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  ETAC Committee

October 25, 2001 Minutes

 

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE


10/25/2001, 9:00-10:30 am
Foothill Carriage House Conference Room

ATTENDEES:

Sharon Berg, Carole Chapman, Wayne Chenoweth, Kathy Fransham, Chuck Lindauer, Greg McIlhiney, Roxanne Mendrinos, Willie Pritchard, Jaci Ward


GUESTS:  Gerry Gyuire, Sharon Luciw, Cindy Vinson

Convened:  9:15 am

1.  APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

  • Minutes will stand approved as posted

2. GENERAL NEWS- NEXT ISSUE OF NEWSBYTES WILL BE ON HW/SW STANDARDS

  • Will be out next week, Thursday, November 1st
  • Investigating a way through both vendors that we can have customized web pages for our standard computers
    • Talking to Apple & Dell about having a custom page for just FH/DA
    • Will be built on a database they have, to specify our standards
    • If standard configuration is ordered budgeters will not have to fill out a req
      • Will only need to specify quantity and budget code
      • Order will be sent directly to purchasing and ETS
    • Will speed up our internal ordering for standard computers
  • Not able to do with peripherals at this time

3. DRAFT OF TECHNOLOGY USE SURVEY; ETAC FEEDBACK - CINDY VINSON

  • Still in draft form
  • Will be delivered via the web
  • Wants feedback from ETAC and then will place on the web and do pilot testing
    • Dave Garrido (DA) and Kathy Fransham(FH) will work with 5-6 people each to get their feedback
  • Trainers will use info to build their training programs
  • Everyone who has an email account will get this survey
  • Is an anonymous survey, could be optional to respond with a name
  • Need to look into how we can get surveys to those people who don't have or don't use e-mail at FHDA

4.  REVISED SERVER SUPPORT WHITE PAPER; ETAC FEEDBACK

  • Need to get an assessment of what is out there
    • May need to do a survey in order to do an assessment of where servers are located
    • Will need to go to each division to see what they have and what can be done about it.
  • Sharon is to do a survey to find out what servers are on campus
    • Will not be a survey that gets sent out to everyone
    • Will need to visit one-on-one to complete surveys
  • Will be brought up at the All Managers meeting on Nov 30th
  • Each department wants the ability to configure, run and dictate what is on their server
  • Need to define what a server is
    • How do you differentiate a production server from a development server?
  • Might be better to do the survey before sending out server policy statement
  • Should indicate what ETS can currently support
  • ETS needs to get up to speed and then do migration of servers
  • Currently do not have a time line
  • Was supposed to have a Web Administrator who would work with the Web Coordinator on each campus
    • Together they would determine what the web architecture would be for the district
  • Sharon and Willie are working together to revise the document
  • Document needs new heading - "Planning Action"
    • Document needs to say:  This is what we can support, if you go with this, this is what we will do
    • Only mission critical severs need to be taken over
  • Will send out another copy after revising

5.    OTHER ITEMS FROM THE COMMITTEE

  • ETS managers are in the process of moving into new quarters
    • Located in two newly placed trailers, past plant services
    • ETS occupies about 1 1/2 of the two trailers
  • Will go over Implementation Plan next meeting
  • Will get ETS budget info to ETAC within another month
  • Next ETAC meeting will be on November  29th, in the Foothill Carriage House Conference Room
    • There will not be a meeting held on Nov 8th.

Adjourned:  10:28 am

Next Meeting:  Scheduled for November 15 in the Foothill Carriage House Conference Room, but Willie will be out of town( alternate times or cancel meeting?)

 
 

 

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