Information Technology Advisory Committee
TO:
Information Technology Advisory Committee
[Jim Brown (Chair), Mike Cerveny, Jean Donham, RJ Holmes, Paul Miller, Dee Ann
Rexroat, Jackie Stewart, Ellen Whale, Jim White, Todd White
FR:
Jim Brown, Chair
RE:
Minutes of 15 March, 2007, meeting
Minutes
1. Dee Ann reported for the Web Redesign Task Force that mStoner is three weeks behind in its
timeline but has rescheduled its work in order to be done on time in mid August. The site
architecture draft is here for comment and approval, and the list of pages mStoner will write will
be here April 10.
2. Subcommittee reports
1. Report from the Web Policy Committee – Dee Ann reported that the subcommittee is
working its way through a long list of items, many of which have come up due to the web
site redesign and conversion to the CMS. The subcommittee is still looking for a student
member.
2. Report from Instructional Technology Subcommittee – Jim White said there is no report
from the subcommittee but that we’d see a bumper crop of material for the next meeting.
3. The ad hoc subcommittee proposal on technology classroom scheduling was approved as
distributed and is appended below.
4. Proposed new charge for ITAC: Mike and Jim Brown presented a proposal for a revised charge,
name, and membership for our committee. Discussion was positive and corrections were suggested.
The modified version will come to the committee at its next meeting for approval. Consultation
with Administration Committee and president’s council will follow.
5. Proposed changes in the Web Policy Subcommittee charge were approved pending minor
corrections and consultation with Administration Committee and president’s council will follow
6. Jim Brown raised for discussion issues of how to contact students by phone and email, since
many students do not use their residence hall phone, either for voice or for voicemail (leading to
difficulties when needing to contact students for emergency purposes) and students respond less
consistently to email than in the recent past. In consequence of the discussion, Jim will inquire
about how to track cell phone numbers on the administrative data base. On the email issue, Mike
and Jim covered a number of option, and Mike will pursue questions about the use of Microsoft
Live, which would permit students more than a gigabyte of Cornell mail storage.
Scheduling Group Lab Use After-hours
Computer labs on campus are available for student use when they are not reserved for courses or
campus-supported programs or projects.
The following labs can be reserved for group use through the building manager:
Law Hall 211 (statistics)—building manager Jacque Morningstar
Law Hall 406A (psychology)—building manager Jacque Morningstar
West Science Lab—building manager Carol Brokel
College Hall Humanities Lab—building manager Diane Harrington
Labs in the library can be reserved by calling the AV Department (4261)
Library 126
Library 127
Typically, labs are not reserved for group use after 4:30 PM, Mondays through Fridays or on
weekends during the Block. If a campus-sponsored project or program requires the use of a lab
after normal hours:
The requesting office submits a formal reservation either through the building manager or
through the Library AV Department
The building manager is notified and verified availability with the relevant faculty.
Access to the lab is arranged through the building manager.
The requesting office takes responsibility for posting notices in the labs giving 48-hour
notification of the reservation to advise students of the times when the lab will be
unavailable for individual use. In addition, the requesting office will submit notice of the
lab’s unavailability to Today@ Cornell at least one day prior to the event.