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Committee Minutes - 2002-11-22
Minutes from 11/22/02 meeting
CASNR Student Technical Fee Committee
Metting Minutes
November 22, 2002
Ed Miller called the meeting to order at 9:30am.
Students: None attended. Faculty: Jerry Fitch, Darrel Kletke, Andrew Mort, Marvin Stone, Don Turton, Darren Redfearn, and Ed Miller attended.
Agenda packets distributed included a list of the 2002 Committee members and the Committee charge. Minutes of the last formal meeting held September 27, 2000, were reviewed.
Miller reviewed the income and expenses statement and presented the past history of revenue into the account. The $6.00 fee collected by the University is based on student credit hours with $3.00 going to the University and $3.00 to the College. This is an increase of $1.00 to the College over past years. Those colleges that have a higher level of service courses generate more revenue and there are two colleges (Engineering and Vet Med) that were granted a special assessment over and above the University Tech Fees. CASNR anticipates expected revenue during FY03 of approximately $105,000 putting the College in a better position than in previous years. However, there are a number of considerations for expenditures pending.
Supply costs are increasing, but Dr. Peeper, the CASNR faculty representative to the University Tech Fee Committee, has reported that there is now a system available to capture printing costs and charge them back to the students. Fitch stated that this might be based on a copy allotment to the students with a fixed charge per copy on anything above the allotment. Implementation charges on the system may be funded by CIS, but that is not yet confirmed.
Miller reviewed the Technical Tip Off Proposal to the University Tech Fee Committee and its history. The proposal came as the result of the University’s denial due to exorbitant costs to fund a computer lab in Cordell Hall. The Animal Science Department volunteered a room in their building and the Technical Tip off Proposal was developed to include renovation, upgrades and new equipment for 266 AGH, 005 AGH, and 126 ANSI. The labs were anticipated to be up and running by Fall 2002, but unforeseen renovations to the Physical Plant bid developed. Delays resulted due to an inadequate electrical supply to Ag Hall, asbestos in the floor of 005 AGH, Heating and cooling issues in 266 AGH and 126 ANSI, and a change in plans from built-in work stations to portable stations.
The final figures are not yet in, but it is anticipated that approximately $125,000 will be needed above the $325,000 awarded by the University Tech Fee Committee via The Technical Tip Off Proposal. Dr. Vitek has promised $40,000 in classroom renovation funds to cover part of the overage, and Miller has submitted a proposal to the University Tech Fee for an additional $60,000 and is working with the Physical Plant for possible funding of $25,000 for building renovation. Miller stated there has been a change in philosophy by the administration toward the use of University Student Tech Fees; multimedia equipment in teaching classrooms is now considered to be for students and may be considered as a viable expense from tech fees. Maintenance may be borne by the Colleges so CASNR will need to include multimedia maintenance in the budget considerations.
Miller presented a progress report on the installation and renovation of the labs. AGH 266 is up and running with a few additions left; 126 ANSI is up and running with new equipment and furniture; AGH 005 is up and running without new work stations, but will be turned over to the Physical Plant for remodeling as soon as fall semester classes are ended. When all three labs are completed, CASNR is under a commitment to have one lab open at all times for student access.
Considerations for future funding and expenditures were discussed. The current new equipment will need to be replaced sometime in the next few years. Fitch suggested a rotating schedule to replace the equipment in one lab each year. He also stated that ANSI 126 has been very popular with the students and estimated the lab to have a 75% usage at all hours.
Other future expenditures for consideration include:
a. Additional replacement chairs for the laboratories
b. Additional flat monitors
c. Video protection
d. Supplement for Technical Tip-Off overcharge
e. Wireless computing capabilities.
Miller will prepare a projection analysis of income versus needs for the next few years for the Committee’s use.
A draft proposal entitled “No Strings Attached” has been developed for future presentation to the University Tech Fee Committee. Stone suggested that CIS should be providing wireless connections to classroom walls.
The meeting ended with a tour of AGH 266.
