October 23, 1997
PRESENT ABSENT
Dr. Jack Armistead Dr. David Larimore Dr. Reed Cripps
Dr. Jeffrey Austen Dr. Carl Owens Dr. Cathy Cunningham
Mr. Matt Campbell Dr. Gary Pickett Dr. George Swisher
Mr. Richard Cashion Dr. Patrick Reagan Mr. Anthony Moffet
Mr. Charlie Ferrill Dr. Mike Nivens for
Mr. Jeff M. Gold Ms. Darla Wilhite
Dr. Raymond Holbrook Dr. Rubye Torrey
Dr. Paul Isbell Dr. Winston Walden
Dr. Steven Isbell Mr. James Westmoreland
Mr. Nicholas Kurowski Prof. Carolyn Whitaker
The information Technology Committee met at 11:00 a.m. on October 23, 1997 in the Presidents Conference room. Dr. Patrick Reagan called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Dr. Rubye Torrey made a motion to approve the Agenda. Mr. Matt Campbell seconded the motion. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 11, 1997 MINUTES: Prof. Carolyn Whiteaker ask that we add her name to the September 11, 1997 minutes as being present. The minutes were approved with this change.
WEB FOR STUDENT DEMO: Mr. James Westmoreland, Mr. Richard Cashion and Ms. Kay Hume gave a demo on what is available for students on Web for Students, a software package purchased from SCT. The package is integrated into SIS and offers another way for students to access administrative data and also offers additional functionality to the students. The different menus that students can select to access student information was demonstrated. It was emphasized that the same security of access to data is retained in this system as is currently in the text access system.
The next applications which will be available on the Web for Students will be Application for Admissions and Registration. It was pointed out that additional Web interface packages, Web for Faculty and Web for Employee, will be available within a year.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT: The document prepared as a result of the "Unified Report of Administrative and Academic Review Subcommittees of the Computer Resources Committee" was discussed.
Dr. Mike Nivens reported to the committee how Telecommunications was run like a business and that the benefits of doing so should be considered before any reorganization which included that part of technology was done. It was suggested that other concerned parties might want to be present when this topic was discussed. Mr. Westmoreland suggested that this has long term ramifications for the campus and should be considered in that light.
Dr. Armistead made a motion to call another meeting to discuss this subject further. Dr. Torrey seconded the motion. Motion carried.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLANNING PROCESS: Mr. Westmoreland announced that the forms for the Information Technology 3-Year Plan would be sent out in November; starting the planning process sooner that the previous years.
SUCH OTHER MATTERS: A request to use TAF money to buy 2 computers for use in Bartoo Hall was discussed. This will provide disabled students with the same computer access to information in the LRC as all other students. Dr. Paul Isbell made a motion to buy a computer. Mr. Jeff Gold seconded the motion. Motioned carried.
ADJOURN: Mr. Jeff Gold made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Dr. Jack Armistead seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 12:15 p.m.