Minutes from TCT Meeting:
Wednesday, November 16, 2005, 12:45P-1:45P

Members Present:
John Chavez, Cathy Hart, Kurt Hill, Linda Lawson, Loretta Mondragon, Mary Lou Mosley, Jon Storslee, Jennifer Strickland, Casey Durandet

Issues/Items Discussed:

1) Update Reports:

a) Ocotillo Retreat: The Wednesday, May 17, 2006 Ocotillo retreat will take place at PVCC.

Cathy will send Alan an e-mail to set up a meeting in order to coordinate events through the appropriate project coordinators.

b) Technology Budget Request Timeline: Cathy said that there are no changes - Admin. is still developing a master calendar to fold in with the Technology Budget Request dates.

Mary Lou asked about the process involved for faculty to get new office computers. Cathy said that all computers are on a cycle, and IRTS knows when the replacements need to occur (if, per chance, a faculty member does not inquire about a new computer). Faculty can still inquire about new computers - requests to Cathy and Loretta at IRTS. Lily Fultz takes care of the projectors and new workstations replacement cycles.

c) Educause Conference: Jennifer shared with the committee some of the sessions she attended, e.g., (1) Quotes from DigiTools Students at Northwest Missouri State University, Fall 2004," "Best Practices - Using Technology to Deliver Instructional Support Services," "Quality Matters - Inter-Institutional Quality Assurance in Online Learning" (web site at http://www.qualitymatters.org).

d) Network Upgrade: Cathy provided us with a synopsis of what's occurring wrt the network (also, see Carol's "PVCC New Network Implementation Plan 2005-2006" handout provided at today's meeting).

The bottom line is that implementation will occur around Christmas.

2) Macromedia Breeze vs. Elluminate Demos: Preference?

The general thought was that Elluminate was more student oriented than Breeze.

The cost for each is $30,000.

Jennifer said that $18K for Breeze takes care of 100 seats => 100 people at once can use Breeze => 3 or 4 classes at once; $12k for their server/host OR $4k for our server/host.

Cathy will look into a comparison of these different tools via contact with District personnel.

3) Full PowerPoint Program on Library Computers - Student/Support Issues:

Many questions/issues were raised:
i) What is the plan for support?
ii) How to recover the costs? Need to consider charging the students.
iii) Fee structure for printing in the library should occur in Spring 2006.
iv) Technology fee to charge campus-wide? (Mary Lou stated that the Governing board has always voted it down.)
v) How do we implement a campus-wide technology fee?
vi) To whom do we address these questions/issues? Linda Rosenthal?

We'll revisit this when we find out what occurs in Spring 2006 when the library implements the printer fee.

4) Next Meeting:

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 12:45P-1:45P in the G-Conference room (G-126).

Discussion: Pros/Cons for a campus-wide Technology fee.

This "Meeting Report" is my interpretation of what occurred during this meeting. If you would like to correct an error(s), make an addition(s), or have any questions, please call me @ 7-6651 or e-mail me.

Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Recorder: Casey Durandet

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