MINUTES
UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
August 7, 2000
Members Present: Others Present:
Richard Crosby, Chairperson Debra Abbott
Tom Serwatka, Vice Chairperson Kathy Hughes
Stuart Chalk Bob Jones
Tom Erdal (rep. Judy Perkin) John Sharp
Andrew Farkas Lance Taylor
David Jaffee
Jerry Merckel
Jeff Michelman
Donna Mohr
Anita Vorreyer-Hedges
Chairperson Richard Crosby convened the University Technology Committee (UTC) meeting at 10:35am in the COBA InTuition Conference Room.
1. Minutes – July 17, 2000 Meeting
The Minutes from the July 17, 2000 meeting were approved as submitted.
2.
Announcements
a. Chairperson Crosby introduced Anita Vorreyer-Hedges who will be the new Student Affairs representative of the UTC (replacing Tom Robertson).
b. David Jaffee announced that there have been 5 training sessions on Blackboard (with a final session to be held this afternoon). 53 professors now have Blackboard accounts with a total of 92 courses.
c. Stuart Chalk stated that he is endeavoring to evaluate WebCT, Lotus Notes, Blackboard and CourseBuilder (for use with Dreamweaver) at the same time by teaching one course using all four to deliver the content. He will report back on his progress.
3.
Distance Learning Action Team
Tom Serwatka reported that he had given a final draft of the Action Team report to David Jaffee for review. There was a discussion on high-end users and Tom Serwatka, Debbie Abbott and David Jaffee will put together a list of these people for discussion.
4.
Internet2 Action Team
Lance Taylor reported that the action team is winding down. Jim Collom reported to him that grant opportunities for Internet2 have gone away, but he is still looking for non-competitive funding sources. Lance reported that the new State of Florida portal could be found at www.myflorida.com. Bob Jones asked if there were any current plans to increase the bandwidth next year. Another issue that will impact the pipe is traffic shaping. A question was raised as to whether VP Fagin had discussed any of the above with AOL since they will be moving into to the Tech Park. Richard Crosby will follow up on this.
5.
Mac Action Team
Stuart Chalk stated that was nothing new to report on the Mac Action Team. He expressed an interest in remaining on the UTC as the Mac representative.
6. Standard Client/Software Support – WordPerfect, Lotus, Dreamweaver, Etc.
Kathy Hughes stated that attached to today’s agenda are stats she received regarding current users of WordPerfect and Lotus. She stated that this report does not include the labs. She stated that UNF currently has 850 WordPerfect 8.0 licenses and it will cost $11,424 to upgrade to WordPerfect 9.0. There will be a problem with the stability of WordPerfect 8.0 when Windows 2000 is installed. Chairperson Crosby stated that this issue must be deal with prior to the next UTC meeting. He also stated that he would speak with staff in the UNF Budget Office to determine why they won’t switch to Excel.
7.
Central Scanning Function
David Jaffee raised concerns regarding the grading of exams using current Scantron system. The College of Business Administration does their own scanning and it was recommended that Kathy Hughes speak with Minor Chamblin (Psychology Department) to see what they use. This issue will be brought up at the next C-Tech meeting.
8.
Web Page Issues:
a. Privacy Policy – Chairperson Crosby stated that attached to today’s agenda is the Internet Privacy Policy statement that is now found on the UNF home page.
b. Request for Internet Domain Names – Kathy Hughes stated that she check and found that all “osprey” related names are gone. She is going to put together a list of what we could go after. Chairperson Crosby suggested looking at the expiration dates on some that we are interested in to see if could grab them when they expire.
c. Pick-A-Prof – Nothing new to report at this time.
d. New Web Page – Chairperson Crosby stated that he is “taking the blame” for not having the new web page up and running by the beginning of the Fall term. There was a discussion on UNF’s web presence and if there is a need for an “editorial” board. Debbie Abbott stated that CIRT could help faculty develop good web pages and she would like to be involved in this effort. Chairperson Crosby stated that if there are any concerns or thoughts on the above, please call or email him.
9.
UTC Fall 2000
a. First Meeting is September 18, 2000 -- this is the 3rd Monday of September. Chairperson Crosby also stated that the UTC could go to a monthly basis.
b. Issues – Action Teams and Strategic Issues.
c. Membership – Chairperson Crosby stated that there is an internal group working on the Charter to make sure all constituent groups have active membership.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:50am.