University of Minnesota

Institute of Technology

Minutes of ITICC Meeting

May 4, 2000

3:30 p.m., 133 Physics

Present: Bance (ADCS), Barnes (CE), Belik (Math), Chase (ME), DeLaney (Astro), Hudleston (IT Stud Aff), Kachelmyer (ADCS), Larson (ADCS), LeMay (ADCS), MacDonald (CSE&ITlabs), MacEwan (Chem), Rusack (Physics), Skillman (Astro)

1) Results of balloting on equipment proposal.

Hudleston said he had received ballots from a majority (fifteen) of the voting members of the committee. All were positive , and the proposal is thus approved. He said he would make an attempt to get a response from the remaining voting members, to make the vote as complete as possible.

2) Presentation of Management Proposals for 00-01

Larson and MacDonald presented the proposals of ADCS and CSci for managing the labs for FY 2001. The proposals had earlier been sent to ITICC members with the agenda.

MacDonald noted that the FY01 CSci proposal was the same in structure as the present year's, with roughly a 5% increase built in for salary increases. He reminded the committee of the continuing need for lab management to stay competitive and retain staff. Salaries are charged directly to the ITICC account, and full accountability to the college is provided in that way. The FTE count is exact, but the precise cost to ITICC will depend on salary /staff changes during the year. We know there will be such changes, but we cannot predict exactly what they will be.

Larson noted a few changes in the structuring of the FY01 ADCS budget. LeMay is added, to assist Larson in lab management and supervision, and there are partially compensating reductions in the percentage time by several other staff. Another change is the addition of a charge for 24 hour security in Lind Hall for the last part of the semester. Such security has been funded centrally (it has not until now been paid either by ADCS or ITICC), but this will not be the case in the future. The net effect of these changes, plus changes in rates of pay, leads to about a 5% increase in the budget.

Hudleston said he would conduct e-mail balloting on the management proposals.

2) Other Businesses

There are several items carrying budgetary implications that will need to be considered in the fall. One of these is network charges, which continue to be volatile. Also, we will need to plan for upgrading Lind 26 once ADCS moves out (into the renovated Walter Library).