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Technology Advisory Council Meeting Minutes - Friday, January 18, 2002

Attendees: Ian Jacobs, Conrad Shayo, Owen Owens (Don McKenzie's rep.), Jeff Hicks, Kim Cousins, Jim Monaghan, Paul Done, Michelle Behne (Mike Ross's rep.), Kurt Collins

The minutes from the last meeting were read and approved with a correction.

TNS gave an update on TII. The Biology building is almost done and there will be $2.5 million in equipment added to the campus from this project.

An update on the email from iPlanet and the firewall for the campus network was also given. Additional training for the school's techs will be necessary.

A review of which BATS member is doing which demo was conducted. Jeff Hicks is going to do a real time, on-line demo of the Citrix server as well as a portal demonstration. Kurt Collins and Joe Scarcella are doing the mobil lab demonstration A discussion on portals and some possible vendors ensued.

An observation of portals is that it is a value added item and does not cut down on the number of computers needing annual replacement, since the goal of the new initiatives is to find ways to prevent replacing workstations each year. Suggestions in this area include:

    1. Funding student purchases
    2. Leasing and check out program
    3. Focusing on laptops instead of desktop machines, which have a longer shelf life.
    4. Wireless labs emphasis.
         a. Encourage student laptop purchase
         b. Less expensive than hardwire lab

Kim Cousins received an email from Lou Fernandez regarding the budget. He said that the budget looks good however; it seems unlikely that there will be a $100k match for Smart Classrooms this year.

A suggestion was made to move forward with student lab replacement. However, no purchasing can go forward until Dr. Aguilar and Dr. Fernandez give their blessing.

The meeting adjourned at 3:30 pm.

Next BATS Meeting will be in PL-2107 on February 1, 2002 with Dr. Aguilar and Dr. Fernandez attending the demonstration of BATS new initiatives.

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