FACULTY SENATE UNIVERSITY COMPUTER & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF Dec. 11, 1997

Approved with corrections: Feb. 17, 1998

Present: E. Anderson, S. Brewer, D. Blanchard, E. Cutting, D. Damery,
J. Dubach, A. Gaylord, E. Hurn, T. Jackson, J. Kunkel,
B. MacDougall (chairperson), R. Sailer, M. Wingertsman.

Bruce MacDougall called the meeting to order at 2:35

  1.   Approval of Minutes:

    2.    The minutes of the Nov. 13, 1997 meeting were approved.
     
  2. Announcements: Recent developments:
    3.     (none)
     
  3. Old Business
    a. Update on TLTR Motion of Ernie Anderson.
    (1) The Teaching Improvement and Technology motion was tabled in the IT Council
    (2) John Dubach queried: Does TLTR mean we buy the entire package of $2500 startup?
    • Should we follow the AHE guidelines or assemble a TLTR like unit?
    • Ernie would prefer the full blown AHE TLTR.
    (3) Emily Hurn reported that the Library Council will propose a motion for a TLTR.
    (4) Steve Brewer suggested we solicit letters of recommendation from key people outside the University.
    (5) John Dubach suggested that the logical next step is to build on last Spring's retreat on instructional technology.
    (6) Ernie Anderson reiterated the need for involving students in the process which is a part of the AHE guidelines.
    (7) Bruce MacDougall emphasized the need to keep the momentum going.
    • Testimonies from other universities would help.
    • Experiences at other AAU Universities would carry weight with our administration's intentions of joining the AAU.
    • We should aim for progress by mid January!
  4. New Business.
    a. New requests from the Secretary of the Faculty Senate for the Committee
    • Requests were received from our parent organization for us to evaluate:
      • UIS- FY97 Annual Report and FY98 Tactical Plan
      • LIB 546
      • LIB 547
      • Carlin Proposals
    • Discussion ensued on how to proceed:
      • Assign 8 people (2 per report)
      • These people will report to the FSUC&ECC
      • UIS: Dave Damery and Ernie Anderson
        Tad Jackson will serve as resource person for the UIS
      • Lib I:* Ed Cutting and Art Gaylord
      • Lib II:* John Dubach and Steve Brewer
        *Emily Hurn will serve as resource person for the Library Papers
      • Carlin Tenure Proposal: Norm Sims and Joe Kunkel
    b. OIT List Serves (Ed Cutting)
    • Discrimination may be illegal on listservers sponsored by the University.   Some universities are currently in litigation.
    • There is evidence that such listservers exist on our University Computer system which discriminate with respect to sex and ethnic group.
      • Examples are: An 'all women' list sponsored by the Graduate Dean and an ethnic list of ALANA members.
    • Is a UMass OIT list of all listservers available?
    • John Dubach reported that OIT provides the space for a Sponsor.
    • Who is responsible?
    The hour being late we postponed further discussion to a future meeting.

    The meeting adjourned at 4:01

    Respectfully Submitted
    Joseph G. Kunkel
    joe@bio.umass.edu
    last updated 2/12/98