Advisory Council on Technology

11/13/98 Minutes

3:30 p.m. to 5:00.p.m.

316 KSC

Kent Campus

 

Present: Johnnie Baker, Cathy Bakes, Ray Craig, Julie Burke for Rosemary DuMont, Alan Evans, Paul Farrell, Brad Foust (Undergraduate Student Senate), Pam Grimm, Barbara Hanniford, Ilee Rhimes, John Kerstetter, Terry Kuhn (chair), Jer emy Odhe (Graduate Studentate Senate) Bernie Reynolds, Ilee Rhimes, Michelle Craig for Roberta Sikula, Steve Tapp, Drew Tiene, and Denise Zelko

Absent: Lowell Croskey, Peggy Doheny, Judy Hirschman, Alice Iden, Larry Jones, Mike Kreyche, Pam Mitchell, Bruce Petryshak, Pam Ramey, Ilee Rhimes and Darrell Turnidge

I. Welcome and Call to Order.

Dr. Terry Kuhn (Chair) called the meeting to order at 3:40 p.m.

II. Discussion and Approval of 10/2/98 Minutes

Desired format for minutes: verbatim or summary

There was no discussion or approval of the October 2, 1998 minutes because they have not been proofread yet. The minutes for this meeting will be distributed at the December meeting.

The desired format for the minutes was discussed. A motion was made and unanimously approved that the minutes be submitted in summary form with more detail given where different points of view are presented.

III. Old Business

    1. Volunteers and/or Nominations for UCT Chair

      2. Paul Farrell was nominated. The corrected By-Laws were distributed and reviewed and it was found that Paul was eligible for nomination. Paul accepted the nomination.

      A motion was made and Paul Farrell was unanimously approved as the new chair.

    2. Staff Support for UCT Chair

      3. The issue of staff support for the UCT chair was discussed. The Director of Academic Computing was volunteered to provide this support. This offer was accepted by both the Assistant Director of Academic Computing and the Council.

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    3. SPAMing University E-mail Constituents

      4. E-mail, snail mail, web based bulletin boards, hot links and censorship were discussed. Steve Tapp proposed to have a web based bulletin board where messages could be placed in full text version stating that this idea came from a meetin g with Margaret Garmon, Human Resources and the Registrar discussing these issues. Steve offered to write this proposal and send it to the list for comments and discussion at the next meeting

    4. Integrated Technology Plan

A motion was made and approved to table this until the December meeting.

  1. New Business

    1. Adapted Computing/Assistive Technology

A handout titled "Adapted Computing for Students with Disabilities: Beyond Tables and Doors" was distributed by Pam Mitchell. She explained that adapted computing is modifications made to a computer that enable a person with disabilit ies to access that computer. Information was provided to bring awareness and encourage support, ideas and recommendations from the council. It was suggested that Denise Zelko be contacted to capture information on deployment in order to increase money r ecovered from the Regents.

B. Date of next UCT meeting: December 18, 11, 21 4, or other?

December 18 is the Friday of finals week it was decided that the next meeting would be held on December 4, 1998.

C. Classroom Improvement Committee Update

No report given.

D. Policy on Responsible Use of University Computing Resources

A draft was passed out. This is to be read and discussed over the web then be brought up as a topic at the December meeting.

E. Desktop Standards (hardware, software)

An objection to the word "standards" was. It was suggested that what was intended and necessary was a list of software and hardware which would be supported by UIS and ACT.

    1. By-Laws Change in Appointment Procedure

The changes approved at the first meeting of Fall 1998 noted that one sentence needed to be added concerning maintaining an equal number of faculty and administrators on the UCT.

  1. Standing Committee Reports

    1. Academic Computing

      2. Faculty Refresh

    2. Administrative Computing

    3. Learning Technology Services

    4. Network Computing

    5. New Media Services

Current projects being worked on were stated. Details

will be posted to the listserv.

  1. Future UCT Meeting Dates and Locations

December 4, 1998 307 KSC

February 5, 1999 316 KSC

March 12, 1999 316 KSC

April 16, 1999 Governance Chambers

The meeting was adjourned at 5:07p.m.

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A handout was distributed as a reminder to attend Doug Gale's presentation.

A handout was distributed showing a web based one stop shop service offering student tailored information. It was stated that a similar web page for Kent would be extremely beneficial to both undergraduate and graduate students.

C: President Cartwright

Provost

Ilee Rhimes