A meeting of the Colleges’ ICT Committee was held on Tuesday 27th January 2009 at OUCS. Dr Jo Ashbourn, the Chair of the Colleges’ ICT Committee, chaired the meeting and the following members were present:
|
Name |
College |
|
Jo Ashbourn (Chair, Colleges’ ICT Committee) |
St Cross |
|
Alex Wong |
St Hugh’s |
|
Simon Mortimore |
Exeter |
|
Steve Kersley |
Keble |
|
Ben Bridle |
Lady Margaret Hall |
|
Richard Sommers |
Lady Margaret Hall |
|
John Veness |
Magdalen |
|
James Dore |
New |
|
Christopher Hoskin |
St Antony’s |
|
Dan Olteanu |
St Cross |
|
Razvan Novacovschi |
St Cross |
|
Maria Croghan |
St Hilda’s |
|
Anne Wilson |
St Hilda’s |
|
Matt Jennings |
St John’s |
|
James Turner |
Wadham |
|
Chris Higham |
Wadham |
|
Stephen Gower |
Wolfson |
In Attendance:
|
Tony Brett |
OUCS |
|
Fran Jackson (Minutes) |
OUCS |
|
David Rischmiller (Minutes) |
OUCS |
|
Neil Jefferies |
OULS |
Apologies for Absence:
|
Dave Price |
OULS |
|
Sarah Lawson |
Harris Manchester & ICTF |
|
Martin Hoare |
St Peter’s |
The Minutes of the meeting held on 21st October 2008 were accepted as correct.
There were no matters arising
Dr Jo Ashbourn produced a written report. A question arose about the presentation made by Paul Jeffreys regarding the “Conditions of Use” and “Policy on Security of Information” documents at the previous meeting. The documents have since been presented to the Conference of Colleges Steering Committee and also to the PRAC ICT Sub-Committee with further consultation now underway.
Jane Littlehales produced a written report. Tony Brett agreed to answer any questions relating to the report. Tony Brett apologised for the suspension of the vending machine service in the Help Centre Area and reported that as soon as it is known what is happening with this service, an announcement will be made. He also agreed to try and arrange a repeat of the Groupware update during a morning or an afternoon slot which would be more convenient for College IT staff to attend.
Dave Price had produced a written report . Neil Jefferies agreed to answer any questions related to the report. On the topic of Sun Ray terminals, Neil Jefferies stated that he believed that there had been no problems with any of these machines thus far and that if any College IT members are interested in these, they should get in touch with him.
459.1 ICT Forum Report
There was no report produced although a link to the minutes of the last meeting of the ICT Forum was provided in the agenda for this meeting.
459.2 SOFTWARE
LICENCING GROUP
There was no report produced although a link to the minutes of the last meeting of the Software Licencing Group was provided in the agenda for this meeting.
Steve Kersley expressed concern about the continued requirement to use JInitiator to support access to the OSS service. His concerns were supported by many members at the meeting. He agreed to draft a paper regarding these concerns and the Chair will pass this on to Mirjam Siderius at Student Systems (BSP).
John Veness requested that the agenda and papers for the meetings should be circulated sooner than had been the case for this meeting. It was explained that the delay had been caused due to waiting for reports. However, it was agreed that a revised schedule would be used to ensure that the agenda and supporting papers will now be circulated 5 working days prior to the meeting. Late reports will be circulated by email if time permits and can also be tabled at the meeting, but their inclusion will be at the discretion of the Chair.
The schedule that the CICTC Secretariat will work to will be as follows:
The draft agenda and papers will be sent to the Chair for approval.
Tuesday 28th April 2009 at 2.15 pm in the Isis Lecture Room, OUCS, 13 Banbury Road.