Venue: BT1.08 at 1430
Present: Jim Briggs (Chair), Alex Counsell, Alison White, Ed Kopinski
Apologies: Steve Broadbent, Les Black
| 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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Status of Macromedia deal |
Signed. NAL objects being built. Once done, it will be officially announced. Authorware, Director, Studio (Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, Fireworks, FreeHand, Cold Fusion Developer Kit), Contribute. | ||
Microsoft Visio |
Is it covered by Select agreement or MSDN licence? | EK to find out whether it is included in existing deals | No it's not. |
Outstanding requests/orders: hardware |
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Recent deliveries |
LPA Prolog renewed (£750); OmniPage Pro ordered; PC for Frank ordered; tablets delivered | ||
| Dell machines. Concerns expressed that the specification is a bit "over the top". Nothing to do with this committee. | EK to talk to Jane Chandler | EK has not written to Jane, but ISO are revising their processes to raise alerts about over-specification. | |
PCs and notebooks for ISCA |
ISCA is about to order new equipment. | EK to suggest specs for new desktops, notebooks and tablets with USB peripherals | Done and tabled. |
Strategy/policy |
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Maths assets |
Jim's list. Proposal. | JSB to negotiate with Andy Osbaldestin. | Sent proposal. No response yet. |
SOC/CT split |
The Committee discussed some of the issues concerning the departmental merger and the demise of ECAM. | JSB to talk to HoDs | JSB had talked to Simon Claridge who seemed to agree that operation of the labs should stay broadly the same as at present. |
Major projects |
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Lion Gate labs roof |
Roof work will be undertaken between 25th July and 2nd September. New machines will be installed after 5th September so the lab will not be fully operational until mid/late September. | ||
Operational issues |
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Richmond support staff |
MH team has more work than others. Some slack in other teams (Richmond & Anglesea) so will fill in on occasion. New Faculty Wiltshire technician will also assist with Mac lab in MH. |
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Any other business |
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Heat in labs |
Heat in LG labs. | AC to raise with Faculty Manager. | Will attempt to get monitoring in place. |
Future directions |
EK to circulate output from recent ISO discussions | Done | |
Date of next meeting |
Friday 20th May at 1430 in BT1.08 (JSB's office) |
Last updated by Dr Jim Briggs of the School of Computing at the University of Portsmouth.