AGENDA
Information Technology Policy Committee
Meeting #2, Friday, October 3, 2003
2:30-4:00 pm
Business N440

Agenda is posted at  http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/itpc/agendas.html

1. Approval of the Minutes of Meeting #1 (September 11, 2003).
Minutes are posted at  http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/itpc/minutes.html

2. Announcements.

3. Meeting with Provost/Vice Chancellor John Wanat
     The questions below have been submitted to VC Wanat
     prior to the meeting.

4. Presentation by Laura Pedrick on the myUWM Portal project.

5. Other Business.

QUESTIONS for the Vice Chancellor:

1. How important is campus wireless access?  What are the problems
   with the technology?  Can they be overcome; have other campuses
   overcome some of them?

2. How is PAWS working?  Is it our intention to put all employees
   on the databased "time card" system, keeping in mind the problems
   that have arisen with the student recording attempts?

3. How is the campus network functioning?  There have been reports
   of inability to access e-mail and PAWS, and reports of very slow
   performance even when access is possible.  Both types of problems
   are sporadic, but real.

4. Are there likely to be more IT budget cuts this year?
   Are there some specific cuts we should anticipate?

5. Follow-up to a question from last year:
   What is the future of the Computer Acquisition Program (CAP)
   and what will those dollars be allowed to buy?
   What about lab modernization funds to Schools/Departments with
   independent labs (not CCL=Campus Computer Labs)?

6. Follow-up to a question from last year:
   Does the pool that was created in the previous fiscal years
   for software license fees through reallocation from units
   still exist? If so:
    What are the criteria for having software license fees paid out
    of this pool?
    What software licenses are currently being paid from that pool,
    is there a balance remaining after those payments, and what
    happens to that balance?
    What effect does the new Microsoft contract have on the pool
    and on the campus software budget?

7. What areas of information technology are likely to see increased
   spending and emphasis in the next few years?  What areas are likely
   to see decreases?  Are there any surprises or things we might not
   expect on these lists?


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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY COMMITTEE MEMBERS (2003-04)

ITPC, 2003-2004

MEMBER              DEPT/DIV.      E-MAIL              TEL

Bartholomew Armah   Africol   SS   armah@uwm.edu       4641
David Barlow        RESIGNED  (PRO)
Audrey Begun        SocWelf   PRO  begun@uwm.edu       6096
Allen Bell, chair   MathSci   NS   adbell@uwm.edu      4233
Rita Cheng          Assoc VC  x-o  rcheng@uwm.edu      3038
Joseph Douglas      CIO/I&MT  x-o  jnd@uwm.edu         4464
Nancy Frank         RESIGNED  (PRO)
Christoper Guse     Theatre   AH   cjg0001@uwm.edu     4329
Timothy Haas        BusAdmin  SS   haas@uwm.edu        4360
Robert Hessling     Psych     SS   hessling@uwm.edu    4996
Seyed Hosseini      EE/CS     NS   hosseini@uwm.edu    5184
Chris Hota                    SR   cghota@uwm.edu
Robert Kaleta       LTC       AS   kaleta@uwm.edu      3769
Peter Lee           L&S       AS   lee@uwm.edu         6528
Stephen Pevnick     VisArt    AH   pevnick@uwm.edu     6359
Joe Smith           I&MT      AS   joe@uwm.edu         6528
Jon Welstead        Music     PRO  jonw@uwm.edu        5623

Open Faculty position         NS

AH  = Arts & Humanities
AS  = Academic Staff
NS  = Natural Science
PRO = Professions
SS  = Social Science
x-o = ex-officio
SR  = Student Rep
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