COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Nebraska Information Technology Commission
Friday, December 1, 2000, 1:30 p.m.
Video Conference Sites:
Executive Building, 521 S 14th Street, 1st Floor, Lincoln, NE
Memorial Hospital, Aurora, NE
Northeast Community College, MaClay Building, Room 122, Norfolk, NE
McKinley Education Center, 301 West F Street, Room 1, North Platte, NE
UNMC, NVCN/MTVN, Room 4203, Omaha, NE
Phone Bridge (402) 472-6899
APPROVED MINUTES
MEMBERS PRESENT |
| AURORA SITE: Gary Warren, Resource |
| LINCOLN SITE: Chris Anderson, Local Government; Gene Hand, Resource; Sue Finkral, Agriculture; Jeanne Saathoff, Libraries; Ted Smith, Libraries; and Bob Sweeney, Business. Via phone bridge: Craig Schroeder, Resource and Lance Hedquist, Local Government |
| NORFOLK SITE: Mike Nolan, Local Government |
| NORTH PLATTE SITE: Gary Kluch, Agriculture |
| OMAHA SITE: Max Thacker, Health and Janet Davenport (representing Ron Heezen, Libraries) |
| MEMBERS ABSENT: Tyler French, Business; Donna Hammack, Health; Gary Kiel, Business; Harold Krueger, Health; Stu Miller, Resource; Ted Schultz, Health; Ann Stephens, Libraries; and Clyde Tyndall, Resource |
| OTHERS PRESENT: Steve Schafer, Anne Byers, and Lori Lopez Urdiales, Office of the CIO/NITC; and Roger Hahn, NIN |
ROLL CALL, INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTICE OF POSTING OF AGENDA
The meeting announcement was posted on October 30, 2000 and updated on November 27th on the NITC and Nebraska Public Meeting Web sites. The agenda was posted on the NITC Web site on November 27th and on the Public Meetings Web site on November 29th.
APPROVAL OF OCTOBER MINUTES
Mr. Sweeney moved to approve the minutes as presented. Mr. Hedquist seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion was carried by voice vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
NITC REPORT
Mr. Winkle was not available. Mr. Schafer, Chief Information Officer, reported that the NITC met on Monday, November 6th. The following action items were approved: 1) prioritized list of biennium budget requests from the Joint Committee; 2) the Community, Education and State Government Council's recommendations for new members; and 3) adopted the E-government strategy. There were no questions from the members.
TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS NEBRASKA INITIATIVE
Dr. Beth Birnstihl and Jim Emal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Informational packets were distributed to members. A brief historical background of events (community meetings, legislative hearings, etc.) was provided. The University of Nebraska became very interested in the training and technology needs of communities. There are three key issues that are concerns for communities: awareness, access and availability. On November 28th, the first of two planning meetings was held. Many different interested entities were invited to participate in a discussion regarding the University of Nebraska's Technologies Across Nebraska Initiative. It is hoped that this will result in an organized and collaborative effort to support communities in I.T. planning and decision-making process, as well as to provide training. In October, Interim Dean of Cooperative Extension, Elbert Dickey, sent correspondence to all cooperative extension staff directing them to work towards this initiative. Eight extension educators from across the state will spend half their time on community I.T. training. Dr. Tom Osborne and Senator Bob Wickersham are very concerned with this issue. Dr. Osborne has assigned staff to this area. Members were invited to attend the December 12th meeting to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln. There will be a follow-up meeting in January.
Mr. Nolan arrived at the Norfolk site at 2:10 p.m.
Dr. Birnstihl and Dr. Emal entertained questions from the Council. Discussion followed regarding the role of the Community Council in the initiative. Council members were very supportive of the concept and agreed the council should be involved in the process. The degree of involvement will be discussed at a later time as the initiative is further developed. Ms. Byers suggested that one role the Council could play would be to act as training resources and/or assist with development of the training curriculum.
NOMINATION OF NEW CHAIR
Donna Hammack's term as co-chair is up for election. Nominations were taken from the floor for Co-chair. Mr. Sweeney made a motion to nominate Donna Hammack for a second term. Mr. Warren seconded the motion. Mr. Kluch made a motion to nominate Mike Nolan. Mr. Nolan declined the nomination. Mr. Kluch withdrew the motion.
Mr. Sweeney moved that the nominations cease. Mr. Smith seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Anderson-Yes, Hand-Yes, Hedquist-Yes, Davenport-Yes, Kluch-Yes, Finkral-Yes, Nolan-Yes, Saathoff-Yes, Schroeder-Yes, Smith-Yes, Sweeney-Yes, Thacker-Yes, and Warren-Yes. Motion was carried.
IT NEEDS OF NEBRASKA BUSINESSES
Bob Sweeney, AIM Institute
The Community Council of the NITC approved funding for a study conducted by AIM and UNL. The first phase was to collect data from Nebraska businesses. The University of Nebraska has analyzed the data received from 182 responses. The report is in draft form and is not ready for publication. The second part of study is to develop an e-commerce training program to address the needs identified in the survey. In addition to the survey and curriculum development, the one-year grant from the Community Technology Fund is funding the delivery of Master Navigator and the Nebraska Electronic Main Street programs. The e-commerce training program being developed will address more advanced e-commerce issues than the Nebraska Electronic Main Street program. Mr. Sweeney entertained questions from the Council.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND NEXT STEPS
The list of community council accomplishments was sent electronically to members. Ms. Byers tied these accomplishments to the Council's priorities and the Statewide Technology Plan. The Community Council has been a strong advocate in facilitating I.T. leadership and planning.
Mr. Hand left the meeting at 3:22 p.m.
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY FUND REPORT
Ms. Byers stated that December 1, 2000 was the deadline to submit progress reports. All five projects have reported. The projects are on track for the completion.
NEXT MEETING DATES AND LOCATIONS AND ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the Community Council will be held on Friday, January 5th, 2000 from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Ms. Byers will reserve videoconference sites across the state.
Mr. Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 3:45 p.m.
Minutes were taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales and reviewed by Anne Byers of the Office of the CIO/NITC.
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