Minutes

September 10, 1999

Media Center, Willard Hall Room 004

Present: Paul Altieri (Economics), Tim Bakken (Criminology and CJ), Catherine Baratta (Sociology/Social Work), David Blitz (Honors Program), Tom Burkholder (Chemistry), Jim Conway (Psychology),  Antonio Garcia-Lozada (Modern Languages), Robert Glarner (Music), Paul Karpuk (Modern Languages), Dan Larose (Mathematical Sciences), Peter Lemaire (Physics/Earth Sciences), Rae Schipke (English),  Marc Triebwasser (Political Science).

Guests: Scott Erardi (Media Center), June Higgins (Arts & Sciences), Bill Sherman (Info. Support Serv.), Roy Temple (Media Center).

The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m.

1. Marc Triebwasser suggested that the job of secretary be rotated among the members of the committee rather than having Paul Altieri take the notes. The consensus of the committee was to have Paul continue to serve as secretary.
     
2. The minutes of April 9, 1999 were approved (Burkholder/Glarner).
     
3. Dean Higgins greeted the members of the committee. She expressed her gratitude for the work of the committee in the past and stressed the important role the committee plays in helping to advance the use of technology in our academic programs.
     
4. Election of Chair
   A motion was made to have a single chair, rather than co-chairs (Blitz/Burkholder). Carried. Dave Blitz took the chair to conduct the election. Tom Burkholder was nominated (Altieri/Larose). There were no other nominations. The secretary cast one ballot for Tom. Tom Burkholder assumed the chair.
     
5. Announcements:
   Bill Sherman addressed the committee. All leased computers will be replaced. The replacements will start in April. Some departments want to purchase the leased machines. In most cases the prices set by the leasing company are higher than the computers are worth. Purchases may not make sense. 
     
   Digital video can now be piped into the classrooms. The goal for this year is to move it into faculty offices. A new Internet provider will come on line around October and there will be an improved pipeline to CSU.
     
   Roy Temple noted that the following rooms are equipped with new computer equipment with display capabilities: C231, C223, C224, MS221, MS222, MS223, EW208, EW005, HB349, Maloney127. Roy demonstrated the capabilities of the system on the equipment in EW005. 
     
   Bill stated that the Arts and Sciences long-range plan convinced him that there is a large demand for new classroom display equipment. He plans to add about 30 more classrooms as soon as possible. 
     
   Roy Temple distributed an announcement for faculty workshops that he will be coordinating this fall. The topics are PowerPoint on October  1, Basic Web Page Creation on October 29, Graphic File Formats on November 19, and Discussion Groups on December 3 (tentative).
     
   Bill Sherman reported about a meeting he had with Congressman and alumnus John Larsen. There is a national proposal for colleges to cooperate with K-12 schools. If some faculty have ideas about how we can work with elementary and secondary schools, they should contact Bill.
     
   Joan Calvert was not present to report on the Academic Computing Council. Marc Triebwasser noted that the Council has $20,000 to distribute for items other than software. Joan will send out a request for proposals to the faculty.
     
6. Marc Triebwasser raised the issue of funding for courseware. He feels that there should be a line item in the Vice President's budget to cover this expense. After some discussion it was decided that Marc would draft a resolution to that effect and present it to the committee.
     
7. The question of the School web policy was discussed and the sense of the committee was that we should try to get the information out to the faculty. In order to emphasize the considerable work already being done by Arts and Sciences faculty on the web, the committee decided that there should be a page of links to faculty webs. The School webmaster will create a page in the Arts and Sciences area and ask the CCSU webmaster to provide a link from the area of the University homepage.
     
8. There was a motion to adjourn (Conway/Lemaire). Carried. The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.