The University Technology Committee meeting was convened at 10:00am in the President's Conference Room by Chairperson Richard Crosby.

Announcements

Bob Jones reported that the new Library system will be coming up on June 7th. The University of Florida's new Library system was to begin today; however, stress test issues have caused them to postpone.

Lance Taylor reported that Philip Ponchot and Bryan Swanson have resigned. Recruitment efforts to replace them will start immediately.

Chairperson Crosby stated that the next meeting will be held on June 7th and there will be no UTC meetings in July, August or September.

Approval of Minutes - March 1, 2004

The Minutes from the March 1, 2004, meeting were attached to today's agenda. If there are changes, please notify Marsha Dukes by Wednesday.

Distance Learning Action Team Report

Deborah Miller reported for Jace Hargis (who was unable to attend today's meeting). She stated that the DLAT had met in April and were working on finalizing the Distance Learning Handbook. A focus group will finish their work by July 1st and the final document will be presented to the UTC in the Fall. An agenda item for the May meeting will be to determine how best to market Distance Learning at UNF.

Mac Users Group Report

Cathy Cavanaugh reported that this group had not met; therefore, this was no report at this time.

Network Acceptable Use Action Team Report

Katharine Brown reported that the NAUAT had met with the Campus Technology Committee to help with policies. She is working on a plan to solicit student and faculty interest & involvement. They will be working on this throughout the summer. Chairperson Crosby asked Katharine to provide him with a list of who will be involved in this group.

Campus Technology Committee Report

Katharine Brown stated that this has been a very involved group. She said that their main issue in speaking with other faculty has been the dial-in lines. Faculty are concerned that their ancillary mission (research and scholarship) might be adversely affected by decreasing the number of dial-in lines. They are also concerned that they are being encouraged to use Blackboard in order to communicate effectively with their students and a decrease in dial-in lines would be detrimental.

She also stated that the group would like to commend Information Technology Services on their quick response (and resolution) regarding the problems with the computer cabinets.

She also stated that the committee had been reviewing the new policy on Acquisition and Personal Use of Information Technology Equipment and Resources.

Information Technology Security Action Team Report

Jeff Durfee reported the outbreak of a nasty worm in the residences. These attacks in the residences will continue as the students tend not to apply the patches to their personal computers.

ERP Update

Scott Bennett stated that we are on track with financials to go live on July 1st. This system will be coming up in mid-June for some of the heavy users so that they can get a ?head start.? All systems are currently in training. Channel creation is continuing with the web portal and they will continue to roll this out through next year.

Currency 2003/2004 Update

Currency/Budget 2004-2005 Update

Chairperson Crosby reported that there is no additional funding yet for 2003/2004 currency. Kathy Hughes reported that they have spent $428,000 so far this year and have moved a potential $435,000 for 2004/2005 funding. She requested that the C-Techs make sure their currency requests have been prioritized and returned to John Sharp ASAP.

Chairperson Crosby requested that Kathy Hughes finalize her currency threshold in order to present it at the June 7th UTC meeting.

Anti-SPAM/SPRIDEN ID/Aliases

Steve Lyon reported that Information Technology Services piloted an anti-spam product on campus. The group included C-Techs and ITS staff. This will go live during the summer (they are waiting on hardware to arrive). Kathy Hughes stated that a marketing effort will begin soon.

He also stated that SPRIDEN (the universal, user-friendly alias ID system) will begin implementation in August (starting with new faculty, staff and students).

Network Gaming

Lance Taylor reported that many of the games that students like to play have inherent security flaws. These security flaws present an unacceptable level of risk to the campus network as a whole. He stated that as long as the game developers choose not to make their games more secure, access to non-secure games will be blocked. A central gaming location was suggested; however, the students understandably want to be able to play these games in their rooms. Chairperson Crosby will contact Jerry Watterson (SGA President) to have him start discussions with Paul Riel of Housing. Chairperson Crosby will also encourage Jerry to provide regular student representation to the UTC.

Wireless Applications

Steve Lyon reported that there are wireless applications in the dorms (the Crossings) and at various other locations around campus (e.g., Caf?, Building 15, Building 42, Honors Program, etc.). Jeff Durfee is working on a site survey in order to find ideal placement areas on campus.

Chairperson Crosby asked each of the college representatives if they are interested in wireless applications. With the exception of the College of Health, all stated that they were. He suggested that an allocation for this be requested now instead of waiting for the technology strategic plan process. He will be putting together a group of college representatives to discuss funding issues.

New Business / New Issues

None at this time.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m.