dukes as soon as possible. Bruce Kavan noted that the need for a management audit relative to the network was omitted.

2. Announcements

1. a. Attached to today's agenda is the preliminary program for the 11th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning to be held from April 12-15, 2000 at the Radisson Riverwalk Hotel.
2. b. Chairperson Crosby introduced Douglas Valdes, the new student representative to the UTC.

3. Web Page Demo

Alistair Boudreaux presented the new version of changes to the UNF web site. He stated that this will be shown to other groups prior to the final version. He stated that it had been 2 years since there was a new page and the change was necessitated by the need for additional subjects. There will also be a Java Applet which will display events from the University calendar. The URL for this new page is www.unf.edu/~aboudrea. Any comments should be forwarded directly to Alistair. Following discussion, there was a consensus of the UTC members that the new look represents an enhancement to our web site.

4. Currency

Kathy Hughes handed out two currency spreadsheets: (a) Central Site and Remote Site Equipment; and (b) 7% Funded Equipment. She stated that Windows 2000 will be out in February and with a phased approach, should be complete by Summer. She also has a quote of $1,448 for Pentium 500's with 17th monitors from Dell and would like to go ahead and purchase 130 now so that the C-Techs can install them over the term break. Following discussion, the UTC members agreed to the purchase of 130 machines.

5. Classroom Technology Survey.

This item was tabled until the next meeting.

6. Other Issues

1. Chairperson Crosby stated that the UTC members should consider developing a separate budget for distance learning. He will draft a charge for a Distance Learning Action Team to present at the next UTC meeting. Bruce Kavan also stated that a Distance Learning policy will be presented to the Faculty Association in January.
2. Kathy Hughes stated that she is encouraging all C-Techs to be on campus January 1st to check Y2K status.
3. During a discussion on data mining, it was requested that Bruce Kavan check with his committee to determine faculty interest. Tom Serwatka will also check with the Faculty Association's Research Committee to determine interest.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:50am