IT Leadership Council Meeting
Minutes for Tuesday, June 10, 2012 in BA005
Attendees: Tammy Taylor, Tom Branam Tom Rasmussen, Ray Walker, Brett McKenchie, Nathan Gerber,
Ray Walker, Brian Peterson, Justin Gast, Zach Thatcher, Dense Kiddo, Eddie Sorensen, John Barclay,
Vickie Walker
Agenda Items:
Employee of the Month - May
 Congratulations to Zach Thatcher in Web Development.
Year-End Budgets:
 Estimates of leftover hourly and current money need to be sent to Vickie if they haven’t already.
 There are some encumbrances that have not been encumbered that should. Look at beginning
of last year to make sure it is finished all the way to completion.
 Open P.O.’s and limited purchase checks must be closed/sent back.
Ray attended the annual CIO retreat
 Refocused legislature funds at the retreat to projects that will save money in the future.
 Rack space in the Richfield Data Center for each institution will be funded by one-time legislative
money.
 Security audits will be funded by one-time legislative money.
 Identity Finder Tool will be funded by one-time legislative money.
 Detop Grant was funded by one-time legislative money. State is looking at UEN pairing with
private or public clouds.
 There is some left over money. If you have a proposal for a state wide funded project/product,
please let Ray know.
Master Firewall Rule
 Wednesday, June 13th the master firewall rule will be removed.
Security
 Ironport security application has been setup and is in the middle of testing.
 A new firewall registration system has been developed to help security issues from recurring. It
is similar to IPAN.
HR
 If someone’s exempt/non-exempt status is changed, their retirement will be grandfathered in
and won’t change, unless they change positions or leave the University.
Outages
 No outages for June
Next scheduled meeting is Tuesday, July 12, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. in BA-005