Eastern Oregon University

Tech-Fee Committee Minutes

February 28, 2002

Members Present: Cavinato, Hart, Larison, Setiadji, Baisden, Negulescu, Salviander

Resource members present: Cutright, Dill, Taylor

Minutes:

Tech Fee Committee met on this date at 7:30pm in Pierce Library 114 to make review language in recommendation being made to the Provost and to discuss the request to update our modem pool with Equipment Replacement funds.

The Recommendations for Academic Year 2001-2002 were approved as written. Anna will submit the document to Interim Provost Betts for his final approval and will meet with Dr. Miller (once he is on board) to advise him of the Tech-Fee Committee’s recommendations this year.

Anna has a meeting scheduled with Vice President Morgan to discuss the Tech-Fee budget. The Committee unanimously approved a resolution to try and restructure the Tech-Fee budget to allow the account to carry funds forward at the end of each fiscal year without having to pay various EOU and OUS Administrative Charges. The types of accounts that allow funds to carry forward into a new fiscal year are usually charged EOU and OUS Administrative Charges that total approximately 13%.

The committee agreed to postpone making a decision regarding how to handle the remaining funds in this year’s budget until after Anna has met with Vice President Morgan. Whether or not the funds can be carried forward to next year will help determine whether or not the committee wants to send out a request for emergency proposals.

The committee discussed various options regarding upgrading Eastern’s modem pool. The committee approved the purchase of an additional T-1 circuit card (price to be determined) and approximately $12,000.00 for a 60-port Cisco Access Server. The committee will entertain a request at a later meeting to increase the number of switches available to the library as well as to the campus at large. These switches would allow additional network connections for the increasing number of students carrying personal laptops and wishing to connect to the network.

Additional meetings will be scheduled during Spring Term as needed.

Minutes Submitted by Helen Moore