Information Technology & Security
Meeting Minutes
Thurssday, April 24, 2014
11:00 a.m. WebEx
1. Welcome and Roll Call – Present: Chairman M. Heyroth, Vice Chair J. Urbancic, B. Gysbers, D.
Beyer, S. Galewski, E. Fisher
2. Review and approve the minutes from 1/21/2014 – B. Gysbers motioned to approve the
minutes, seconded by E. Fisher. All yeas.
3. Recap of Seminar – the committee is pleased with the numbers this year, even though they
were down a bit. Some comments:
a. The location east of Madison is preferred.
b. The break-out sessions were well-received.
c. Can next year’s seminar be available online via video conference?
i. This needs discussion perhaps at the next meeting.
d. Can this still be used for continuing education credits if online?
i. Not likely, but will have to research.
4. Accumulate costs from extreme weather – the website may be used to pose questions to all
utilities on costs incurred from extreme weather. The PSC is talking about doing this and B.
Gysbers will look into it. The committee may combine efforts with the PSC for this purpose.
5. Collect abstracts for annual meeting – the website was used to collect abstracts for the annual
meeting. This worked well and will be implemented again next year.
6. Newsletter Update – the Newsletter Committee approved the use of Zine Flexpaper Desktop
Publisher to publish their newsletter. S. Galewski will contact Kelly Zystra to see if they need
any help instituting this.
7. Image & PR Fact a Day – IT & S has been asked to post fun facts to the website and the social
media websites during Drinking Water Week. Chairman M. Heyroth will change the website’s
banner to reflect this event also.
8. Other items – B. Gysbers will get back to us on what the PSC will do to gather information on
additional costs for this winter’s extreme weather.
9. Next meeting – to be announced
10. Adjourn – motion to adjourn the meeting by E. Fisher, second by B. Gysbers.