TASC MEETING
Minutes
April 27, 2006

Call to Order
Michael Duff called the meeting to order at 4:09pm. Members present were Michael Duff, Michael Graham, Adam Benoit, Marcus Stein and Janet Woolman.
Others in attendance were: Chad Thibodeaux, Shannon Davis and Brenda Gallow
Members absent were Dr. Todd Furman, Dr. Wayne Fetter, Jessica Benada and Chris Pelloquin

Minutes
Michael Duff approved 13Apr06 minutes by acclamation.

CITO Update
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Old Business
Michael Graham gave the committee a breakdown of TASC money. There is $528,917.87 available for ‘big-ticket’ items.

Members discussed the following TASC Fall 2005 proposals:

Student Services - Michael Graham gave committee quotes for the 2-big ticket items
(i.e… Multi-Monitor Display System for McNeese Campus for a total of $104,660 and the Portal Server for a total of $401,481.)
Mike explained in detail each quote and answered questions from members.

Mike also gave committee a quote from Howard Computers for Help Desk Support at a cost of ‘Option A’ $189,000 or ‘Option B’ 217,000. Essentially this quote covers 24/7 services for Tier 1 Technical Support for MSU’s enterprise applications & systems, including, but not limited to; Blackboard, Banner, E-mail and MS Office. Mike stated this service is valuable but he did not expect the quote to be so high. He said he may be able to get money from the university but it would not be a 50/50 split. He also said this is not something that the members needed to decide on at present. It could be submitted to the next committee for discussion.

Michael Duff stated he thought this is a good idea, and suggested it be brought back to the next committee for discussion. Adam Benoit also thought this is a good idea, but he prefers to see the Portal system happen first.

After some discussion, Adam Benoit motioned to approve the first 2 projects (i.e…Montior System and Portal system for approx. $510,000) and to research the Help Desk Support project for next year. Marcus Stein seconded and motion was carried.

Michael Graham thanked the members.

New Business
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COTASCO Update
Shannon Davis presented a detailed list of locations for 110 TASC machines that were purchased.
He pointed out that Marty Bee Lab has 15 Mac machines that need to be replaced with PCs. If committee agrees to do this, Dr. Miles has agreed to pay for the software needed for these PCs. Additionally, there are 2 more Macs at Sherman Fine Arts Rm 129. If committee agrees to hold 2 PCs for a couple of months, Dr. Miles has agreed to purchase the software needed for these. Shannon also stated there are 23 machines that are currently not in use (on the floor) and would like the committee to give him authorization to disburse PCs as things come up and he would update the members on where they have been placed.

Marcus Stein motioned to give permission to allow machines to be put into service when needed and get them off the floor. Adam Benoit seconded and motion was carried.

Shannon also gave quote on a Xerox Pay Copier for Holbrook. Copier is equipped with a vending station that mounts. It accepts dollars, coins and gives change. Total quote amounts to $9702. Copier supports up to 11 x 17 sheets, 30-pages per minute, handicap accessible. You can also walk up to it and insert a floppy disk and copy.

Members had short discussion and Michael Duff suggested holding off for the next committee to discuss and decide on further action.

Michael Graham thanked the members for their participation this year. He felt despite the interruption of the storm the members accomplished a lot that will have a visible impact to everyone. Michael Duff agreed saying as a veteran of TASC he felt everything this committee did had a point to it, as well as being more organized than in the past.

This was the final meeting until the Fall 2006.

Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 4:49pm