Eastern Oregon University

Tech-Fee Committee Meeting

October 26, 2006

Members Present:   Charles Martin, Steffany Long, Gaby Ochoa, Carolyn Bloyed, Linda Fratztke, Janet Hume-Schwarz, Anna Cavinato, Brian Sather

Resource Members Present:  Paul Rowan, Mike Sirrine, Anna Maria Dill, Karen Clay, Helen Moore

Tech Fee Committee met on this date at 7:00 am in Pierce Library 114.

The minutes from October 12, 2006 were approved as submitted

New members, Brian Sather and Gaby Ochoa were introduced.

Paul explained that he had called the meeting to discuss where technology is headed on campus.   EOU currently has no IT Strategic Plan and it is imperative that one be developed.   Several concerns were discussed including:

• Technology on campus continues to increase without any cohesive plan for implementation or maintenance of the technology.
• We need more data regarding how technology is currently being used on campus before sound decisions can be made about where we want to go.
• It is difficult to get correct information regarding availability of campus technology to the entire student population.

Linda will meet with Provost Miller next week and discuss his vision of campus technology in general and how he sees the Tech Fee fitting into that vision. 

There was some discussion regarding whether or not the Tech Fee committee was the correct entity to spearhead the development of an IT Strategic Plan.  Mike Sirrine reminded the committee that per the Tech Fee Committee charge, the committee is responsible for looking toward the future and planning for advancements in campus technology, so working on an IT Strategic Plan fits very will within that charge.

Linda, Anna Maria, Paul, Karen and Charles agreed to serve on a sub-committee to put together a draft that could be a starting point for developing a campus IT Strategic Plan.  Brian suggested that Curt Whittaker be included based on his work with C-SALT. 

Paul will work on gathering data (via surveys and other means) regarding the use of technology on campus and need for more and/or different technology.

Helen informed the committee that she will have copies of this year’s Tech Fee proposals delivered to all committee members by 5:00pm on Tuesday, October 31st.  She will send a ranking sheet for ranking each proposal to committee members via email.   Each committee member is asked to complete the ranking sheet and return it via email to hmoore@eou.edu no later than 5:00pm on Monday, November 6th.  Helen will compile the ranking sheets and bring them to the next meeting scheduled for 7:00am on Thursday, November 9th (meeting will be held in Library 114 as usual).

Minutes submitted by Helen Moore