Vice President Business Council

Minutes

January 23, 2001

VP Issues:

Nasser reviewed the Board meeting of January 22, 2001.

Nasser distributed a “Notes on Performance-Budgeting Process” sheet. Nasser asked each manager to prepare a draft by February 6 for his/her area.

AVP Issues:

I-Net – steering committee (City of Ellensburg, PUD, school district, Kittcom and CWU) are working on policies and procedures that will be used in the future. Possible sharing of a telephone switch was discussed. The question was raised as to whether or not CWU would be willing to serve as the host ISP. This will be looked into. There will be training in March on the I-Net service. Norman will attend the next I-Net meeting with Rich.

Old Hospital – the web site has been revised to advertise the Old Hospital for sale. Ad should be in the newspaper yet this week.

RESNET in the Apartments is anticipated to cost $1.7 Million. The apartments currently have access through the dial-up modems at Central. If students want other service, it can be purchased through other internet providers or through the cable television network.

BIZ PLAN Progress – we will present the Business Plan to the Board of Trustees at the February meeting. This will be discussed with the ASCWU and RHC prior to that meeting.

The negotiated Gas Contract with the City of Ellensburg is being submitted to the BOT for approval at the February meeting.

The Cable Television contract is in the process of being negotiated.

Deep Sea Daze is being held at Holmes Dining hall this Thursday from 4:30 to 7:00 PM.

Financial Services Issues:

The Foundation Statements are done and will be incorporated with our Financial Statements.

S&A budget hearings are being held on Fridays.

FMS Status – GL configuration should be complete this week.

Payroll supervisor interviews are currently being scheduled and should be completed this week.

This Thursday and Friday Joe will be attend the BAR meeting in Olympia.

CTS Issues:

PeopleSoft is advertising a free software package to develop web portals. Please note that such software works only on the latest Release 8.1 of PeopleSoft products. CWU operates release 7.6 of PeopleSoft for Human Resources.

The Computer Center battery back-up system provides up to 40 minutes of clean power for the computers and servers housed in the computer center. The purpose of this system is to provide clean power in the event of brownouts or spikes that last less than forty minutes. FMD is developing a proposal for continuous power in the event of black outs or rotating shut downs of power.

Effective March 26 (start of Spring quarter) all student PIN numbers will be set to randomly generated numbers, instead of birth date and month. The Registrar will be mailing out the new PIN numbers to students on or about March 5. Students who forget their new PIN numbers will need to go to the Registrar's office for a valid one. CTS is developing a web application that will allow students to change their PIN numbers to one of their own choice, provided they know the old one. Access to these PIN numbers will be determined by the Registrar's office.

CTS staff are not on duty in the office during the weekends to provide desktop support. Student assistants are available in the student labs when these are officially open.

ASSP Issues:

Facilities Management: