Venue: BT1.08 at 1030
Present: Jim Briggs (Chair), Steve Broadbent, Ed Kopinski, Alison White, Alex Counsell
Apologies: Les Black
| Agenda | Notes | Action | Status |
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Welcome |
The Sub-Committee welcomed Alex Counsell (Dean Ledger's replacement) to his first meeting. | ||
Actions carried forward |
The meeting began with a clean slate | ||
Printing |
SB proposed setting up a web page with instructions for how staff could connect to their desired printers. Agreed. | SB | After discussions with HoDs in Buckingham, it had been decided to stick with the existing mechanisms. |
Mac lab |
SB reported that the Mac lab hardware has been set up, but not yet all of the software. The company are returning on 27th September to do this. Steve Bellinger will be the ISO lead for the lab, backed up by AC. They are going on appropriate training courses in October. |
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It was noted that the order for the Mac lab had not gone through normal ISO channels, with the following consequences:
Subsequent to the meeting, Frank Margrave agreed that the Faculty would purchase a backup system. |
JSB to contact Steve Hand re ordering problems | Overtaken by other events. | |
Disk quotas |
SB reported that Liz Dobson had recently requested that all CT students be given a network disk quota of 3Gb. It was noted that the current quota is 100Mb and while there is some spare capacity available to SB, not enough to meet her needs. | SB to contact Steve Hand | SB asked SH to talk to Julian Lintell-Smith. JLS has agreed to enhance disk space on LS24. SB can allocate space on it as needed. |
Disposal of furniture |
SB was authorised to get the caretakers to remove 4 lab desks and 2 special needs desks that are no longer needed. Some could go to the new Maths Cafe room (AG0.14). | SB | Done |
Disposal of PCs |
SB was authorised to agree to the Frewen Library's request for 20 spare Celeron 800/P3 650 PCs on permanent loan. | SB to update inventory |
Done |
Dell server |
SB was authorised to write off an old Dell P200 server. | SB to update inventory | Nearly done |
Dongles |
JSB authorised SB to purchase 25 USB cables at approximately £2 each to facilitate the attachment of dongles to the Avid machines | SB | Delivered |
AV equipment |
SB reported that the projector had not yet been moved to M3.4 | ||
Perception support |
SB reported that Mike Reid was receiving a lot of support requests for Perception and that it was taking up a large proportion of his time. AW noted that she was still encountering Oracle problems. Once those are solved, she can probably deal with a lot of Sue Sayce's requests. |
AW to get Mike to sort out her problems. AW to talk to Sue Sayce |
AW has liaised with Mike. |
L drive |
It was noted that the Technology section of the L drive is virtually full. | EK to re-request staff to prune their files | Not yet done |
Documentation |
SB reported that a new version of the site support documentation was in preparation. | SB to publish | Done |
3ds max |
JSB reported that he had decided not to buy any additional licenses for 3ds max. We have 135 concurrent ones, which should be enough. Also, the budget position this year is not likely to be as favourable as last year. JSB had already asked Brian Heal to review our need for 3ds max and to evaluate alternatives. AC suggested Gmax as a partial alternative. |
AC had looked at Gmax and found it to be NOT suitable. | |
Calmat |
JSB authorised EK to order the upgrade to Calmat. | EK | Carried forward |
BCS visit |
JSB reported that the BCS accreditation visit would take place on Wednesday 10th November, and that the labs should be prepared to be inspected then. A mock visit was taking place on 22nd September. | ||
Staffing changes |
As well as AC's appointment, it was noted that Gavin Wade had joined as the VR room technician. EK reported that Chris Beakes had been appointed to a permanent post on the site support team, in Lion Gate. |
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Date of next meeting |
proposed Tuesday 12th October at 1000 in BT1.08 (JSB's office) |