MINUTES

UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

July 17, 2000

 

Members Present:                                                            Others Present:

Tom Serwatka, Vice Chairperson                              Joann Campbell

Debra Abbott                                                               Larry Daniel

Stuart Chalk                                                                 Kathy Hughes

Andrew Farkas                                                            Bob Jones

David Jaffee                                                                 Scott Runnion

Bruce Kavan                                                                Lance Taylor

Jerry Merckel                                                               Tony Turrin

Jeff Michelman                                                 Dan Wastchak

Donna Mohr

Judy Perkin

John Venn

 

In Chairperson Crosby’s absence, Vice Chairperson Serwatka convened the University Technology Committee (UTC) meeting at 10:35am in the COBA InTuition Conference Room.

 

1.                  Minutes – June 19, 2000 Meeting

The Minutes from the June 19, 2000 meeting were approved as submitted.

 

2.                  Announcements

a.      John Venn introduced Dr. Larry Daniel the new Associate Dean in the College of Education & Human Services.  Dr. Daniel was introduced to all members of the UTC in attendance.

 

3.                  Distance Learning Action Team

Vice Chairperson Serwatka stated that there was no report today on this Action Team.  A written report will be submitted at the August 7^th UTC meeting.

 

4.                  Internet2 Action Team

Lance Taylor reported that he had met with Jim Collom from Sponsored Research regarding potential funding opportunities.  Mr. Collom will provide a report to Lance, who will then provide the update to the UTC.

 

5.                  Mac Action Team

Stuart Chalk stated that there was no report today on this Action Team. 

 

6.                  Standard Client

Kathy Hughes handed out a list of software available for university-owned computers connected to the campus network (broken down as either Standard Client Software or Available Upon Request).  She stated that this is just a recommendation at this time and requested that the UTC discuss where we go with this in terms of software support.  She stated that we are currently working with the Microsoft Campus Agreement; however, there are still some offices which continue to use WordPerfect and Lotus.  She is surveying the campus at this time to determine usage/release #/activity of WordPerfect and Lotus and will report back at the next UTC meeting.  There is a significant cost to upgrade both WordPerfect and Lotus on an annual basis; however, the UTC felt there was an obligation to those users to keep WordPerfect 8.0 running. 

 

7.                  Request for Internet Domain Names

Vice Chairperson Serwatka stated that there have been several requests to add departmental or other names to the unf.edu domain name.  Kathy Hughes reported that she had been looking at different styles of domain names, but did not feel optimistic that any other .edu names were available for our use.  There are also other options we could use (e.g., unf.org, unf.cc, unf.com, osprey.com, etc.).  Lance Taylor stated that a list should be put together of potential domain names and then we should go out and purchase them. 

 

8.                  Pick-A-Prof

Lance Taylor reported that the General Counsel’s office has received a request from an organization called Pick-A-Prof for information on faculty evaluations, grades, etc. (under the Freedom on Information Act).  Karen Stone has discussed this with the other SUS attorneys.  This has already been established at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin as a way for students to compare professors in order to be able to pick the best class to take.  You can visit their site at www.pickaprof.com. 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 11:15am.