UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

MEETING MINUTES

March 11, 2004

Attendees: Jim Vance, Chuck Taylor, Dan DeStephen, Remi Penmetsa, Barbara Denison, Paul Hernandez, Noel Nussbaum, Larry Fox, Ron Dorsten, Carol Rader, Dan Bertsos, Chris Watson, Terri Klaus, Andy Montesano, George Frey, Brenda Mobley, Carol Holdcraft, and Bonnie Mathies.

I. Approval of Minutes for November

Minutes of the February meeting were approved as written.

II. College Technology Plan Presentations

Dr. Charles Taylor presented the College of Liberal Arts' 2004 Technology Plan. A copy of this report can be found at: http://www.cola.wright.edu/admin/tplan.html.

Dr. Bonnie Mathies presented the College of Education & Human Services 2004 Technology Plan. This report is not yet on the CEHS website.

III. CaTS Updates

A. Larry Fox reported on the current problems with computer viruses/worms.

B. Phil Neff updated the committee on the development of the policies and procedures for university security. He distributed copies of the Best Practices for CaTS Servers, Desktop and Perimeter. The final document will be completed and implemented in the near future.

C. Paul Hernandez announced a new Microsoft License Agreement which is currently being finalized and will include WSU, Central State University, Ohio University, OSU, Akron University, University of Cincinnati and Youngstown State University. Below are the main points of interest:

• Maintains current desktop suite of products
• Gradual 23% year-to-year increase from current agreement pricing until parity reached in student pricing in 2007. Students will pay a portion of this increase and WSU will subsidize the rest with a reduction in the subsidy each year for approximately the first three years. At that time, WSU will review other options and probably convert to a campus license agreement
• New license will convert from ownership to lease of software for faculty and staff.
• Students will own software upon graduation
• Includes home use for faculty and staff
• Covers open access lab machines at no further cost
• Commitment is on a year-to-year basis
• Individual schools may drop out after one year

D. Larry Fox reported on the wireless printing project now in the pilot stage. At the end of the test phase, this feature will be available in all wireless locations on campus for both PC and Macintosh environments.

IV. CTL Updates

Terri Klaus updated the committee on several items:

• CTL has received 80 requests for web-only or mixed-mode courses for spring quarter
• The On-Line Teaching Learning course will again be offered to faculty during spring quarter. The class will run from April 20 - May 20 on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoon. The application can be found on CTL's website and must be submitted no later than April 6.
• CTL is also working on a promotional website informing the campus community on the new WINGS portal that will go live on March 23.
• With the assistance of CTL, the College of Nursing has developed an interface for palm pilots to be used in the field when collecting clinical data. Then the data can be uploaded to a website for future reference.

The next scheduled UTC meeting will be on Thursday, April 8, 2004 from 3:00 - 4:00 in 315 Dunbar Library. The College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College of Business will present their technology plans at this meeting.