TASC MEETING
Minutes
March 9, 2007

Call to Order
Mike Duff called the meeting to order at 3:30pm. Members present were T.J. Moore, Patrick Eustis, Ashley Berken, Dr. Todd Furman, Michael Graham and Michael Duff.
Members absent were Marcus Stein, Janet Woolman, Dr. Wayne Fetter and Chad Thibodeaux.
Others in attendance were James McDonald, Joshua “Kujo” Stewart, Shannon Davis, and Brenda Gallow.

Minutes
Michael Duff accepted the 23FEB07 minutes by acclamation.

The TASC Committee thanked Regina Sermon for the presentation.

CITO Update
Michael Graham reported the cost of the Bandwidth upgrade for 12megs from the State is $153,000 for 1yr. Mike said he finally got the order for DS3 for 45megs at a cost of $74,000 which is 4 times more megs for approximately half the cost. When LONI comes in the price will drop again. Mike said we have figured out a way to rate control YouTube, so this site will open up and the rate control will be similar to the way MySpace is being handled presently.

Old Business
The final TASC Proposal is reviewed: College of Business – After some discussion, T.J. Moore moved to approve the College of Business Proposal for $49,495.09. Motion was seconded. The committee voted to approve and the motion carried.

Mike Graham reported due to family reasons, Dr. Darbeau is unable to attend the TASC meeting. He suggested the committee wait another week or two, and allow Dr. Darbeau to present his ideas.

New Business
Joshua “Kujo” Stewart requested a copy of the TASC Constitution. Mike Duff responded it can be retrieved on-line on the TASC website and Mike Graham invited Joshua to come by his office for a hard copy. Joshua asked what is the cap or ratio or salary to technology spending. Mike Graham answered for employees the cap is 25%. Mike said that is UL System policy and McNeese is currently at about 18%. Mike said we do not want to get any closer to 25% than we are.
Joshua offered an idea of either having a TASC Student Technician or someone working in some way with Student Services to have a webmaster build a formula of a basic design of a website for McNeese organizations. Mike Graham asked Joshua to wait about 4 months and look at the portal to see if it does what is needed in terms of customization so that when a student logs in, they can get as much information as each group wants to post. Joshua asked if customization could be available for registered student organizations. Mike Graham said yes, any number of student organizations could be added.

Ashley Berken asked if the kiosks had been talked about. Mike Graham said all the ideas are on the table to discuss. Mike suggested waiting to hear from Dr. Darbeau and then rank the ideas. He suggested the committee come up with a preliminary ranking before the next meeting. Mike Duff asked Mike Graham if he could supply a list of all the ideas and either email to each member or bring the list at the next meeting. Then after Dr. Darbeau presents his ideas, the committee could rank the list and be ready to discuss at the following meeting.

CoTASCO Update
Shannon Davis reported he is working on the student pricing for software and hardware from Apple, IBM and Microsoft. Mike Graham suggested because the university’s software is already licensed with Microsoft, we can get student licenses at significantly reduced prices. However, it is only good for active students. It would cost about $8 or $10 for the disk but the disk would have to be turned in when a student leaves. After a little discussion, Mike Graham asked the committee if they want to purchase some disks (maybe 500ea) and see what the response would be from the students. The committee decided to allow Shannon to do some more research.

Shannon Davis stated there were computers recently ordered by the university to replace the TASC computers used after the hurricane. Out of this set of computers, there are 4 extra. Shannon said he has been communicating with Sub and went to look at the 4 computers they now have and said these are older computers that need to be replaced. Shannon requested replacing the old computers at Sub with the 4 extra computers that were purchased. T.J. Moore moved to approve the 4 computers be given to Sub. Motion was seconded. The committee voted to approve and motion carried.

Finally, Shannon reported the Help Desk job has been posted on the web as an Administrative Coordinator 1. He said currently we are working with 4 students.

The committee scheduled the next 4 TASC Meetings for the following dates of March 30, April 20, April 27 and May 4. Each meeting will be at 3:30pm in the McNeese Room.

Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at 4:06pm.