CFT meeting held 3/02/04

In attendance:

Ed Peyronnin              CIT Coordinator

Tamla Blunt                PLSCI Grad   

Craig Hansen              Dean Grad

Megan Everett            ANSCI Undergrad

Matthew Cleveland    ANSCI Undergrad

Greg Litus                   Hort Grad

Emma Locke               Hort Undergrad

Sally Clayshulte          PLSCI Grad

Ashley Corbett            LA Undergrad

Tyrell Fichenscher       S&CS Undergrad

Scott Johnson              Landscape Design Undergrad

Pam Mulzer                 Landscape Design Undergrad

Minutes:

Meeting called to order at 5:05 p.m. in Shepardson, Room 114

A discussion was held on the allocation of Scholarship money for students of the CAS.  Currently, $7.00 of each students’ tech fee goes toward scholarship funds and each student receives a $7.00 refund.  Several solutions have been discussed for the last few meetings.  The solution decided on by the committee, is to authorize $1000.00 scholarships up to $16,000.00 for undergraduate and graduate students of the College of Ag Sciences for the scholarship year 2004-05.  The number of scholarships for future years may change dependent on total number of students.  The number of scholarships for undergrad and grad will be determined by the ratio of students in each group.  The scholarships will be available through application to the University Scholarships on-line application process.  Scholarship criteria will be: overall 2.5 GPA, full-time student and financial need.  Motion to approve by Tamla Blunt, seconded by Sally Clayshulte.  Motion carried.

Further discussions:

Ed would like to have 3 meetings per year, one in the fall and two in the spring semesters.

We need to have more involvement with the University Tech Fee Committee.

This summer, the teaching computer lab in 222 Shep will be moved to 218 Shep.  The undergrad computer lab will be moved from 218 Shep to 222 Shep.

CIT will be replacing printers in 2 undergrad labs, possibly 3, the main lab upstairs Shep, downstairs lab in Shep and the lab in NESB.

The NAS storage system has not been installed as of today.  The projected installation date is over Spring Break, March 15-19, 2004.

The charge for undergraduate printing in the computer labs has cut printing costs in half (paper & toner only).  This charge has eliminated unnecessary printing.

The grad computer labs currently have no printing limit, but it is not perceived to be a problem, as the privilege has not been abused.

Deadline for spending Tech Fee monies is June 30 (fiscal year end).

Sharing resources for the Grad labs, i.e. color laser printers, was discussed.  Comments were made regarding access to the labs and how will the resources be distributed.  To be continued at the Grad lab meeting.

It was suggested that there be two separate meetings for the last one of the semester.  The Grad lab representatives will be coordinated by Craig and the meeting scheduled for a date in April.  The undergrad representatives will be coordinated by Pam and a meeting to be scheduled at a later date.

Craig is graduating and will not be President of the CFT committee next year.

Meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Tamla Blunt