November 20, 1997
PRESENT ABSENT
Dr. Jeffrey Austen Ms. Annette Littrell for Mr. Matt Campbell
Dr. Robert Briggs for Dr. Carol Owens Dr. Reed Cripps
Dr. Jack Armistead Mr. Anthony Moffett Dr. Cathy Cunningham
Mr. Richard Cashion Dr. Gary Pickett Mr. Jeff Gold
Mr. Charlie Ferrill Dr. Patrick Reagan Mr. Nicholas Kurowski
Dr. Raymond Holbrook Dr. Rubye Torrey Dr. Charles Hickman
Dr. Paul Isbell Dr. Winston Walden
Dr. Steven Isbell Mr. James Westmoreland
Dr. David Larimore Ms. Darla Wilhite
Prof. Carolyn Whitaker
The Information Technology Committee met at 11:00 a.m. on November 20, 1997 in Johnson Hall, Room 102. Dr. Patrick Reagan called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Dr. David Larimore made a motion to approve the Agenda. Mr. Anthony Moffett seconded the motion. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF OCTOBER 23, 1997 MINUTES: Dr. Rubye Torrey said her first name had been misspelled in the APPROVAL OF AGENDA paragraph. Ms. Annette Littrell made a motion that the minutes be approved with this change. Dr. Rubye Torrey seconded the motion. Motion carried.
PROCEDURE FOR POSTING MINUTES: Dr. Patrick Reagan stated that the minutes are available on the Tennessee Tech Web. Mr. James Westmoreland said when members receive their email or viewed them on the Web, they could review them for corrections. This will be the draft version, and after corrections are made the draft version can be taken off. Dr. Jeff Austen suggested that "Not Yet Approved" be noted on the minutes instead of the word "Draft." Dr. Steven Isbell said that he would prefer to receive the draft version via e-mail. Dr. Reagan concluded by saying that email of the minutes will be sent to the members and that a copy will be placed on the Web. Also a copy of the minutes will be sent to the members with the agenda for the next meeting.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: The list of subcommittee assignments was sent out with the agenda. Chairman of the Planning Subcommittee is Mr. James Westmoreland. Dr. Reagan appointed Dr. Jeff Austen as chairman of the Academic Affairs Subcommittee and Mr. Richard Cashion chairman of the Administrative Affairs Subcommittee. The Planning Subcommittee will be meeting on December 2, 1997.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT: Dr. Reagan wanted Mr. Charlie Ferrill to express gratitude to Dr. Mike Nivens for his presentation at the last meeting. He told the group that he had a memo that Mr. Ferrill had forward to him and also a memo from Deanna Nipp from the Library. In the next packet of material, the members would be receiving a copy of both memos.
As far as the Information Technology Management, Dr. Reagan told the group that no proposal had been made yet. Dr. Reagan had talked to the President about his concern and it seemed he would prefer a range of options. Much discussion followed. It was suggested that the ITC could give the President several options. Dr. Larimore said that he thought that if the committee had a recommendation that it felt strongly about then the recommendation should be made to the President. Dr. Torrey suggested an adhoc group be formed to develop a recommendation and bring it to the committee. Dr. Reagan said an adhoc committee could be created to draft a proposal. Dr. Larimore said we should improve coordination on campus but not lose what we already have. After much discussion, Dr. Reagan appointed an adhoc task force to draft a proposal to be submitted to the whole committee for consideration. The following were appointed:
Dr. Gary Pickett
Dr. Raymond Holbrook
Dr. Carl Owens
Dr. Jack Armistead
Mr. James Westmoreland
SUCH OTHER MATTERS: Dr. Reagan reminded the Planning Subcommittee to meet on December 2, 1997. The Information Technology Committee next meeting will be on February 5, 1998.
ADJOURN: Dr. David Larimore made a motion to adjourn. Dr. Gary Pickett seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 12:10 p.m.