CTAG Minutes from May 11, 2000

The meeting was called to order at 3:05 in Bailey 107

Members present: Chichester, Simon, Haley, Johnston, Blood, Rivenberg, Baldwin, Schmidt, Caren, Sancilio, Phillips

Chichester proposed a long meeting after finals, because we don't accomplish much in a one hour meeting.

Simon introduced the issue of the committee's organization. Each serves at Provost's pleasure. We need to determine terms, be sure to stagger them and set a 2 year minimum. Some must always be on the committee, such as the head of CIT.

On to the prepared agenda:

I.Universally Available and Maintained Software subcommittee

Baldwin presented the survey results and a draft of a recommendation

Recommendation should include not only popularity but also pricing and support

We will begin by making a small recommendation but expect to update with more kinds of software next year or later once "universally available and maintained" actually happens.

CIT will maintain both the list of software types needed and the individual packages (upgrades, etc.)

Consider recommending "capabilities" rather than "packages" in some cases.

Discussion: Why should we pick one package versus allow several when cost is no factor and support is easy (e mail, browsers)? We will suggest keeping all popular packages in those cases

II. Report on Printer Accounting

Chichester

CIT counted all prints used this year to see how much each student might reasonably need

Next year CIT would like to allow 250 prints per semester, after which students will pay

Much of the prepared agenda was not discussed. The meeting concluded just after 4 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Melanie Blood