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TASC MEETING
Minutes
Feb 8, 2008
Call to Order
TJ Moore called the meeting to order at 2:39pm. Members present were TJ Moore,
Clayton Moreau, Morgan Verrette, Timothy Rye, Raphiel Heard, John O’Donnell,
Dr. Todd Furman, Dr. Nikos Kirtisis and Mike Graham. Others in attendance were Patrick Eustis and Brenda Gallow. Members absent were Bill Mungai and Chad Thibodeaux.
Minutes
TJ Moore approved the 14DEC07 minutes by acclamation.
CITO Update
Mike Graham reported status of Dial-Up. Mike said a purchase order was done to extend internet service for one month and at the end of February, it will go. He said starting Monday, flyers will go out in Holbrook and will be put on the boards, a notice will be placed in the paper and a campus email message will be sent out. Mike said he wants to give everyone a chance to be prepared and find out if we get a lot of feedback.
Mike informed the committee the budget officer came to his office and reported an accounting error in the system. She said TASC has about $100,000 less than originally reported, so now, TASC has about $900,000 in the budget. Mike said that will more than cover what the committee normally does, but he just wanted the committee to be aware of the change.
Mike said the TASC Proposals should be in next week. He asked the committee if they want to meet next week or wait until the following Friday to go thru everything.
Mike reported the TASC savings from the purchase of the computers was $72,000.
He said we got very good machines and got them out very quickly.
There was a brief discussion about the management communication system for text messages and cell phones. Mike said the state is rolling out a new one that will be much more advanced and granular so we can do a lot more with it. He said there is a meeting on Feb. 18 and the system should be in use soon after. He also said it does about 6000 messages a minute.
Old Business
Morgan Verrette motioned to wait for all the TASC Proposals to be turned in.
John O’Donnell seconded. The committee voted to approve and motion carries.
New Business
John O’Donnell asked about the telescope/observatory. TJ Moore wants to revisit the idea. Mike said he would dig up the old information on the cost of the telescope and bring to the next meeting. He also explained a couple of concerns that was raised by
the Senate.
- making sure there was university money committed to maintain it.
- this is a lot of money if you don’t get the usage out of it.
There was a short discussion on how to handle the TASC Proposals.
CoTASCO Update
Patrick Eustis reported the new Dell computers are in Holbrook and the Library and the students seem to enjoy using them.
Patrick said the Forensics project is coming along. They just received a big DNA piece of equipment. There was a brief discussion by the committee.
Patrick gave a short explanation about the print management system (Go Print). He explained how it will work and how it will reduce paper waste. Target to go live is the summer. Mike said if this system works the committee may not have to charge for paper.
Patrick said Drew Hall is done. He said there is minor work left, and it is looking good. Dr. Kirtisis expressed his thank you.
Mike Graham told the committee there will be interviews for the TASC position on February 14 as well as Patrick’s interview for a different position. He invited the committee to sit in on the interviews.
Raphiel Heard ask how will the students learn to use Go Print. Mike said the lab monitors will be shown how to use it and they can educate the students. There was a short discussion on Go Print.
Patrick asked if there is any news on Chartwells. Mike said he or Patrick would get an update from Richard Rhoden and inform the committee.
The next meetings are scheduled for February 22 and 29, March 7 and 14 and April 11 and 18. Each meeting will be held in the McNeese Room of the Library at 2:30pm.
Adjournment
Raphiel Heard moved to adjourn and Tim Rye seconded. The committee voted to approve and the meeting was adjourned at 3:07pm.
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