Office of Information Technology

Technology Advisory Board (TAB)
Minutes of Meeting of March 17, 2004

Attendance:

Members: Bill Britten, Steve Dolgner, Stephen Esposito, Jim Gehlhar, James Hughes, Matt Johnson, Julie Little, Bryce McKenzie, Faye Muly, Marla Peterson, James Price, and Luther Wilhelm.

Others: Nancy Gnilka and Judy Travis

Mr. Matt Johnson, student co-chair, called the meeting to order.

FY05 Technology Fee Budget Recommendation

The FY05 Technology Fee budget recommendation was presented by Ms. Nancy Gnilka. The main areas covered in the $5,124,255 budget are broken down as follows:

• Network Access Enhancements $700,000
  Whole building networking upgrades
• Open & Departmental Computing Labs $2,308,599
  OIT Open-Access Labs
  Departmental Labs
• Student Support Services $1,227,511
  Service Facility Operation
  Statistical Consulting Services
  Training Services
  Software Licenses
  Administrative Support
• Academic Technology Facility & Instructional Technology $843,845
  Teaching with Technology/ITC Development Lab/SMART Classroom Training
  Student Technology Assistants for Research & Teaching (START)
  Operational support

After a short discussion, the recommendation as presented was passed with a unanimous vote.

New TAB Student Co-Chair Announced

Mr. Matt Johnson announced the appointment of Mr. Steve Dolgner as the new Student Co-Chair for the Technology Advisory Board. Mr. Johnson expressed his thanks to all who have participated in the Board. Ms. Faye Muly thanked Mr. Johnson for his hard work these past two years, and also thanked the other departing student members for their involvment and the giving of their valuable time to the TAB. She stated that student participation is critical to the best use of the Technology Fee.

Mr. Johnson then turned the meeting over to Mr. Dolgner. Mr. Dolgner asked for input from the committee members for issues to be considered by the Board in the future. One issue is the pay-for-print project. Mr. Bill Britten announced pay-for-print application bid has been evaluated and a vendor chosen. Purchasing will make the award this Friday. The current plan is to test the system over the summer and implement it in the Library and the public labs in the fall. During this initial implementation it will not be available in the departmental labs.

Mr. Dolgner expressed his interest in pursuing a campus calendar on the web. He has spoken with the Chancellor’s office, Dean of Students office, the Public Relations office, and several technical people. He is in the process of setting up a planning committee.

With no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next meeting of the Technology Advisory Board will be Wednesday, July 21, 2004, at 2:00PM in the 4th Floor Conference Room, Andy Holt Tower.

Minutes Prepared by: Judy Travis