Wright State University University Technology Committee

University Technology Committee Minutes
December 15, 1998

Attendance: Perry Moore, Barbara Denison, Paul Hernandez, Vicki Montavon, David Grossie, Charles Taylor, Noel Nussbaum, Cheryl Meyer, Alice Renner and Jeff Vernooy

Barbara Denison began the meeting by congratulating Jeff Vernooy on his recent appointment as Director of Office of Disability Services.

I. Technology Plan
Vicki Montavon reviewed the draft of the Technology Plan recently distributed to members of the committee. The plan was unanimously passed by the Counsel of Deans and is now awaiting approval by the UTC. After clarifying several issues raised by Noel Nussbaum and approving Paul Hernandez' request to change the wording on page 5, the section entitled Administrative Systems from ". . .replacement of all administrative systems could cost up to $10 million" to ". . .could cost in excess of $10 million", the committee voted unanimously to endorse the plan.

II. Faculty Computer Initiative
Paul Hernandez received requests for faculty computers from: Lake Campus, Science & Math, Liberal Arts and SOPP. College of Business reported that no computers were needed at this time. College of Nursing will report to Paul as soon as possible; and Barbara Denison will give Paul the numbers for Engineering & Computer Science and Education & Human Services. Paul will then compute the final dollar amount needed for the requested equipment and a breakdown of the number and type of computers to will be sent out to the different colleges. CaTS will then place the order and the machines should be in before the "desktop revisits" to each of the colleges.

III. College Technology Plan Discussion
The Provost announced the end of January as the deadline for all colleges to have their 5-year technology plans completed and approved.

IV. Y2K Update
The Y2K Area Inventory Coordinators Sub-Committee completed their report including what items are and are not Y2K compliant within the University. The coordinators have since then received a disk including a list of all non-compliant items which have not been addressed and the coordinators will follow up on how to address these problems. A final report will be submitted on January 8. According to Paul Hernandez, there do not seem to be any major problems which would cost a considerable amount of money to correct.

V. House Bill Update
Perry Moore announced the House Bill has been approved but no dollar amount has been announced yet. Two committees will be organized to prioritize needs and make recommendations for distribution of the funds.

VI. Mail Back-up Discussion
As part of the "Desktop Revisit", CaTS will be updating the mailing services. As part of this update, CaTS will no longer be backing up E-mail. Individuals will be able to back up E-mail messages on their hard drives or save them in folders and store them as files. This information will be distributed throughout the campus community in the near future.

VII. Teaching Learning Technology Roundtable Discussion (TLTR)
Thirteen members of the University community attended a state conference on teaching, learning and technology. Vicki Montavon distributed copies of and reviewed the TLTR Team recommendations to the University Technology Committee that came about as a result of the conference sessions. These recommendations include:

  • Increased communication between UTC and the Wright State community.
  • Add student representatives to the University Technology Committee.
  • Determine common elements from the College Technology Plans.
  • Have the UTC meet in various locations to showcase University services and products.
  • Center for Teaching & Learning provide faculty development opportunities and work with College Technology Committees to determine technology priorities.

VIII. New Business
Paul Hernandez announced the University is proceeding with applying for Internet 2 membership. January 31, 1999 is the cut off date for the VBMS grants and membership awards. A final Internet 2 draft has been submitted to the University.

The next scheduled UTC meeting will be Thursday, January 14, 1999 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in E157 Student Union.