Minutes of Meetings, 2/16/98 and 3/2/98
February 16, 1998
The Secretary was not present at this meeting. Dr. Scheffler reported that at this meeting he passed out the students tech fee proposals and divided the ITAC into groups for evaluation of the proposals.
March 2, 1998
Ms. Joyce Barnes, Leesville SGA; Dr. Terry Bechtel, Business; Dr. Alvin Brossette, Continuing Education*; Ms. Cate Cebrowski, Watson Library; Dr. Betsy Cochran, Scholar’s College*; Ms. Juanita Darby, Leesville Campus; Mr. Roy Davis, Academic Computing; Mr. Phillip Gillis, Academic Computing; Dr. Thomas Hanson, Graduate School; Mr. Thomas Hall, Science & Technology; Dr. Sally Hunt, Education; Mr. Creighton Owen, Leesville Campus; Ms. Susan Pierce, Nursing; Mr. Steve Reid, Computer Center; Dr. Garry Ross, Language and Communication; Mr. Lucas Shaw, Natchitoches SGA*; Dr. Anthony Scheffler, Chair, Academic Computing; Ms. Alicia Thomas, Natchitoches SGA*; Ms. LaTonja Thomas, Shreveport SGA* *Absent
Guest: Ms. Yvonne Alost (for Dr. Alvin Brossette)
The meeting commenced with a discussion of how to evaluate the student technology fee proposals. Dr. Scheffler said that this semester we should go with what we have; that is, we should use the ratings submitted by the four groups of ITAC members. In the future, he stated, the ITAC can discuss and modify evaluation procedures.
Dr. Ross expressed concern that the current procedure does not follow the guidelines established by the ITAC subcommittee on mission and procedure. For example, he pointed out, the four groups established for evaluation do not each have a student member, as mandated by the committee’s guidelines.
Dr. Scheffler passed out a summary of the four groups’ evaluations which included a score for most proposals (one group had not yet turned in scores). The discussion regarding evaluation continued. The Council concluded that another meeting must be held in order to allow more ITAC members to attend and evaluate proposals. Dr. Hall suggested that at the follow-up meeting we see a list of all proposals ranked by score. Dr. Bechtel asked if we should have a representative of each proposal come to that meeting to discuss/defend the proposal. The ITAC concluded that the information required on the proposals was enough to make funding decisions.
Dr. Scheffler asked if ITAC members would like any more information regarding the proposals prior to the next meeting. Ms. Pierce asked for a list of how each of the four groups ranked the proposals they evaluated. Dr. Hall requested a sum total of the cost of all proposals.
The ITAC decided to reconvene at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, in order that all members might attend and participate in proposal evaluation. The meeting adjourned.
Attendance:
Respectfully submitted,
Cate Cebrowski, Secretary-Webmaster, Information Technology Advisory Council
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