UTFAB Meeting Minutes October 4, 2005
I. Refresher introductions made
II. Mark Ritschard Kiosk Presentation
· Work Grant Received of 47K from Sun Ray for 50 Kiosks located in high traffic college areas
o Extra 25K needed
· In conjunction with CITA to determine best locations for Kiosk
o Only 6 Colleges responded requesting Kiosks
o Location and set-up of Kiosks should be determined by end of October
o Installation mid-winter or early spring
· Cost of installation
o Based on location
o Kiosk set-up
§ Shelves? Stands?
§ Clusters may reduce cost
o Approximately $700 per Network
§ This includes stand and security
o Location and stand type into CITA by Nov 30
· Location Location Location! -Action Plan
o Discuss with individual college council’s placement suggestions
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E-mail list to
o Work with Jim White from Facilities to help determine cheapest/most efficient locales
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Next Tuesday UTFAB members come prepared to
travel to anticipated sites
· Computer Network Setup
o Browser connected to own college?
o Authentication or open web browser?
o Handicap accessibility?
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Jason will contact ATRC
III. Bylaw Revisions
· Pat discussed his proposal
o Marked Bylaws sent out to all members
IV. Forum Concerns
· Scott Baily updated UTFAB web page
· Tiffany
o What designates Smart Classrooms
§ Must be general assignment
o Wireless Accessibility in Braiden Hall
V. Pat’s proposal of possible projects
· Portal Redundancy 20-50K effects everyone who uses Ram Web
· Adding storage to portal 200K+ expandable chasey
· Additional laptops to Morgan Library 20-40K
· Update in classroom technology 10K-Refresh instead of just constantly repairing
· Additional development of the mobile portal for write access-20K
· WebCT robustness 20-40K improve load balancer
· Improved student web mail “through the portal”
o UTFAB Members pick Top 3
Adjourn 5:02