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Technology Council
Minutes

Thursday, November 24, 2008
2:30 - 3:30 pm, CL 735

Present:Kate Burns, Lisa DeLeeuw, Sharon Dimmer, Fritz Erickson, Scott Furlong, Sue Keihn, David Kieper, Kaoime Malloy, Dan McIver, Uwe Pott, Kathy Pletcher (chair), Shaun Ragany, Zach Volez
Not present: Scott Hildenbrand
Guests: Diane Blohowiak

Called to order by the chair at 2:30 pm

Approval of the Minutes:
Minutes were approved with change; Paula Ganyard and Sharon Dimmer were not present at the November meeting.

Technology Survey - update
Kathy updated the Council on the number of responses that the surveys had received so far and a general idea of the level of satisfaction.  It was suggested that the faculty/staff survey stay open for a week more with another email reminder to the faculty.  Final results will be shared at the December meeting.

Three-year computer  cycle – general discussion
Uwe Pott suggested changing the three year replacement cycle to four years in order to free up Lab Mod funds.  Kathy explained that faculty/staff workstations have a different funding source so changing to a four year replacement cycle would not help free up Lab Mod funds.   The prime computer labs that are on a three year replacement cycle supply the other labs that use four year old machines.  If we changed the computer labs to a four year cycle then the other labs would have five year old computers which would not function effectively on the network.  There are also concerns regarding warranty and parts for older computers that could increase overall costs to the campus. 

Vista Upgrade
Diane presented a document outlining the pros and cons of migrating to the Vista operating system, which is available on GBShare.  The Information Services Division is planning to remain on the XP operating systems rather than upgrading to Vista in 2009 as originally planned.   There were no objections from the Technology Council, in fact, members thought it was a good call.

Computer Lab Plans
Diane shared with the Council the annual Finance Plan for Specialty Labs, along with the Student Lab Utilization Analysis.  The Council discussed this data and will finalize it at the December meeting.

Technology Council Charge
The revised Technology Council Charge was reviewed and approved.  It will be sent the Faculty and Academic Staff Governance Office.

Other Business
No other business

Adjourned by chair at 3:30 pm

 

Respectfully submitted,
Paula Ganyard

 

 

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