The University Technology Committee meeting was convened at 10:05AM in the College of Business Administration InTuition Conference Room by Vice-Chairperson Bill Wilson in Richard Crosby's absence.

Announcements

No announcements.

Approval of Minutes - December 2, 2002

The UTC minutes from the December 2, 2002, meeting were approved as distributed.

Distance Learning Action Team Report

Debra Abbott reported in Jace Hargis absence. She stated that both a final report and BlackBoard usage survey will be forthcoming and will be presented at the next UTC meeting.

As a follow-up to a request presented by Ron Hanson at the December 2, 2002, UTC meeting for a Satellite TV Conference Room, Marianne Jaffee reported that she had been in touch with George Androuin of the University Center who was already in the process of dedicating space at the University Center for this purpose.

Mac Action Team Report

No report.

Network Acceptable Use Action Team Report

Katharine Brown reported that the raw data from the student survey is up in BlackBoard and also in an Access database. The final report/recommendations/summary will be presented at the next UTC meeting. Bill Wilson requested that UTC members be provided access to the above data.

Information Technology Security Action Team Report

Bill McSherry discussed the problem that the network experienced two weekends ago. It was a worm called SQL Slammer. It was a well orchestrated, frightening attack on SQL server protocols. It hit 100,000 machines worldwide within 5 minutes. Three of UNF?s decentralized servers got hit and an additional 60 devices on that port had problems. As of Wednesday, only one port was still blocked.

Bill also stated that the network segmentation project had been completed and there is ongoing discussion on trying to firewall mission-critical servers.

Lance Taylor reported that the hiring freeze caught the search for a Security Manager and when the freeze has been lifted, that search will continue. As of this date, there are 72 candidates.

Academic Technology & Support Service Committee Report

Katharine Brown reported that this committee has met three times since the last UTC meeting. A memorandum of recommendations summarizing the responses to the classroom configuration survey is still being drafted. A resolution is also being worked on regarding an administrative faculty position for academic technology (this is currently tabled due to the hiring freeze). The committee is also looking at web interface for student email accounts. She also reported that several committee members attended the SCT demos of the ERP student system and she is working on collecting input.

Bill Wilson asked whether this committee would be willing to re-do the Educational Technology Plan. Katharine responded that the committee is currently swamped with issues; however, this could be a possibility for the future.

ERP Update

Scott Bennett reported that the current ERP contract was written to allow further review of the student and financial aid systems allowing UNF to opt out by the end of this month if not interested. He also stated that training is beginning soon and that a kick-off event is scheduled for February 28th.

Email for Alumni Update

Kathy Hughes reported that a workstation has been acquired to prototype this mail forwarding system. The College of Business Administration is a pilot group and will provide feedback in Fall 2003. She stated that support will be provided by Alumni Services. They are planning to start with current alumni and then see how far back in time they want to go with this.

Intellikey Update

Marianne Jaffee discussed her handout on intellikeys for certain classrooms. She reported that all faculty members would be sent a notification of the intellikey procedures and which of the current technology-equipped classrooms and auditoriums require intellikey access. This list can also be found at www.unf.edu/compserv/cav/ikey/.

Pay for Print

Lance Taylor reported that the University entered into a contract with Xerox for pay for print. Computing Services and the Library have since learned that the revenue earned in the Library and Mathews Building is not enough to meet the contract. He has met with David Wesse to discuss the possibility of buying out the contract and doing this on a local basis through our Auxiliary operation. A proposal from Mr. Wesse is due in the middle of March. Lance will report back to the UTC at the April meeting.

2003/2004 Budget

Kathy Hughes reported that the University received a $4.1 million cut to the 2003/2004 budget (with $286,000 of this from the currency allocation).

Project Status Update

Kathy Hughes reported on the following:

• VLAN migration is complete with the exception of Building 5 (Physical Plant). This should be completed by the end of February.
• A pilot wireless VLAN has been set up in the Mathews Building and the Crossings.

New Business / New Issues

Bill Wilson asked that the Action Teams listed on the UTC web page be checked to see if they need to be sunsetted.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:55 a.m.