UTAC
Friday, February 16, 2007
MLIB 338
ATTENDING TEAM MEMBERS AND GUESTS
Dave Abbott for Kathy Fernandes
Joe Alexander
Debra Barger
Jeff Bell
Terry Curtis
Dave Foreman
Don Graham
Debbie McElroberts
Linda Post
Tom Rosenow
Mike Spiess
Margaret Stoner
Joe Wills
Bob Alber
Brooke Banks
Andi Beach
Scott Claverie
Carolyn Dusenbury
Lorraine Gardiner
Marc Langston
Bill Post
Jerry Ringel
Frederica Shockley
Clarke Steinback for Benjoe Juliano
Phyllis Weddington
Jaime Nelson
DISCUSSION ITEMS
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Approval of meeting minutes from January 19, 2007
Approved with no changes. Mike Spiess asked about the whitelisting sub-committee. Jerry Ringel responded
that the whitelisting committee will piggyback on Anti-Spam Committee.
Additions/Changes to Agenda
Bill Post to talk about ITEC meeting.
Information Technology Executive Committee (ITEC) (Bill Post)
Bill explained what ITEC is and what was on the agenda for the meeting on February 12, 2007. Mike Spiess
reminded members that he represents UTAC on the ITEC as well and that he is able to bring issues to that
committee if necessary.
IT Status Sheet Review/Discussion
Mike introduced the Status Sheet for February. Bill reiterated that there may be IT projects going on outside
of IRES that can get on the Status Sheet as well by sending information to Jaime Nelson. Jerry explained
MyWeb to the committee and its migration to the new web server later in the year. Jerry also reported that
spam emails are no longer being forwarded to off-campus student email accounts, but are being stored in a
spam folder in the student’s campus account.
PC/Mac Platform Issue (Jerry Ringel/Bill Post)
Jerry presented a handout regarding PC and Mac support from User Services. The take away is that USRV
does support Macs and has seen a slight increase in Mac use on campus. Bill explained the history of the
Campus Computer Refresh program to the committee. The intention of the program is to keep faculty and
staff in quality desktop computers that are 4 or fewer years old, as support costs rise as a machine gets older.
The program is not meant to put computers in labs or fulfill discipline-specific needs past a point. Question
of when are platform/equipment upgrades the college’s responsibility and when are they the CCR’s to be
discussed in a sub-committee.
Wireless Plan Wrap-Up (Scott Claverie)
Scott reported that the Wireless Infrastructure Plan does not need to be escalated for approval beyond UTAC
because it dovetails into the Acceptable Use Policy. Communication Services needs to convey information
about wireless deployment to the campus community and include wireless on CSRV service list.
Maintaining security and integrity of campus network is the intent of the Wireless Infrastructure Plan.
Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) Update (Bill Post)
Bill gave an update on the ATI project and distributed a handout with the project plan and a screen shot of
the website. Bill invited committee members to direct questions about the project to Sandy Parsons or
himself.
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WebCT Vista Update (Bill Post)
Bill provided an update on WebCT Vista. ATEC has identified issues/problems and is working with
Blackboard on fixes. Next release pack will be loaded after spring semester. The session time-out has been
extended to reduce new login requests. WebCT Campus Edition will no longer be synched with PeopleSoft
beginning in Fall 2007. Mike Spiess asked about storing Campus Edition data, but maintaining it
concurrently with Vista indefinitely is not possible due to staff and storage limitations.
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Web Content Management System (Bill Post)
Bill presented a handout that was also presented at the ITEC meeting regarding the WCMS review process.
A committee has been put together and is charged with examining options for moving to a new WCMS
solution for the campus. The committee will make its recommendation to the Vice Provost for Information
Resources by May 25, 2007.
Mike Spiess asked committee members to send future agenda items to him or Jaime Nelson.
Meeting adjourned at 11:15am.
Agenda Items for Future Meetings (Mike Spiess)
 E-portfolios
 Online form procedure/online signatures
 Inter-campus collaboration on Learning Management Systems content
 Email attachment issues (zip files)
 CMS 8.9 Update
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TO DO LIST SUMMARY
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Task
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Create sub-group to research whitelisting
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Campus Computer Refresh allocations
3.
CSVR to send announcements to campus
regarding wireless deployment
FUTURE MEETINGS
Date: March 16, 2007
Responsible Party
Jerry Ringel
B. Post, J. Ringel, J.
Bell, J. Alexander.
Scott Claverie
Time: 10am
Due Date
As needed.
Place: MLIB 338
Status