SIUC
Computing Advisory Committee
DRAFT
Meeting Minutes of
Those
present: Bob Baer, Ruth Bernhardt, David Carlson, James Duggan (recorder), Jim LeBeau, Susan Logue, Don Olson (ex officio), Karen
Prichard, Amy Sileven, Chih-Fang
Wang, Lichang Wang. One visitor: Jerry Richards
(Information Technology).
Don
Olson, reporting for IT, responded to Bob Baer's concern about the usage of the
Internet2 bandwidth. He indicated that
normally the University was funding a 20Meg connection to the Internet and a
45Meg connection to Internet2. However,
this year, because of the demands on the regular internet connection, IT had
diverted 15Meg of the Internet2 bandwidth availability to deal with the
increased demand of regular internet access. Thus, this year there is 35 Meg
connection to the Internet and 30Meg connection to Internet2. There is the possibility of purchasing
additional bandwidth through the Illinois Century Network (ICN), but it is
expensive
($3,000 per month for 10 Meg). Susan
Logue asked about the DS12
and
DS3 lines into and out of the University; Don indicated that there were both
lines from SIU to
James
Duggan reported for Don Olson and the members of the Undergraduate Technology
Fee Committee. The Committee was
currently meeting and considering over 26 requests (totaling over $2Million)
for approximately $800,000 in funds. The
committee hoped to have final decisions made by Thanksgiving. Don Olson indicated that the Committee needed
to consult Vice Chancellor Koropchak and the Graduate
Technology Fee Committee to insure there were no overlaps in funding.
Jerry
Richards presented the "Final" Security Report (sent out earlier via
the CAC listserv) and spoke about the effect the Security Subcommittee's
proposals and recommendations would have on users (especially students and
faculty). He suggested that if the
report was approved it probably should be sent on to the Provost and Vice
Chancellor for Administration. The CAC
should also look into forming a formal security group to help finalize and
implement the policies and guidelines that are included (and to be
included)
in the report. The Committee was
somewhat reluctant to approve the report since many of the proposed policies
and guidelines to be included were not yet written. Jerry responded that the subcommittee was
looking for approval of the report (and not necessarily the
policies/guidelines, which may change over time, anyway). One member of the committee indicated that
she had not yet received the report, and other committee members wanted the
chance to obtain constituent reactions.
The committee decided to defer action on the report until the December
meeting. Jerry promised to add a statement to the report indicating that the
appendices (including the guidelines and policies) were likely to change over
time, and to separate out the report from the appendices for committee
approval.
Further
discussion centered around whether the committee
needed to address bandwidth limitations as a part of the security report, or as
a separate issue. The general conclusion
was that although a statement about bandwidth needed to remain in the security
report, the committee should look at other possible bandwidth limit initiatives.
James
Duggan reminded the committee that his term as a member (and chair) of the CAC
was up in December, 2002, and that the committee would need to elect a new
chair at either the December or January 2003 meeting.
The
next meeting was set for
Please
let me know if there are any changes/corrections.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December, 2002--JPD