Institute of Technology
Minutes of the ITICC Meeting,
January 27, 2006
3:35 p.m., Physics 210
Present: John Baxter (Math), John Boggs (Geol), Philip Bransford (BMEn), Bryan Carlson (ADCS), Thomas Chase (ME), Rayna DeMaster (AEM), Peter Hudleston (IT Dean’s Office), Michelle Jacobs (CEMS), Kent Kirkby (Geol), Satish Kumar (CEMS), Larry LeMay (ADCS), Jim MacDonald (CSE, IT Labs), Dan MacEwan (Chem), Sean O’Neill (Astro), Roger Rusack (Phys), Farzad Sadjadi (Phys), Tom Shield (AEM), Evan Skillman (Astro), Jerry Sobelman (ECE), Ben VanderSluis (ME), Philip Vang (ME), Lucas Veverka (ITSB)
1) Status reports from CSciE and ADCS and PJH
LeMay reported some problems with opening and closing times in the labs at the start of the semester, related to the hiring of new consultants. He also reported that air conditioning in Lind 24 had just broken down – and as a result the room was getting too hot. This hopefully can be fixed without disrupting the Math labs held there. MacDonald reported that the hardware replacements over winter break had all been completed and also various software upgrades. Web cams are still being installed. There were no issues raised by student users.
Hudleston reported that he has told the Dean that, given the underusage of the facility and other demands on space in the college, he saw no problem with ITICC turning over room EECS 4-204 to the Computer Science and Engineering department and consolidating the 4-204/4-250 ITICC public lab into 4-250. Dean Crouch has acted on this and informed the CSE department that it can utilize 4-204 for its own purposes.
MacDonald said that he intended to replace the carrels in EECS 4-250 with tables when consolidating the EECS 4-204/4-250 lab, and that we would be giving the carrels and a number of the computers away. As usual IT departments will have an opportunity to take possession of these. MacDonald also said that a certain amount of remodeling of the room would be necessary. CSE would pay for filling in the windows between EECS 4-204 and 4-250, but ITICC will need to pay for removal of a door between the two labs and a wall separating a small room from the rest of 4-205.
2) Spring Schedule of Activities
Hudleston informed the committee that the business for the spring includes reviewing the proposals submitted by the ITICC Technical Committee for lab improvements to be carried out next fall (in FY 2007) and also reviewing proposals for “new initiatives” under the Lower Division computing category. The latter could come from any IT department, provided that they concern lower division computing. The total amount budgeted for this initiative is $100,000.
3) Review Committee Status Report
Rusack gave a brief description of the status of the review committee’s work. It has met with MacDonald to learn about the management from the CSE side and will be having also a meeting with ADCS. Hudleston said that the most appropriate person to meet with would be Jerry Larson. The survey of students on how they view the instructional facilities and use of the technology fee was held over from the end of fall semester and is about to be sent out. It is web-based.
Rusack appealed for input on the technology fee from individuals in the departments from the department perspective. Hudleston said he would ask departmental representatives to respond to Rusack’s request if they had not already done so.
4) Other Business
None