Eastern
Oregon University
Tech-Fee
Committee Minutes
April 13 , 2006
Members Present: Frederick Pratter, Bob Larison, Anna Cavinato, Linda Fratzke, Steffany Long, Bryan Pearson, Darren Hendrickson
Resource Members Present: Paul Rowan, Mike Sirrine, Anna Maria Dill
Guests: Kevin Roy, Jon Norris, Kerry Loewen, Kat Galloway, Gibb Pollard
Tech Fee Committee met on this date at 7:00 am in Pierce Library.
The minutes from February 9, 2006 were approved as amended.
Students brought forward a motion to change the way tech fee proposals are submitted, evaluated and approved. Students are concerned that proposals are increasingly geared toward instructional use than student use. Highlights of their motion include requiring that all proposals benefit the entire student body, that the media library be operated and used exclusively by students and that students submit all proposals for tech-fee funding.
Several concerns were raised by committee members and after discussion the following three issues were identified for further discussion:
Bob Larison noted that these have been goals of the Tech Fee Committee since its inception and argued that the solution is not to completely rewrite the charge of the Committee, but rather do a better job of insuring that the existing guidelines and goals are met. It was agreed that actively involving ASEOU in the proposal submission process could help alleviate some of the concerns.
Further discussion on the motion was tabled for a future meeting.
The Policies and Procedures for operating the Media Library were discussed. EOU’s IT Dept was given the charge by the Tech Fee committee to create the Media Check-out library. A set of equipment checkout guidelines, including suggestions from the Multi-media faculty, and the library director was distributed. After continued discussion it was agreed that Kerry Loewen, Jon Norris and Brian Pearson would meet to work out a set of guidelines and checkout procedures that would meet the needs of the students, faculty and Audio-visual department. They will then submit their completed document to the Tech Fee Committee via email for approval.
Helen submitted the current budget report (see attached document). The estimated available balance is between $10,000.00 and $20,000.00. After discussion, it was agreed to wait until mid-June when a more accurate determination can be made and then use whatever balance is available to begin the scheduled upgrade of the Pierce and Learning Center Labs. The upgrade would be completed with 2006-07 funds.
Tech Fee Committee composition was discussed. It was proposed and approved that the committee composition would continue with 8 voting members. The faculty members would include one representative from each of the three schools (College of Arts & Sciences, College of Ed & Business and Division of Distance Education) and one representative from the faculty at large. Student members would include at least one Distance Ed Student and three representatives from the student body at large (see attached document). Also one student representative must be a member of ASEOU.
Dr. Pratter informed the committee that he will be out of the country next fall and recommended that Linda Fratzke (the only voting faculty member returning next year who has not previously served as chair) replace him as the committee faculty chair.
It was suggested that a forum be held before the end of May to assist campus members with the process of submitting Tech Fee proposals.
It was also suggested that the committee continue meeting every Thursday at 7:00am until the items currently on the table are dealt with. Those items include:
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 20 at 7:00am. The committee will continue to meet every Thursday as needed.
Minutes submitted by Helen Moore.
2005-06 Tech Fee Budget (4/1/06)
| Actual to Date | Additional Expected | Total | |
| Revenue | $430,365.00 | $5,500.00 | $435,865.00 |
| Modem Pool | $18,303.00 | $9,200.00 | $27,503.00 |
| Labor | $71,415.00 | $53,585.00 | $125,000.00 |
| Maintenance | $31,263.00 | $7,737.00 | $39,000.00 |
| Replacement | $33,565.00 | ?? | $33,565.00 |
| Proposals | $138,315.00 | $47,913.00 | $186,228.00 |
| Carryover from Last Year | $7,061.00 | $0.00 | $7,061.00 |
| Reoccuring Expenses | $1,968.00 | $0.00 | $1,968.00 |
| $0.00 | |||
| Total Expenses | $301,890.00 | $118,435.00 | $420,325.00 |
| Balance Available | $15,540.00 |
| TECH FEE COMMITTEE COMPOSITION | ||
| Representing | Current Representative | Term Expiration June 30 |
| Faculty At Large | Frederick Pratter | 2007 |
| College of Arts & Sciences | Anna Cavinato | 2007 |
| College of Ed/Business | Bob Larison | 2006 |
| Division of Distance Ed | Linda Fratzke | 2008 |
| Campus Student 1 | Darren Hendrickson | 2006 |
| Campus Student 2 | Bryan Pearson | 2006 |
| Campus Student 3 | Steffany Long | 2007 |
| ASEOU Member Student 4 | Anna Bacon | 2006 |
| Note: Beginning July 1, 2006 at least one of the student representatives MUST be primarily a Distance Ed Student | ||