FACULTY SENATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTER & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF April 19, 1997

Approved:  May 15, 1997

 
Present: E. Anderson, S. Brewer, D. Chesley, S. Conti, M. Crist, E.
Cutting, D. Damery, J. Dubach, G. Fisher (Chair), A. Gaylord, E. Hurn, T.
Jackson, J. Kunkel, B. MacDougall, B. McCandless, R. Sailer, N. Sims, M.
Wingertsman.


1.  Approval of Minutes:

After G. Fisher reviewed the purpose of the minutes as records of motions
and votes, and recording the thrust of discussions, we approved the minutes
of the March 13 meeting.

2.  Announcements

G. Fisher announced that the meeting would adjourn at 3:30 for a guided
tour of the network information center in Lederle.

G. Fisher announced that there would be a committee meeting May 1 at which
Marcellette Williams would present information about the Administrative
Redesign project.

G. Fisher announced that at the May meeting the Committee would choose
officers for the 97-98 academic year.

E. Anderson invited the Committee to attend a live video conference
connecting to Australia on April 17.


3.  Emergency measures

D. Chesley reported that OIT would add 40 lines to the on-campus pool on
April 15.  These lines (7-7000) would have an automatic disconnect after 8
minutes.  He reported that on April 15 OIT would add 32 lines to the
off-campus modem pool.

After some discussion it was moved that the Committee recommend that OIT
temporarily reduce the 6-hour limit to a 2-hour limit from noon until
midnight for the on-campus modem pools.  The motion included the
establishment of an Emergency Measures Subcommittee (B. MacDougall as chair
and members D. Blanchard, D. Chesley, S. Conti, B. DeLong, and R. Sailer)
to monitor the effect of the measures. The motion passed 14 For, 2 Against,
and 2 Abstain.  


Respectfully submitted
Duncan Chesley


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Duncan Chesley             chesley@oit.umass.edu
Director, OIT Computing Administration