28 April 2004
Noon, Faculty House


Attending: Vince Eckhart, Ralph Savarese, Bob Cadmus, David Ellison, Susan Ireland, Martha Voyles, John 
Kalkbrenner, Terri Phipps


Minutes of 31 March approved.


Meeting of May 12 will be at Faculty House at noon.  Lunch will not be served.  Members will need to bring
their own.


Discussion of Curricular Development proposals


Writing Lab: $1600 stipend will be split between three members for researching web-delivered writing modules.


English: Proposal withdrawn as he has been awarded a study leave.


English: Tutorial funding has been denied.  ENG 224 proposal approved.  Faculty member will receive stipend 
of $800.


English: ENG 390 denied.  ISC members feel this revision falls under the category of normal course revision.  
ENG 330 approved.  Faculty member will receive $1600 stipend and up to $400 for student labor.


Philosophy: This proposal supports the initiative to build the American Studies Concentration.   
Approved $1600 stipend. 


Philosophy: Conference proposal seems to more scholarly than pedagogically based.  Proposal has no clear ties 
to a course nor does it have a pedagogical focus.  Denied.


Discussion of ITS developments


John Kalkbrenner distributed information from Bill regarding ITS updates.  


Including:
Memo from the Auditor's assessment stating that the College needs to improve its plan for continuity, for instance, 
how data will be protected in the case of tornado.  John shared current storage policies which includes storing 
information both on and off campus.  ITS will discuss this issue further.


ITS is conducting a survey of students' use of the wireless network.  All new construction will have wireless 
access hubs.


Video conferencing is now available in the JCC.  Faculty should begin thinking of ways to utilize this technology
in their classrooms as well as ways in which it could be used for recruiting purposes.


CTS search:  The position vacated by Munindra will be filled.  The ad is currently under review and will be placed 
once it has been approved.


The TDC will be evaluated.  ISC would like to know if they will be involved since the Center is or can be used for 
instruction purposes.  John was unsure how or when the evaluation would be completed.


Virus protection:  Can it be included in the work at home license?  John was unsure of the cost or license agreement
 regarding use at home.  Some members questioned why the campus server had such a hard time handling the virus 
and why it took so long to get the system running again.  John stated that catching and cleaning the virus itself is not 
the problem.  It is the sheer volume of infected files that affects the system's performance.  ITS will continue to look 
for ways to improve response to viruses.


For next meeting
Will there be targeted items of discussion for next year's committee?