TASC MEETING
Minutes
March 23, 2006

Call to Order
Michael Duff called the meeting to order at 4:05pm. Members present were Michael Duff, Michael Graham, Dr. Wayne Fetter, Chris Pelloquin, Janet Woolman, Marcus Stein and Adam Benoit.
Others in attendance were: Shannon Davis, Chad Thibodeaux and Brenda Gallow
Members absent were Dr. Todd Furman and Jessica Benada

Minutes
Michael Duff approved minutes by acclamation.

CITO Update
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Old Business
Members discussed the following TASC Fall 2005 proposals:

College of Nursing – Chad Thibodeaux and Shannon Davis are in process of working with
Dean Wolfe at Nursing to refine and re-submit request with new cost. Cost will be less than what original proposal is asking for. Will update at next meeting.

Other Departments –
Enrollment Management - Michael Graham announced that after speaking to Alexis Albarado, the expansion is not going to happen and request will be put on hold for now.

Student Services - Chris Pelloquin contacted Dean Osburn to come in and give summation of proposal. Michael Graham stated his understanding of the request saying that it will provide access of information across campus eventually tying into television at Mass Comm. to do news shows, etc… for campus.
Chris Pelloquin stated the proposal was over $50,000. Mike agreed but said there is a big pool of money for bigger projects such as this one. Michael Duff suggested the committee table the discussion for a later date to look at each of the big ticket items separately. Members agreed to move discussion along and go thru as many of the smaller proposals to get requestors their money.

Dean Osburn arrived and gave a brief outline of proposal and agreed to come back at another time when the committee would be ready to hear more detail of the big ticket items.

College of Business - After a very brief discussion, Chris Pelloquin stated he had already gone thru this proposal and motioned to approve. Adam Benoit also reviewed it and seconded.
Motion was carried.

Liberal Arts - Members were confused with request, so Michael Graham agreed to bring breakdown of proposal at next meeting.

College of Engineering - Members were confused with request, so Michael Graham agreed to bring breakdown of proposal at next meeting.

College of Science - Michael Graham informed committee that Item#1 (MyMathLab) has been completed at no cost. Members would like someone to come in to answer questions on Item #3 (DNA Analysis Grant) and Item# 4 (Magnetic Resonance). Dr. Fetter pointed out Item#3 could possibly have been partially funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents Grant and wondered if Mike could check on it. Committee also asked Mike to take a look at this proposal and come back at next meeting with a report. Mike agreed.

New Business
Michael Duff suggested taking the next meeting (March 30) to finish up the smaller proposals.
He also suggested meeting on April 6 (with committee only) to discuss the larger big ticket items and on April 13 to have people in to explain each item, discuss costs, and vote. Michael Duff also asked Michael Graham to bring a breakdown of what money is left for the big ticket items.

COTASCO Update
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Next meeting: Thursday, 30 Mar 06 at 4:00pm in the McNeese room (Library).

Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 4:57pm