Faculty Senate University Computer and Electronic Communications Committee
Thursday, October 21, 12:15 - 13:45 Room 811-15, Campus Center
                                Draft Minutes
Attendance: Alvarez, Billings, Brewer(Chair), Fisher, Hilbink, Kunkel, Levin, 
            May, Sharick, Sims, Stidham, Stoia, VanKleef, Zucker

I. Minutes
 A. Minutes of Sep 9, 2004 posted at URL:
http://people.umass.edu/fsucecc/, were 
    approved as amended. 
    A motion to have minutes posted at the website and no longer distributed at
    meetings was seconded and passed without objection.
II. Announcements and Question period.
    A. FSUCECC Chair (Steve Brewer).
    B. OIT (Rosio Alvarez).
       The next big test of the system is coming up in November with the start of
       Preregistration.  Extensive load testing has been performed but time will
       tell whether it was effective in establishing the weak points.
    C. SIS LIAISON (Howard Stidham)
       Minutes will be forthcoming and posted on the FSUCECC website. Next meting 
       is Nov. 4
    D. Ad Hoc Committee on the Student Information System (ACSIS)
       A Faculty Senate Committee has been formed as a result of our recommendations
       to study alternatives to our present SIS system as they are implemented in
       Sister Universities.  Our committee has at least two standing members on that
       committee.  Anyone wishing to be on that committee should ask the Steve.

III. Old Business
    A. Annual Report submited to the Faculty Senate (Steve Brewer)
      1. Reception by the Faculty Senate
   Our report was accepted by the Faculty Senate and both of our motions were passed.
   There were questions addressed to both Steve Brewer and Joe Kunkel.
      2. Consequences.
       a) The Ad Hoc Committee on the Student Information System (ACSIS) was established 
          by the Faculty Senate.
       b) We are looking forward to a Ticketing System to be developed for SIS Problems.
    B. The Agenda for the coming year was set.
      1. The Fall Meeting Schedule is posted at our website.
      2. Standing Committee Establishment 
      3. SIS Liaison Oversight - The three tier structure is still not obviously in
         place and we need a way of trying to influence the establishment of a focus
         around our requested SIS Problem Ticketing System.
      4. Email List Rules - We will schedule this to be discussed at length.  Some
         Preliminary discussion occured to refresh members understanding of the issue
         which is of general interest but had specific importance to how the Faculty
         Senate runs its agenda.
      5. The Learning Commons (Nov. 18) Ann C. Moore will present at our next meeting.


Respectfully submitted,
Joe Kunkel, Secretary