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Technology Council
Minutes

Thursday, September 29, 2008
2:00-3:00
CL 735

Present:  Kate Burns, Sharon Dimmer, David Kieper, Dan McIver, Uwe Pott, Kathy Pletcher (chair), Shaun Ragany

Not present: Fritz Erickson, Sue Keihn, Scott Furlong, Scott Hildenbrand, Kaoime Malloy, Tim Sewall, Jan Thorton

Guests: Diane Blohowiak, Paula Ganyard (note taker), Zach Voelz (for Jan Thorton)

  1. Called to order by the chair at 2:03pm

  2. Welcome:
    Kathy welcomed new member Kate Burns to the council.

  3. Introductions:
    Introductions were made for all continuing council members and guests.

  4. Meetings:
    Discussion of moving the meeting day and time to accommodate the conflict that Kaoime Malloy has with a class, took place.  10:00 am on Thursdays, with the exception of the third Thursday seemed to be the most open for those members in attendance.  Paula will check to see if this works for the other members and a final decision will be emailed to the committee.

  5. Review of Council charge & operating procedures:
    Kathy reviewed the Council’s charge:
    “The Technology Council is advisory to the Provost and responsible for developing and monitoring the campus technology plan and recommending technology policies.
    Kathy reviewed the procedures that the council is to meet monthly, documents will be stored on GBShare, information will be posted on a public web site, and that the Council will operate generally by consensus.

  6. Annual Report 2007/2008:
    The Council reviewed and approved the Annual Report for 2007-2008.

  7. Possible Topics for 2008-2009:
    The following were topics that were discussed as items that the Council should be working on this year.

  8. Conduct technology survey of students and faculty/staff during the fall semester
    - Diane Blohowiak shared with the Council the questions from the 2004 faculty/staff technology survey and some of the changes that she feels need to be made.
    - Others made suggestions for changes, which Diane will incorporate into the document and then send it out to the Council.  If anyone has any further changes they should be sent to Diane.

  9. Review IT2010 Action Plan progress (Oct and March)
    • Review (Nov) and Approval (Dec.) of Computer Lab Plans for 2008/2009
    • Monitor RIAA actions
    • Monitor CALEA
    • Enterprise systems
    • ECAR Survey of Undergraduates Use of Technology
    • Electronic records management
    • Other topics suggested
      • Paula will be updating the web policy and bringing it to the Council for approval.
      • Paula suggested that the moving to a different type of survey software be considered.
      • Shaun listed these additional items that the students are interested in working on this year:
        • Learning Commons
        • Cost benefit of putting wireless points in the laundry areas of Res Life.
        • Monitor the clicker usage
        • Identity theft
        • Expanding the kiosks in the Union
      • David suggested the topic of information security implementation.
      • Uwe suggested the topic of reviewing the three-year cycle of computer replacement.
  10. Other Business
    none

  11. Adjourned 3:00 pm 

 

 

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