Notes - July 2, 2003

Attending: Jason, Bill, Jim S., Mike F., Lynn R., Anna S., Connie C., Mary H., Sue C., Bradley Robinson, George S., John H., Joe Wojtowicz (library)

Meeting Minutes:

Updates
New Media Center Conference Update – Mike Farrall shared his experiences at the New Media Center Conference in Blacksburg, VA. Mike recommends that faculty and IT people go to form networks to participate in collaborative projects. The NMC conference showcased innovative applications of technology in education. The NMC web site is www.nmc.org

Library
Introduction of Joe Wojotiwicz as a systems librarian. Joe is responsible for the catalog, technical resources – databases, etc., also serving as liason between Library & IT

Discussion Topics
Recap of 6/5 meeting: TLTR role in governance – continuing discussion with Bill & John & rest of TLTR. We discussed goverenance structure – faculty senate, admin council, academic council.

Mary – Academic council rep
Bill – Admin staff rep
John – Graduate council
Council of Deans
Suggestion: TLTR rep could report back to faculty senate. Meetings could be scheduled to allow for coordination with faculty senate meetings

? How should all of these issues flow to these groups ?

? How do we ensure that TLTR faculty share information with schools ?

? Which academic body: Council of deans, Graduate council

--See the attached pdf file for a brainstorm on this topic

John – TLTR membership
- Deans would recruit

1 Rep New C.
1 Rep Grad. School of Mgmt
1 Rep from other grad programs
1 Rep from each of other schools (BSS, EDUC, HUM, NSCI, BADM)
1 Rep from Library
1 Faculty Senate
IT Director
IT VP
Instructional Systems Mgr
chairs – 1 staff member + 1 faculty member (chosen from within)
1 graduate + 1 undergraduate student

Registrar’s office – by invitation

Proposed meeting: 2nd week of August