The University Technology Committee meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. in Bldg. 39 Room 2002 by Chairperson Taylor.

Announcements

Chairperson Taylor announced the October 2005 UTC meeting will be held in Bldg. 39 Room 1003.

Kathy Hughes announced that Information Technology Services is currently recruiting for six (6) positions: three (3) on the network team, two (2) C-Tech positions and one (1) security assistant position. The applicant pools are now being reviewed

Information Items

Deb Miller announced that CIRT has purchased new items for faculty checkout. These include: a Scantron scanner that works with ParScore software, the Turning Point Student Response System, and several digital cameras and camcorders.

Jace Hargis extended an invitation to anyone who would like to attend the Distance Learning Committee meeting today at 2:00 p.m. in the OFE Library.

Kathy Hughes reminded everyone that on October 1, 2005, new faculty, staff and students will be issued Spriden ID's as their network login.

Approval of Minutes - August 1, 2005

Chairperson Taylor asked if the UTC members had any changes, additions or corrections to the Minutes from August 1, 2005. No changes were needed and the Minutes were approved as submitted.

Update: Web Assessment Project (Dan Dundon)

Dan Dundon discussed the new UNF homepage. In an effort to address several longstanding problems, including broken links and outdated pages, the University solicited proposals from three (3) consultants to evaluate and recommend improvements to the University's online presence. STAMATS was chosen by a committee and this recommendation has been forwarded to the President's staff for their review and approval. Dundon stated that STAMATS was chosen mainly because of their willingness to come to campus and meet with a broad group of unit representatives. He is hopeful that this review process will be expedited leading to the development of an ITN in advance of the next budget cycle. As of right now, STAMATS will do an assessment of Levels 1-3 of the web, but will not include further levels. Various resources are needed and he does not know if the various departments on campus can come up with the extensive resources.

Tony Turrin added that reviews and assessments will continue on behalf of UNF?s Web Advisory Committee.

Dan Dundon asked for the committee's endorsement of this project. However, the group felt it did not have enough information in order to endorse this request at this time.

Campus Technology Committee Report

Diane Tanner was unable to attend today's UTC meeting because she was meeting her class.

Dale Clifford complimented the C-Techs for their getting technology classroom instructions available for the Fall Term.

Network Acceptable Use Action Team Report

Kathy Hughes stated that she has not received any feedback on the draft Network Acceptable Use policy from last month?s meeting. She would like this as an Action Item for the October UTC meeting. Please forward any comments to her as soon as possible.

Information Technology Security Action Team Report

Jeff Durfee stated that with the start of the semester and the return of students to campus, there has been an increased level in hacker activity. There was a large hacker attack that compromised a number of workstations and servers. The primary source of these attacks was from Germany and Russia, and was the result of patched machines that had not been rebooted. He reminded the committee and their respective departments to shutdown and/or re-boot any computers that do not need to be left on when they leave work for the day. This is necessary so that patches may update on their systems.

Action Item: Committee Bylaws

Luci Trice noted a couple minor corrections needed in Article III and Article V. Dale Clifford made the motion to adopt and Tom Van Schoor seconded the motion. The Bylaws were unanimously adopted.

Wings Project Update

Scott Bennett stated that the student system has had a few problems, but it seems to be coming together well and the project team is ready for the 'Go Live' date of September 12th. He also stated that planning has begun for Banner Version 7 which will have a positive impact on the portal and improve functionality in Banner.

Shawn Brayton reported that they plan on delaying the purge of non-payment students until September 14-15. After that time, they will begin registering/admitting academic refugees from Hurricane Katrina (which now are being recorded on Excel spreadsheets). After that time, they will then secure financial aid records, etc. She noted that at this time she was not aware of any displaced students coming to the University, but she should know more today. She noted that in Banner they will identified as Katrina refugees, recorded on a case-by-case basis and is aware that the Deans have been asked to compile lists of available seats in classes.

Shawn reported that UNF Faculty are now using Banner and NERDC on a half/half basis. Advising will continue to use the NERDC system for one (1) more semester. Faculty are currently using distribution lists and other administrative applications through NERDC, while other reports are shutting off. Faculty are being redirected to the Faculty Wings webpage in Self-Service and have reported few problems. One issue is in order to mail the class list from off campus, they must go to Ntrigue first to log on or else the email will fail. Shawn asked that any faculty concerns should be passed on to her attention.

Shawn stated that almost 15,600 students were registered. She said that the OASys Advising program will remain while most other applications are gone or will be removed by the end of the month. After that time, the data will no longer be good and then the application option will be removed from the menu as well.

Dale Clifford asked if the 'timeout' could be extended in my Wings and Shawn referred that question to Tony Turrin. Tony stated that he agrees the timeout needs to be longer than 60 minutes. He noted though that the other programs functioning through the Wings portal (e.g. Banner) have their own 'timeout'. Due to security and other issues, this and other requests will have to be further researched and discussed.

Florida LambdaRail Update

Chairperson Taylor stated he met with the College of Health faculty on August 26 and would more than happy to speak to any departments or individuals that are interested in learning more about FLR. Taylor and a representative from FLR, Jack Hall, met with local college and university representatives to gauge their interest in becoming associate or affiliate members of FLR. Pat Welsh from the CCEC joined the meeting to provide a first-hand perspective of the value of FLR to faculty research.

Taylor will be speaking on FLR at next week's meeting of the Campus Technology Committee of the Faculty Association.

Jerry Merckel noted he thought there might be interest from IBM, Scripps and NASA as well.

ITN for Online Entertainment

Taylor stated that the following three (3) vendors: Cdigix; Ruckus and Dell/Napster had submitted responses. The first round evaluation of these responses is due from evaluation committee members by 5:00 p.m. today. He is hopeful that the award can be announced possibly within the next two (2) weeks.

Wireless Update

Steve Lyon reported that the web page coverage map has been updated as of this morning that will allow easier viewing of building numbers, etc. He stated that the blue shaded areas denote buildings with wireless access and the yellow shaded areas denote buildings that will have access by Thanksgiving. He stated that ITS is providing B access points on an exception basis. When these are depleted or break, no replacements will be provided. Version G is available in all areas.

He informed the committee that B and G access points work fine next to each other, but the G access should be first choice since it provides newer technology.

New Business

None.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:48 a.m.