College Technology Committee

11/21/06 Meeting Minutes

College Technology Committee

Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:30 P.M. HTC1-124 - Teleconference Room

Meeting Agenda

I. Welcome & Introductions

II. Announcements & Reports

III. Current Topics

IV. New Issues

Minutes

I. Introductions were made and James welcomed the group.

II. The following reports were given:

OIT - Josh Krek reported that the campus connection to District will be cutover to a new system tomorrow. The newer connection will double the 25mb to the desktop, enabling much faster internet download response. Computer users on campus should see some relief when the process is complete. He is coming in early to support the cutover and conduct performance tests.

Frank Gonzalez inquired about wireless network coverage. He wanted to know if OIT will be expanding service to particular locations on campus. A discussion followed about where coverage lapsed and when OIT would have the available resources to investigate the feasibility of requests and expand coverage.

No other service area reports or announcements were made.

James Abraham reported that interested members of the CTC met with the IT consultant, Willie Pritchard, on Friday 11/17. It was noted that Mr. Pritchard would be looking for more participation from this group via email to supplement the face-to-face interviews. Mr. Pritchard's email address is williepritchard@gmail.com. Concerning the CTC in particular, he wants to get a sense of what this committee does and how it interacts with the rest of the campus. James indicated that Mr. Pritchard may not respond to each individual's email personally, but he is genuinely interested in the feedback and wants to compile the information. As an aside, James stated that he thinks the committee has lost its way, and he voiced confusion over its role as strictly a recommendation body. It was noted that Mr. Pritchard would be evaluating the committee's role.

KC Hundere is presenting the CRC report to PBAC this year. KC stated that the CRC is recommending to budget for more people [support staff] before buying more things. KC continued to offer perspective by stating that we [the college] cannot make decisions on what we can support without knowing the status of current staffing levels. There are many positions that are left vacant, and yet we can't fill them until we get the blessing (10 slots are open; but frozen per Administration). KC mentioned that Chuck Jeffery did a great job submitting the college wide budget requests – they want to look into buying machines instead of building them to help with staffing problems. It was noted that the final meeting is next Tuesday and the presentation for the President would be the week after that (1st week of December, date TBA). KC dovetailed his report with the consultant's update by stating that among all the issues the main question to be answered is: "do we have the right people in the right positions?". He noted that the consultant's report was due to the President on 12/14; he was not sure when it would be publicly available.

New Issues:

Migration to Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 for the Fall – Faculty from the Business and Information Technology department would like to teach it and want to know when it can be available. It was noted that no current upgrade path is identified due to current OIT staffing shortage.

REMINDER:

There will be NO CTC MEETING FOR DECEMBER. Regular meetings will resume in February 2007.

Attendance Brian Witherspoon, OIT; Cyril Azoulay, OIT; Roger Bontrager, OIT; Larry Hefley, OIT; Marie Villarba, Chemistry; Fernando Camou, Academic Affairs; Claire Englehart, English; Dorene Kessler, OIT; Frank Gonzalez, LMC; José Aguiñaga, LMC; Brendan Regan, Art; BJ Jacobs, Psych; KC Hundere, OIT; Josh Krek, OIT