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TASC MEETING
Minutes
Nov 16, 2007
Call to Order
TJ Moore called the meeting to order at 2:32pm. Members present were TJ Moore,
Clayton Moreau, Timothy Rye, Raphiel Heard, Bill Mungai, Dr. Todd Furman and Mike Graham. Others in attendance were Patrick Eustis, Chad Thibodeau and Brenda Gallow. Members absent were John O’Donnell, Morgan Verrette and Dr. Nikos Kiritsis.
Minutes
TJ Moore approved the 02NOVT07 minutes by acclamation.
CITO Update
Mike Graham presented a couple of updates to the committee.
Mike and Patrick spoke to Richard Rhoden and there is no final construction date on the revamping of Einstien Bros. seating area. As soon as Richard Rhoden gets that date, Mike said the computers will be ordered, which may be sometime in the spring.
Mike said he is putting together a spreadsheet and anticipates ordering all the computers for both labs on Tuesday of next week or first thing after the Thanksgiving Break. Mike said in order to get the job done much faster he will get Dell to outsource. He said we will still save on the cost of the machines and by Dell bringing in people this will save a tremendous amount of work, time, be very efficient and still save money. Mike said the university is planning to rollout 250-300 lab machines before the Spring Break and if TASC wants to get their machines done as well, it can all be done quickly.
Mike told the committee the TASC lab in Gayle Hall was totally destroyed by fire. He asked the members if they had any interest in funding a new set of computers for Gayle. Mike said the insurance will possibly cover 1/5 of the cost of the machines. He said if the committee voted to purchase the computers, any insurance money received would go back to TASC. Dr. Furman asked about the cost. Mike said approx. $37,000. Clay Moreau wondered how much do the students use the lab. Mike responded the Gayle lab gets used at lot by Nutrition and Family Sciences and Ag. There was a short discussion by the committee and Clay Moreau motioned to approve the purchase of new computers for Gayle Hall along with the new computers for the TASC labs around campus. Motioned was seconded. The committee voted to approve and motion carries.
Lastly, Mike reported the Executive Staff met and decided they will cover 50% of the Oracle Licensing and for the scanning system and 100% of Banner, but for the Portal they asked Mike to come back and ask TASC to decide what they want to do with it.
TJ Moore asked how much the maintenance fee would be and Mike responded roughly $76,000/year. This cost would increase by roughly 12% based on the maintenance agreement for 5 years and then it would be re-negotiated and the cost would drop. Mike said he would come back to TASC each year to make the request for approval to fund. After a brief discussion, Clay Moreau motioned to approve the maintenance fee for the Portal. The motioned was seconded. The majority of the committee approved, with one non-approval by Dr. Furman. Motion carries.
Mike reported, he and Patrick Eustis agreed to wait until the end of the semester to implement the Print Management System.
Old Business
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New Business
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CoTASCO Update
Patrick Eustis restated it was decided to postpone ‘Go Print’ at this time.
TJ Moore asked about the field trip to tour the Light Center. Mike said he did not set the trip up because Lafayette has changed viewing times to the first Wednesday of each month and this does not work well for those in Student Government. He asked the members what they wanted to do, i.e. can the idea or wait until some other time. Patrick suggested checking out the website at www.lite3d.com. TJ wondered if the tour could be set up for January 2, 2008. He said this is the first Wednesday of the month, and the students are on break, so it would not interfere with any meetings. The committee briefly discussed and Mike agreed to try and schedule the field trip for January 2.
Adjournment
Tim Rye motioned to adjourn the meeting. Raphiel Heard seconded. The committee voted to approve and the meeting was adjourned at 2.55p.m.
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