Venue: BT1.08
Present: Jim Briggs (Chair), Steve Broadbent, Ed Kopinski, Alison White
Apologies: Les Black, Dean Ledger
| Agenda | Notes | Action | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Actions carried forward |
Actions completed are noted in the minutes of the previous meeting. | ||
| SB raised an issue concerning memory on 92 machines older that run Oracle 9i client. This needs 512MB of memory and the machines have 256MB. | JSB to discuss with Angela Fletcher how pressing the need is. | No problems from Angela's point of view. Action closed. | |
Outstanding requests/orders: software |
|||
Adobe After Effects 6.0 |
Gary Bown has requested 11 copies for M2.4 | JSB to discuss further with Gary | Used for putting credits on videos. Ordered 11 copies of the "standard" version. |
Outstanding requests/orders: hardware |
|||
Strategy/policy |
|||
Lab information on the web |
Do we have Anglesea info yet? Server info (see here) |
SB to sort out Anglesea EK to sort out servers |
SB to complete Anglesea info by 9th January. Staff who make changes to a server to inform JSB who is keeping the server info page. |
Major projects |
|||
Operational problems |
|||
Any other business |
|||
CSSE laptops |
AW noted that CSSE had purchased a number of laptops and tablet PCs which would need to be configured. | ||
NetBeans |
JSB requested an investigation into whether NetBeans (a Java IDE) could be installed in all labs. If successful, it would replace Visual Cafe in M4-2 and Anglesea and allow an old Java SDK to be removed. | SB to investigate | Not network aware - installation always on C: drive. Mike Reid investigating. |
FlashCom |
JSB had received a request from a project student for this, but nobody knew anything about it. | ||
Date of next meeting |
Friday 28th November at 1430 in BT1.08 (JSB's office) |