TASC
MEETING
Minutes
September 8, 2004
Call
to Order
Mark
Steward called the meeting to order at
2:30P.M.
Members present were Dr. Brenda Birkett, Michael Duff, Dr. Todd
Furman, Dr. Debra Hollingsworth, Mark Steward, Joshua Stewart and
Kirk
Thibeaux.
was present by video conference. Members absent were Victoria
Gauthier and Dwayne McCoy.
Others
in attendance were: Daniel Baker, Mark Bentley,
Shane Burge
,
Richard Horvath
, Carlos
Rivero and Paul Wolfe.
Minutes
Michael
Duff moved to approve the
August 11, 2004
TASC minutes as amended. Motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
CITO
Update
Mike
informed the members that McNeese would be part of the statewide fiber
network system being implemented by Governor Blanco. It would take
one or two years to fully implement this project.
Mike
informed the members that the new mail server for students had been
installed and was being utilized by approximately 50% of students.
Old
Business
Mike
Graham discussed the Senate Approval of the TASC Constitution Changes to
the “Member with voice but no vote from Information Technology”.
Mark Steward said that this document had not yet been presented to the
Senate. Mark will make presentation at next meeting.
Members
are continuing discussion of the draft document for Reserve Funds.
Members
are continuing discussion of the draft document for Labs used by non-TASC
students.
Mark
Steward reminded members that a representative from Element K will
make a presentation at the
November 22, 2004
meeting.
New
Business
Mike
Graham informed the members that a TASC Proposal Workshop was being held
on
September 9, 2004
. This workshop is open to all faculty and staff to help them
understand the process for writing a TASC proposal.
COTASCO
Update
Shane Burge
updated members of the Holbrook Ranch Expansion. Shane presented the
articutal drawing of the expansion. The new expansion should hold
approximately 60 additional computer stations. Shane will copy the drawing
and distribute at the September 22nd meeting for discussion.
Shane
informed the members that the Student Government Association requested
another printer to replace their outdated printer. TASC has an extra
HP4050 printer that could be used by SGA. Members moved to have
Shane install the updated printer.
Shane Burge
took members on a TASC Lab Tour.
Adjournment
Meeting
adjourned at
3:00P.M.
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