Minutes of CTAG meeting #2
October 15, 2:30 pm
South 209

1. Bob Simon called the meeting to order and announced that meetings will rotate to allow the committee to see many different campus rooms -- including smart classrooms. Meetings will be run on the Biology department model: decisions will be made on a modified concensus basis (somewhere between simple majority and total concensus) and all sub-committee meetings are open to any members of CTAG, and anyone attending has voting privileges.
2. Melanie Blood foolishly volunteered to be recording secretary.
3. The committee will plan to hold 1 meeting per semester as an open forum to which all members of the campus community are invited.
4. The mission of four sub-committees for the 1999-2000 academic year was debated. Each committee is centered on one issue, with several more issues on our horizon. (For more detail on the issues, see Bob Simon's handouts)
• Issue #1 The commonality and guaranteed availability of software that is used on campus
• Issue #2 Formulation of procedures for computer replacement/purchase on campus
• Issue #3 Examine network structure and establish a plan to develop our basic communications infrastructure
• Issue #4 Develop standards that define the college's external web presence/intranet
• Each of these four committees will research the issue, the relevent software/hardware, interview other campuses and formulate one and two year plans.
• Each sub-committee will report back to the CTAG committee as a whole
5. CTAG will meet approximately every three weeks, and each subcommittee will meet once in the intervening time. Chair Bob Simon will meet once with each subcommittee, after which time the committee will function on its own, with its own chair and recording secretary.
6. Along with the four sub-committees, the CTAG committee will consider technology issues that are quickly and easily solved, or fing "small solutions". It was pointed out that we need to be careful not to make all problems within the mission of CTAG, or to step on departments' or individuals' technological toes. CTAG is advisory body to the Provost on campus-wide issues.

Respectfully submitted,
Melanie Blood