UTAC
Friday, September 21, 2007
MLIB 338
ATTENDING TEAM MEMBERS AND GUESTS
Andi Beach
Jeff Bell
Joe Alexander
Benjoe Juliano
Rebecca Cagle
Don Graham
Jerry Ringel
Frederica Shockley
Margaret Stoner
Andrea Mox
Kathy Fernandes
Scott Claverie
Brooke Banks
Jan Costenbader
Dave Foreman
Marc Langston
Bill Post
Jim Richmond
Tom Rosenow
Mike Spiess
Phyllis Weddington
Jaime Nelson
Jeff Layne
Lorraine Gardiner
DISCUSSION ITEMS
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Approval of meeting minutes from May 18, 2007
Approved.
Additions/Changes to Agenda
None.
IT Status Sheet Review/Discussion
Computer Refresh Program – Andi Beach asked about the program. It is still being discussed in Cabinet and the
budget is being worked out.
Windows Vista/Office 2007 – Mike Spiess asked about these new systems. Andrea Mox said that USRV will soon
be assessing what machines will be able to run Vista. A compatibility checker is currently being imaged onto lab
machines for Office 2007. Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn’t provide a centralized method of pushing out this
compatibility checker, so we aren’t currently able to send updates for Office 2007 to lab machines. In the near
future, Vista, Office 2007, and Mac OS X Leopard are all going to create challenges for the campus.
Confluence – Joe Alexander asked about faculty use of the Wiki. Jerry Ringel responded that he may be able to get
into Phase 3 of the pilot program.
Top 10 IT Issues (Bill Post)
Bill shared the presentation he gave to Cabinet earlier this summer entitled Higher Education Top-Ten IT Issues
2007 from EDUCAUSE. The issues, in descending order, are: Funding IT; Security; Administrative/ERP/Info
Systems; Identity/Access Management; Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity; Faculty Development;
Infrastructure; Strategic Planning; Course/Learning Management Systems; and Governance, Organization, and
Leadership for IT.
Bill also shared the Web Governance presentation. He will distribute to UTAC and asked for feedback regarding
the plan.
Microsoft Office 2007/Windows Vista (Andrea Mox)
Andrea reported on issues that the campus and User Services are facing with the release of Windows Vista and
Office 2007 and shared timelines for implementation. Among several issues that need to be resolved, many
applications (Blackboard Vista, for example) are not supported on MS Vista at this time and will cause problems
in user support and training. Compatibility with previous versions of Office products will pose a significant
challenge, as the document format has changed with the new version. It will not be feasible to have Vista on the
next round of campus machines, but dual imaging of Office 2007 and 2003 for labs is on the horizon.
Communication with faculty and staff, particularly about the .docx format (which many students are already using)
is going to be important. For more information, please go to:
http://www.csuchico.edu/usrv/software/office2007/index.shtml and
http://www.csuchico.edu/usrv/software/winvista/index.shtml.
Zip Files (Andrea Mox)
Andrea reported that the recent implementation of two tools (Proofpoint and McAfee ePO) has given USRV the
confidence to once again allow .zip files to be sent and received as attachments to Exchange email after years of
being blocked. Zip files have traditionally been a good method for virus transportation; while Proofpoint is able to
scan 21 layers deep, it does not eliminate the need to exercise caution when opening email attachments.
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Agenda Items for Future Meetings (Bill Post and Mike Spiess)
 E-portfolios
 Inter-campus collaboration on Learning Management Systems content
 CISC Meeting items
 Sustainability and Technology
 Metrics
TO DO LIST SUMMARY
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Task
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Send Performance Report, Web Governance
presentation, and Internet2 documents to
group
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FUTURE MEETINGS
Date: October 19, 2007
Responsible Party
Bill Post
Time: 10am
Due Date
10/19/07
Place: MLIB 338
Status