FACULTY SENATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTER & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF May 15, 1997

Approved:  9/25/97
 
Present: E. Anderson, D. Blanchard, S. Brewer, D. Bromery, 
D. Chesley, S. Cook, E. Cutting, D. Damery, J. Dubach, 
G. Fisher (Chair), A. Gaylord, M. Gilbert, E. Hurn, T. Jackson, 
J. Kunkel, B. McCandless, R. Sailer, N. Sims, M. Wingertsman.

1.  Approval of Minutes: 

The Committee approved the minutes of the 4/19/97 meeting with the 
addition of the membership of the Emergency Subcommittee.

2.  Announcements

The Committee expressed appreciation to D. Chesley for his work for 
the Committee and the University.

D. Blanchard reported that the University was pursuing funding to 
establish a connection to the vBNS high-speed Internet II network.

3.  Election of Officers

The Committee elected B. MacDougall to be Chair for the next 
academic year.  The Committee elected J. Kunkel as Secretary.

4.  Housing Services Comprehensive Review

M.  Gilbert and D. Bromery (Housing Services) reported on the 
results of the survey Housing Services conducted, and on the 
Community Meeting they held.  As a result, Housing Services 
will be looking at ways to improve communications with residents, 
including improving newsletters, revamping manuals, and providing 
general instruction sessions.   They will be improving their 
follow-up on trouble calls.  They are also currently exploring 
better rate structures for long distance service.

M.  Gilbert reported that there is no longer a waiting list for TAU's.

5.  Emergency measures Subcommittee Report

D. Chesley reported that the emergency measures instituted in 
mid-April had solved the modem pool saturation problem as intended. 

The Committee approved a motion to recommend that OIT end the 
two-hour time limit on the on-campus pools on May 23, to keep 
the 6-hour limit on all pools when through the usage level exceeds 
90%, and that the Emergency Subcommittee remain active through 
the summer to monitor modem pool performance.

6.  Reports from Standing Committees

These will be placed on the agenda for the first Fall '97 meeting.

7.  ADA Plan for OIT

This will be placed on the agenda for the first Fall '97 meeting.

8.  New Business

E. Anderson suggested that the Committee begin consideration 
of a broader role for OIT,  to formally include instructional 
technology and its infrastructure in order to provide a link 
to the Faculty Senate on these topics.

J. Dubach reported that he had attended a retreat with other 
University groups involved in instructional technology, and 
that the discussion had included thoughts on how to improve 
the coordination of these groups.

(assembled by Gene Fisher)
Respectfully Submitted
Joseph G. Kunkel
joe@bio.umass.edu