Academic Computing Committee
Meeting Minutes
May 8, 2006

Members Present:
University Senate Representative: J. Alvares

Faculty Representatives: A. Adarkar [CHSS Faculty Rep.], R. Malaga (proxy for R. Xing [SBUS Faculty Rep.]), J. Youn (proxy for C. Du [CSAM Faculty Rep.])

Administrative Representatives (Academic Deans):  M. Mallery [Library Administrative Rep.], A.J. Kelton [CHSS Administrative Rep.], H. Sanni [CEHS Administrative Rep.], E. Harris [SART Administrative Rep.],A. Pemberton [SART Faculty Rep.], N. Banar [Proxy for Dean Alan Oppenheim], J. Youn [CSAM Administrative Rep.], J. Donadeu [Graduate School Administrative Rep.]

Non-voting Members Present: B. Beckett [for  E. Chapel (Associate Vice President for Information Technology)]; R. Wolfson (Local 1904 Observer)

Guests:  T. Hoskinson, P. Kahn, M. Kasner

Absent:
Michael Davidson [CEHS Faculty Rep.], S. Shapiro [Library Faculty Rep.], M. Heller [University Senate Representative], D. Stevens [Undergraduate Student Rep], A. Mohiuddin [Graduate Student Rep.], V. Lilikas [Undergrad. Student Rep.], T. Devlin (Academic Coordinator of Education Computing Network), VACANT, Associate Director of Academic Technology

Presiding: J. Alvares, Chair
Reporting: M. Mallery, Secretary
Distribution: ACC Web at http://frontpage.montclair.edu/acc/
Convened: 3:05 p.m. [Library Special Collections Room]
Adjourned: 5:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m.  Kelton moved that: "All business requiring a quorum, irrespective of where it might normally appear on the agenda, be handled as soon as a quorum is present."  Motion approved unanimously.

2. Minutes: Minutes for April 10th were approved.

3. Announcements:  Kelton announced that Michael Davidson is retiring from MSU and asked that the ACC commend Davidson for his excellent service to the ACC, the Faculty Senate and to MSU.  This commendation was approved unanimously.

4. ACC Officer Elections:
The election for Chair was not successfully concluded.  Jean Alvares and Marc Kasner were nominated for ACC Chair.  Two votes were taken and both were a draw, with one abstention.  The determination was that Jean Alvares will remain Chair until the September meeting, where the process will be taken up again.

Congratulations to Joe Youn, who has been elected as the ACC's first Deputy Chair.

Congratulations to Mary Mallery, who was re-elected as the ACC Secretary.

Congratulations to Steve Shaprio, who was re-elected as the ACC Web/Listserv Person.

5. Reports
• Chair's Report:  Alvares thanked the outgoing members of the ACC for their contributions, and he reported that Susana Sotillo has been elected as the Faculty Representative for the CHSS. Other new members will be elected and added to the ACC listserv as we receive their names.  

• OIT Report: Chapel could not be present, but he sent Brian Beckett to answer questions about the Sophos Spam Filtering project planned for Summer implementation.  After discussion about SPAM percentage rating for automatic quarantine, user opt-out decisions, and recommended 14-day quarantine based on OIT technical requirements, Alvares thanked Beckett for attending and answering questions.

• Ad Hoc Committee Reports:

a) Learning Management Subcommittee (LMS) - Alvares noted that Davidson (Chair) is retiring, so the ACC will solicit nominations for a new Chair over the summer and begin LMS meetings again in the Fall and report on new developments with the BlackBoard Content Management System.

b) EDUCAUSE Membership: Kelton (Chair) had nothing to report at this time.

6. Ongoing Business:
• Workstation Integrity Software for Computer Labs –  Alvares noted that in the interest of time, the ACC will defer this topic to the Fall meeting.

7. New Business:
• Technical Specifications Subcommittee (TSS):
Kelton moved that a permanent subcommittee of the Academic Computing Committee (ACC) be created called the Technical Specifications Subcommittee (TSS).  The TSS will consist of one technical person from each unit represented by the ACC as well as technical personnel, the number of which to be determined and assigned by the Office of Information Technology (OIT), to represent issues of systems, technical security, networking, media, classroom technology, hardware, and software.  The TSS will elect its own governing body and the agenda will be driven by issues as suggested or requested by the ACC.  The TSS will meet as needed in order to address the issues presented to it, with the objective of providing timely information to the ACC.

Rationale:  The TSS will provide a venue for technical issues to be discussed that have usually been discussed at the main ACC meeting.  This work being done in subcommittee will free the ACC of these discussions, allowing the committee to focus on larger issues of the use of technology in the academic environment and not just on the technology.

After discussion, the ACC members decided to table the question until the Fall meeting.

7. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM.