CCFIT > Calendar & Minutes > January 10, 2007 Minutes

Present: Tor Cross, Lori Lubin, Gail Yokote, Jan Dickens, Liz Gibson, Frank Hirtz, Jon Wagner, Jan Ilkiw, Andy Jones, Tim Leamy

Since Frank Hirtz is joining us we did a round of introductions.

1. Our Charge
We discussed the draft charge letter from Peter Siegel (see attached). The charge is fairly broad and far ranging. This committee will be serving a more direct role in recommendations to IET and other campus units. We saw various actions coming from the committee - including proposing, monitoring, reviewing, and reporting. Our role as a forum is very valuable since we bring together many different views to one table. Also, since we have the proper directors attending many decisions can be made without at lot of red tape. The group agreed that the charge letter is appropriate.

We also discussed how our committee relates to other committees.
The Mediaworks Board of Directors has been dissolved and Liz would like our committee to provide the feedback that Mediaworks requires. We also discussed whether we should provide oversight for SmartSite. SmartSite will have an oversight committee, so we don't need to provide that role.
There would likely be too much work for a single committee to do both SmartSite and other educational technology. Therefore, it makes sense to be separate. However, we need to make sure the two committees share a few members so we stay informed.

2. Our membership
It was suggested that we have a grad student 'assistant to the chair' paid who is an RA? Everyone agreed it is a good idea so Tor will suggest it to Caroline Bledsoe.

Tor has contacted ASUCD about undergraduate representation.
There are some possibilities that hopefully will fill that position soon.

We discussed briefly scheduling issues and ensuring we have enough faculty present to get their input. Although scheduling is difficult we appear to be doing well in this regard. We just need to keep an eye on it.

3. Textbook adoption process
We continued our discussion regarding the textbook adoption process. The current process is manual and fairly cumbersome. We would also like to add other teaching resources to the form, such as PRS, electronic reserves, etc. Jason from the Bookstore will attend our 2/7 meeting. We can discuss the current process and possibility of updating it to included all class resources:
PRS
Readers
Supplemental material
Library reserve
Media reserve
TRC mid-campus interview
It would also track info on editions, pricing, and what was used last
quarter.

We will plan to create a sub-working group, including reps from undergrad, library and faculty, tech, etc.

4. Other items
-Liz would like our group to provide input on Breeze Meeting vs Elluminate decision. She will be sending out info.

-Several folks have conflicts on 1/24. Therefore, we are cancelling that meeting. Our next meeting will be 2/7.