Wright State University University Technology Committee

University Technology Committee Minutes
March 11, 1999

Members in attendance: Roberta Boyd, Peter Cheng, Joe Coleman, Barbara Denison, Dan DeStephen, George Frey, Donna Hamilton, Paul Hernandez Glen Jones, Terri Klaus, Becky Koop, Bonnie Mathies, Victoria Montavon, Perry Moore, Noel Nussbaum, Alice Renner, Scott Rife, Chuck Taylor, Jeff Vernooy, Chris Watson

College Technology Plans: COLA Presentation - Chuck Taylor
Copies of the draft of the College of Liberal Arts' technology plan were distributed and reviewed. CEHS PRESENTATION - BONNIE MATHIES The third revision of the College of Education and Human Services' technology plan was distributed and reviewed. The departmental moves from Allyn Hall will impact this plan and a future revision will be forthcoming. Both plans will be placed online when URLs are sent to Donna Hamilton to add to the UTC web page. The UTC web page is at http://www.wright.edu/aboutwsu/orgs/utc/ Barbara Denison and Noel Nussbaum will present their college technology plans at the next meeting.

Financial Information Systems Presentation - Peter Cheng
Peter distributed and reviewed the Financial System Recommendations document from the Financial Information System Planning (FISP) team. The report is based upon Blackwell Consulting Services' assessment of WSU's financial system. Eight university-wide projects were targeted for reworking with estimated completion by the end of 2004. Additional details are available from the FISP web site at http://www.wright.edu/internal/fis/

Web Directory Discussion - Donna Hamilton
Donna presented a proposal for UTC approval concerning WSU's web directory information for all faculty, staff, and students. It was recommended that the directory will be more useful with: the addition of majors and classifications as either graduate or undergraduate to student listings; personal titles ("Dr.," "Mrs.," etc.), position title, organizational status (faculty, staff, student, or all three), and campus address added to faculty and staff listings. This information is currently contained within the printed WSU telephone directory. No home addresses or home telephone numbers will be on the web directory for students, faculty, or staff. All information is pulled directly from the WSU Human Resources' database.

Following discussion, Donna was asked to investigate how the directory can list multiple titles for individuals. She will also survey the Student Affairs Committee, the Faculty Affairs Committee, the Unclassified Staff Advisory Council, and the Classified Staff Advisory Council for further input about the content of the Web directory.

Firewall Policy - Paul Hernandez
UTC reviewed the CaTS Access to Firewall Logs Policy that secures the network and systems resources against unauthorized access. Only written requests from the Office of General Counsel or the Department of Public Safety in the pursuit of violations of law will be honored.

Y2K Update - Vicki Montavon
Vicki announced that Y2K inventory items requiring compliance are being resolved and that requests for compliance statements from approximately 500 WSU vendors are being sought. The Y2K Task Force learned that Facilities Planning & Management will have full staffing on the eve of 2000 to ensure that all systems remain operational. WSU plans to open for classes on January 4. Vicki also said that plans will be made to inform the university community about preparations for the transition to the year 2000.

College GTA/Staff Computer Needs - Barbara Denison
Concerning the trickle-down of lab computers throughout campus, the UTC representatives for the respective colleges are asked to send counts of computers needed for Graduate Teaching Assistant and Adjunct Faculty offices (one computer per office) to Paul Hernandez. After this is done, departments should send counts of staff needing computers.

Internet 2 Announcement - Vicki Montavon
WSU's application for Internet2 membership has been approved as of a February 25 email notification. Annual membership fees are funded by CaTS, the University Libraries, and the Office of the Associate Provost for Research. WSU joins a group of 146 universities in the Internet2 project. Other Ohio members are Kent State University, Case Western University, Ohio State University, Ohio University, University of Akron, and the University of Cincinnati. More information is available from http://www.internet2.edu. A steering committee will be established to oversee Internet2 projects and activities.

Digital Millenium Copyright Act - Vicki Montavon
Vicki noted that the UTC subcommittee on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act has met once but is not ready yet to present its full recommendations to the UTC. As an interim measure, however, Donna Hamilton has created a link from the bottom of the WSU home page (copyright information) that provides the necessary information for copyright owners who wish to notify WSU of a possible copyright infringement on the campus network: http://www.wright.edu/cwis/copyright.html.

The meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting will be April 8, 1999 from 3 - 5:00 p.m. in Room 315 Dunbar Library.