Faculty Senate University Computer and Electronic Communications Committee
Thursday, November 18, 12:15 - 13:45 Room 804-08, Campus Center
                                Draft Minutes
Attendance: Bradley, Brewer(Chair), Gaumnitz, Hudson, Kunkel(Sec.),
            Levin, Moore, Stidham, Stoia, VanKleef, Zucker

I. Minutes
    A. Minutes of Oct 21, 2004 are posted at URL:
           http://people.umass.edu/fsucecc/
           The minutes were approved as posted.

II. Announcements and Question period.
    A. FSUCECC Chair (Steve Brewer).
    B. OIT (Kate Hudson).  
       Pay for print is being initiated for the OIT computer labs.  It
       follows the model used by the library but is being managed internally
       instead of an outside vendor.
    C. SIS LIAISON (Howard Stidham)
       Level I Minutes for Nov 4 are posted at our website.
       Nikki Stoia is joining the committee. A copy of the October
       handwritten notes was tendered to the FSUCECC secretary for posting.
    D. Ad Hoc Committee on the Student Information System (ACSIS)
       The first meeting of this committee met and is being chaired by
       Steve Brewer.  The committee established 4 sub-committees to 
       investigate:
        1. Status of the current SIS system
        2. Problems of our SIS
        3. Comparable Solutions.
        4. Comparable Sister Institutions and their solutions.
        Monthly meetings of the whole committee are planned.

III. New Business
    A. The Learning Commons (Anne C. Moore)
      1. Eventual goal of being open 24/7.
      2. Near goal of maximizing availability consistent with security
          of the building and space.
      3. Primarily for students.
      4. Current Design:
        a. Pond side entrance and security desk.
        b. Moveable panels to create sub-spaces
        c. Outposts for timely services (Bursar, Registrar, ...)
        d. Current periodicals display and browsing lounge.
        e. Reference desk.
        f. Technology support.
        g. Standup Email Kiosks for fast turn-around.
        h. 25 6 people/workstation pods.
           10 6-person tables with 1 PC.
           50 individual computer tables.
           16 glass walled rooms of 6 chairs each 1 PC and
              projector/room. (2 cubes of 4 open to 24/room)
        i. ~ total 500 chair facility with 1/4 Macs and 3/4 PCs
        j. Human kiosk: 1 stop service and security.
        k. Mini-campus store for supplies (blank CDs, diskettes, ...)
        l. Cafe on ground floor for casual meetings, study and wireless
           connection.
      5. Questions from the committee answered:
        a. Laptop loaners not in plan.
        b. Dissability services will be accomodated.
        c. Most bound volumes on the main floor are to be removed. Some
           reference material will remain.
        d. The main floor is being designed as a human interaction
           floor. Meetings of faculty and TAs with students for learning 
           enhancement.
      
    B. Email List documents are posted at our website for member review.
       Please read for our next meeting.
      a. Educause posted Bulk EMail policy statement by Pace U.
      b. Educause posted U. Michigan Policy Website on "Targeting of
         Data"
      c. Educause posted U. Conn "Official Electronic Communication
         Policy"
      d. Educause posted U. Virginia "University Policy on Using
         Electronic Communications for Large-scale Notifications and 
         Distribution of Information"
      e. Ed Cutting's 2001 analysis of the issue.
      
IV. Adjourned at 13:45
Respectfully submitted,
Joe Kunkel