MINUTES
UNIVERSITY
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
October
2, 2000
Members
Present: Others
Present:
Richard
Crosby, Chairperson Debra
Abbott
Tom
Serwatka, Vice Chairperson Joanne
Campbell
Zella
Boulware Kathy
Hughes
Larry
Daniel Bob
Jones
Andrew
Farkas Scott
Runnion
David
Jaffee John
Sharp
Bruce
Kavan Lance
Taylor
Jeff
Michelman Tony
Turrin
Donna
Mohr
Jerry
Merckel
Martha
Rader
Diane
Tanner
Chairperson
Crosby convened the University Technology Committee (UTC) meeting at 10:30 a.m.
in the COBA InTuition Conference Room.
1. Minutes
The
minutes of the September 18, 2000 meeting were reviewed and approved as
submitted.
2.
Announcements
Taylor reported that Dan Wastchak has announced his resignation to accept a position with Cisco Systems.
Merckel announced that the COCSE/COAS/COBA
have paid this year’s $5,000 annual license fee for ESRI.
Crosby announced that he is working on
scheduling the first meeting of the Strategic Issues Action Team and invited
Donna Mohr to become a member.
3.
Meeting Schedule
Crosby
proposed that the committee go to a monthly meeting format. The committee accepted the proposal with the
recommendation that the meeting time be extended. The committee will now meet the first Monday of each month from 10:00
AM until Noon. Crosby promised that
meeting minutes would be distributed to committee members by the end of the
week that the meeting is held.
4.
Distance Learning Action Team
Jaffee
distributed the document Some Questions/Issues for the DL Action Team
to the give the committee an idea of the kind of issues that the action team
will be working on.
Jaffee
distributed the document Web Course Summary showing courses,
instructors, and students currently using Blackboard 5.0, WebCT 1.3, and Lotus
LearningSpace 3.01.
Jaffee
announced that, in general, he was disappointed with the turnout for the last
meeting of the action team and expressed the need for representation from the
COAS on this action team.
Boulware
reported that she and her students had encountered difficulty in obtaining
classroom space for DL courses that met in person on the first and last day of
the course only.
Crosby
stated that he and Serwatka would be reviewing the charge to this action team.
5.
Currency
Hughes
went over a draft currency threshold that was distributed at the meeting. She stated that the proposed thresholds for
various network infrastructure was as follows:
Shared hubs – 5 years
Routers – 4 years
Servers – 3 years
Hughes
will update the committee at the November meeting.
6.
Network Traffic Shaping
Hughes
announced that a meeting was held with Cisco Systems to discuss this issue and
that she is awaiting the outcome of a meeting with NERDC personnel regarding
this issue.
Other
Business
Taylor reported the following estimated costs (including a DS3 local loop)for commodity Internet connectivity available on state contract:
15Mbps - $157,356
21Mbps - $181,956
33Mbps - $209,256
45Mbps - $240,756
The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m.