Venue: BT1.08
Present: Jim Briggs (Chair), Steve Broadbent, Ed Kopinski, Alison White
Apologies: Les Black, Dean Ledger
| Agenda | Notes | Action | Status |
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Actions carried forward |
Actions completed are noted in the minutes of the previous meeting. | ||
Outstanding requests/orders: software |
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Outstanding requests/orders: hardware |
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Wireless cards for loan laptops |
Dean had requested that we buy wireless cards for the 3 loan laptops in Lion Gate. This was agreed as a good idea, and JSB agreed to find out how many Anglesea-held loan machines should also be similarly equipped. | JSB to order | Done - there are 3 in Anglesea too |
New admin machines |
EK to quote a spec for 2 machines | EK to quote | Ordered |
Strategy/policy |
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DLE outcome |
The meeting noted a memo from Peter Hicks and Frank Margrave. There would be a meeting of the full Committee to discuss this on 19th January. | JSB to invite JLS | Done and JLS accepted |
24/7 support for student learning |
JSB reported on a discussion at Faculty IT (Strategic) Committee concerning support hours. This was left as a matter for the full Committee to discuss. | ||
Major projects |
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Perception server setup |
AW reported on the current state of the Perception server. There is an outstanding technical problem involving connecting it to the Oracle database - Craig Browning is waiting for info from Rick Thornton (who is off sick). Regarding service provision issues, AW reported that OLAG had produced a document describing protocols for running a Perception service. |
AW to hunt out the document | Continued |
Operational issues |
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Commerce Server |
EK reported that Craig was still working on the problems with Commerce Server. Hopefully, he would be able to fix it during semester 2 when no students were actively using it. EK agreed to investigate why it is only accessible in Anglesea Labs and not universally. |
EK to investigate | Continued |
Tariffs for disk storage |
Currently there is no charge for increased disk quotas, but ISO are seeking input about this. SB reported that he had access to an additional server that could be used to give students (e.g. project students) a larger quota. He agreed to publicise this facility. |
SB to publicise | Done |
FTP access |
Concern was expressed that the withdrawal of FTP access from outside the firewall may pose problems to users of software such as Dreamweaver and NetDrive. Did ISO have a plan to provide alternative functionality for these people? | SB to raise at next LAN Team meeting | Noted. The March deadline is likely to be delayed. |
Any other business |
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Anglesea web pages |
SB agreed to post the Anglesea Labs web pages as a matter of urgency. | SB to post | Done |
alienbrain |
SB reported that Andy Bain had requested alienbrain to be installed in the Lion Gate labs | SB to discuss with DL | Not done. SB to talk to Craig Browning |
Staff setup |
SB reported concern from ISO staff about CAM staff who have non-standard setups on their PCs. Some had made it very difficult for ISO staff to fix problems. It was agreed in principle that a code of practice for non-standard setups should be devised and promulgated, especially to new staff. | Next meeting | |
Mercantile House classrooms |
SB reported that once the AV equipment is secure in the first-floor Mercantile House classrooms, the rooms would normally be left unlocked. | ||
Java IDEs |
JSB reported that Mike Reid had successfully installed NetBeans as a NAL object, though there was an outstanding problem with web browsers looking at the University cache for locally generated pages. JSB had noticed that 70% of the CPU time of a PC had been taken up in virus checking the Visual Cafe files that were being copied via NAL. |
SB to pass these on | Done |
Date of next meeting |
Friday 6th February at 1430 in BT1.08 (JSB's office) |