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November 17, 2017 Meeting

Agenda

West Kern Community College District

ITC Meeting Agenda

Friday, November 17, 2017

HR Conference Room, 10:00—11:00 a.m.

  1. Approval of Minutes
  2. Items from Prior Meeting
    1. 10Gb Circuit
    2. Login Banner (Information Item)
    3. Banner 9 Upgrade
    4. Retiree E-mail
    5. E-mail Retention Policy
    6. Password Guidelines
  3. Technology Master Plan Update
  4. Annual Committee Review
  5. Instructional Technology Update
  6. Classroom and Instructional Technology
    1. Issues / Problems / Suggestions

Minutes

Members Present:

Andy Prestage, Bill Devine, Shelly Getty, Mark Gibson, Gustavo Gonzalez, Dana Hicks, Aldrin Luben, David Mitchell, David Reynolds,

Members Absent:   

Dan Hall, Dan Hall, Nicole Avina, John Dodson, John Eigenauer, Richard Hudson, Abbas Jarrahian, James May, Brock McMurray, Tiffany Rowden, Mark Williams

Guests:

Oleg Bespalov

Facilitator: 

Andy Prestage facilitated the meeting.

Recorder:

Dana Hicks was meeting recorder.

Meeting Called to Order:

Andy Prestage called the meeting to order at 10:07 am.

  1. Approval of Minutes:
  • The committee reviewed and approved the minutes from October’s meeting.
  1. Technology Master Plan Update (formally discussion item #3)
  • Andy questioned the matter of how new IT equipment has been and currently is funded for projects.
  • Per Bill Devine, if equipment is/was used campus wide, IT would pay out of own budget. If the equipment is/was for personal use, (faculty) equipment is/was purchased from the faculty’s own budget.
  • Per David Reynolds, some equipment was grant funded since the same equipment was used for special tech. needs. For other tech needs, Instruction likes the idea of a written process to help spell out future funding needs/resources.
  • Andy will look into increasing awareness for Dr. Daniel, Amanda, and Mark W. to provide more funds for technology replacement every five years.
  • David Reynolds interjected that faculty should not have to need to worry about new equipment purchases, especially if a faculty member is new. Technology purchases should be made by Instruction, not faculty’s own budget.  All faculty technology tools should be on same level too, not specialized.
  • Andy will follow-up with Mark W. on funding topic and report back at next ITC meeting. in December.
  • Andy asked the committee members for ideas of the new Tech. Master Plan.
  • Bill Devine advised Andy to obtain input from Division Chairs.
  • Oleg mentioned the Strategic Planning Committee as a good source of input.
  • Andy will give/send committee members copies of the master plan to review. There will be a one-time, half hour meeting to discuss the plan at a later date.
  • David Reynolds questioned proper representation of IT at the Strategic Planning Committee.
  1. Annual Committee Review (formally discussion item #4)
  • There was a lengthy discussion about the Annual Committee Review, led by Oleg.
  • Oleg wrote out a table of various goals for the committee to meet. See picture below;

 

  • Items from Prior Meeting
  1. 10Gb Circuit
  • This topic was not discussed
  1. Login Banner (Information Item) (Handout)
  • Andy asked committee to review the handout, especially both examples. Most people agreed to the idea, however, a few faculty members members abstained from the decision to implement.
  • Andy will present the idea of the login to the Governance Council.
  1. Banner 9 Upgrade
  • Due to time constraints, this topic was not discussed.
  1. Retiree E-mail
  • There will be no changes. The current policy/procedure will remain in place,
  1. E-mail Retention Policy
  • Due to time constraints, this topic was not discussed.
  1. Password Guidelines
  • Due to time constraints, this topic was not discussed.
  1. Instructional Technology Update
  • Due to time constraints, this topic was not discussed.
  1. Classroom and Instructional Technology
  • Issues / Problems / Suggestions
  • Due to time constraints, this topic was not discussed

Adjournment: 

The meeting adjourned at 11:04 a.m.

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