Meeting Notes
District Technology Committee (DTC)
August 28, 2014
Scott’s Restaurant
Present
Karolyn van Putten
Fabian Banga
Antoine Mehouelley
Heather Dodge
Antonio Barreiro
Sharon Millman
Adrien Abuyen
Manny T. Uy
Vina Cera
Marylouise Zernicke
Eun Rhee
Evelyn Lord
Note-Taker
The out-going Recorder will serve as Note-Taker for this meeting. Heather Dodge will take over as
Recorder at the next meeting. Hayat Ghessoum will return as the Note-Taker at the next meeting.
Co-Chairs
The committee unanimously elected Fabian Banga as Faculty Co-Chair and Antoine Mehouelley as
Classified Co-Chair.
Meeting Schedule
DTC meetings are scheduled for the first Friday of each month. The first meeting will take place on
Friday, September 5, 2014 at 9:00 am. Note: Meetings in December, April and May will start at 8:30
am.
Survey Results
The DTC reviewed the results of the end-of-the-year survey of district governance committees. The
committee identified several flaws with the survey methodology that affect the usefulness of some of
the results. For example, anyone is allowed to respond to this survey about how the DTC functioned,
but for most questions, only DTC would have the knowledge needed to respond. Only 6 of 36
respondents were members of the DTC.
The committee recommended assessing some of the questions by means other than a survey question.
For example, the question “were agendas disseminated in advance to email distribution lists” can clearly
be demonstrated with evidence of the dissemination.
Additionally, the committee thought it would be valuable to review the questions together at the final
meeting. This would ensure better accuracy in the responses, prompt valuable assessment discussion
and provide a better response rate from actual committee members.
Note: In order to enact this last recommendation, the DTC will need the survey questions in time for its
May meeting.
Goals and Activities 2014-2015
This discussion involved a wide array of ideas and topics including:
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Need to update district IT Plan
Room scheduling software needed—will support access goal
Need for regular training opportunities (online and onsite) in a wide array of technology
resources
Need for district-wide satisfaction survey
Integration of technology and facilities planning
Technology checklist for new/remodeled facilities
Smart classrooms—as a district we are not keeping up with 21st century instructional technology
needs
New software acquisition : standards for integration with PeopleSoft
Gmail implementation
Help desk ticketing system
Advocacy for technology funding
Libraries—Need to upgrade from Millennium to Sierra library system
Notes submitted by Evelyn Lord, September 3, 2014