IRCC Executive Board
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Cotanche – Room 206
8:00 am – 9:00 am
AGENDA
Status Report - IRCC standing committees
Academic Program, IT Policy and Academic Support Committee – Poe
Administrative Computing Committee – Hawkins
Information Systems Steering Committee - Brinn
Student Computing Technology Fee Committee – Wuensch
Vision, Strategy and Planning Committee – Huskamp
High Performance Computing Status – Huskamp
MRI proposal to NSF
Initiatives in Computational Science, Computer Science, HPC and Information
Systems
Research Institute Proposals
Password Security Enhancement – Huskamp
ITCS Draft Project List – Huskamp
Pending Item – ADA
Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 21, 2004, Cotanche 206
MINUTES
Attendees: Jack Brinn, Kevin Fontana, Chuck Hawkins, Jeff Huskamp, Rick Niswander, Stacie Tronto, Karl Wuensch.
IRCC Standing Committee Reports
Academic Program, IT Policy and Academic Support Committee – Poe
Minutes from the last committee meeting are posted on the website. Piratemail was demonstrated with positive responses. A January meeting has been scheduled.
Administrative Computing Committee – Hawkins
Embosser and a new parking system were approved.
Information Systems Steering Committee – Brinn
Upgrading faculty desktop machines in the BSOM was approved by the ISSC. Awaiting funding.
Student Computing Technology Fee Committee – Wuensch
Awaiting proposal submissions from the faculty.
Vision, Strategy and Planning Committee – Huskamp
Committee has not met.
Banner - Hawkins
The $50 student fee to support the Banner project was approved by both the ECU Board of Trustees and the SGA. It is now awaiting Board of Governors approval. The chart of accounts is currently being discussed by the UNC campuses. Agreement on the chart is expected. Due to delays, we don’t expect there to be a Banner financials “go-live” on July 1, 2004 by any campus.
High Performance Computing Status - Huskamp
Work is continuing on the NSF MRI proposal due January 22, 2004. Submission is expected on-time. The solicitation from UNC-OP was released for the Initiatives proposals due February 15. We will be gathering partners to respond to this solicitation which must include a community college and/or independent college or university. The ECU Research Institute proposal will be started after the NSF submission. This proposal is due in March.
Password Security Enhancement - Huskamp
The email announcement sent out by Jack McCoy was discussed. That email stated that a history of previous passwords will be kept for each account to ensure that passwords are not reused as much as possible. In addition, the email stated that stronger passwords would soon be required – e.g. there will be minimum length requirements and special character requirements in passwords. The Executive Board was supportive of these changes with the understanding that adequate education will be done in advance of these requirements going into effect.
ITCS Draft Project List – Huskamp
The ITCS draft project list for FY2005 was reviewed and comments received. ADA compliance and external security review were added to the list. Other comments were received and will be passed on to ITCS directors.
Pending Item – ADA - Huskamp
It was noted that this item is still pending from the December meeting and will be addressed shortly.
Next Meeting
The next IRCC Executive Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 4, 2004, in Cotanche 206 at 8:00 am.
