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Council Minutes - November 7, 2005

Technology Council - Minutes
Monday, November 7, 2005

Present: Sharon Dimmer, Steve Dutch, Fergus Hughes, David Kieper, Dan McIver, Barbara Mcclure-Lukens (representing Jan Thornton) E. Nicole Meyer Erik Mims, Kathy Pletcher, Dean Rodeheaver.
Not present: Fritz Erickson, Scott Hildebrand, Meir Russ, Tim Sewall, Sue Keihn. Guests present: Diane Blohowiak, Regan Gurung.

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 am.

Minutes of the October meeting were approved by consensus.

First Review of Computer Lab Plans for 2006/07. Regan Gurung, Associate Dean for Liberal Arts and Sciences, reported on his discussions with faculty who manage the computer labs in MAC Hall. The goal of the discussions was to look for ways to better utilize the current labs and to recommend changes in the lab configurations that could reduce costs and free up Lab Modernization funds for other instructional needs. The discussions resulted in several proposed changes to the lab plan. Diane Blohowiak presented a revised Finance Plan for Specialty Labs for 2007/07. The revised plan allocates four year old computers to the Social Science main lab, Social Science development lab, and the Field Biology Dry Lab. This will save about $15,000 per year on computer hardware. The revised plan established a new category for computers supporting equipment in NAS. These computers will only be replaced as needed and will be supplied form the surplus computer pool. Diane prepared two financial plans. Plan A replaces 52 computers in 2006/07, as a result the savings would not occur until 2007/08. Plan B purchases no new computers in 2006/7, thus the savings would be realized in 2006/07. The Council was asked to consider the plan presented and be prepared to take action on the plan at the December meeting.

Electronic Records Management. Kathy reported that Dave Kieper researched some basic costs for creating an archive environment for logging email. There would be an initial investment of $50,000 with ongoing costs of $15,000 per year for hardware and software. There is no budget for this system at this time. Kathy reported that CIT is moving ahead with a hardware upgrade for the ImageNow server due to project needs of the Financial Aid Office.

CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement) This item was deferred to the December meeting as time was running short.

The meeting adjourned at 10:55.

Respectfully Submitted,
Kathy Pletcher, Chair

 

 

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