UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTTEE
MEETING MINUTES
November 9, 2000

Attendees: Perry Moore, Chuck Taylor, Paul Hernandez, Vicki Montavon, Barbara Denison, Todd Brittingham (for Dave Sauter), S. Narayanan, Donna Hamilton, David Grossie, Kathleen Glaus (for Cheryl Meyer), Terry Anderson

Approval of Minutes of Latest Meeting
There were no corrections or additions to the minutes of the October 19, 2000 meeting. Therefore, the minutes were approved as distributed.

Old Business

A) Accessibility Accountability Policy - Donna Hamilton discussed the reasons for this project and asked for approval from the committee in order to proceed with the implementation of this policy. The purpose of this policy is to assure that all web sites on university servers are in an accessible format. It can be reviewed at: www.wright.edu/web/access/accountability.html.. The members of the committee voted unanimously to approve the process for accountability format.

B) Update on Responsible Use Policy - Vicki Montavon reported the final revision of the Responsible Use of University Computing Resources Policy was approved by the Cabinet, legal affairs and has been added to the Wright Way Policy on the university website. Paul Hernandez suggested that in the future when additions or revisions to the Wright Way Policy are initiated, notification to the campus community should take place. Vicki Montavon will discuss a possible procedure with Jackie McMillan.

C) Draft Policy on Hosting of Web-Based and Web-Enhanced Distance Learning Courses - After giving the members a chance to review the draft policy that was distributed at the last UTC meeting, Paul Hernandez led a short question and answer session. Further discussion will take place at a future meeting when representatives from Center for Teaching & Learning will be in attendance.

Student and Financial Systems Replacement

Terry Anderson reported results of a meeting held on Wednesday, November 8, 2000 with major representatives from areas supporting student, financial and human resource systems to discuss replacement of all current university administrative systems. The student and financial areas reported satisfaction with the current initiatives underway. Although not urgent, the human resource systems are in need of some updates. An RFP is being initiated for a consultant to research available solutions that will meet university needs.

Announcements

1) Donna Hamilton reported the initial results of the web survey. The majority of responses have been from prospective students/parents as far away as Alaska, Germany, Brazil, India, and Taiwan. Donna will report the final results at the January meeting.

2) Paul Hernandez discussed the email regarding the security scans in progress. These are non-intrusive scans that will result in finding and correcting the vulnerabilities on university systems.

3) Faculty Computer Initiative - Inventories should be submitted no later than the end of January, 2001 in order to install new machines in the Spring, 2001.

4) David Grossie suggested the committee define what faculty "needs" and "requirements" are with regard to the faculty computer initiative. He requested this topic be placed on a future agenda for further discussion.

The next UTC meeting will be held in Room 270, Allyn Hall on Thursday, December 14 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.