EDUCATION COUNCIL

NEBRASKA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION
Monday, May 17, 1999, 9:00 a.m.
Energy Square Conference Room, 1111 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska

APROVED MINUTES

MEMBERS PRESENT
Keith Bartels, Lincoln Public Schools	Dr. Chuck Friesen, (New member Dr. David Myers Alternate)	Dr. Tom Krepel, Chadron State College
Christine Beischel, (Dr. John Muller's Alternate)	Dr. Uma Gupta, Creighton University	Dr. David Powers, CCPE (Pfiel present first half of meeting)
Dr. William Berndt, UN Medical Center	Dr. Ken Halsey, Wayne State College	Art Tanderup, Tekamah-Herman Public School
Mr. Larry Bock, (Dr. Christine Wolzen's Alternate)	Dr. Kent Hendrickson, (Dr. James Moeser Alternate)	Alan Wibbels, ESU 10
Susan Fees, Christ the King School	Dr. Jack Huck, Southeast Community College	Dr. Mary Wise, (Dr. Richard Gilliland's Alternate)
Wayne Fisher, (Dr. Dean Bergman's Alternate)	Jeff Johnson, Centennial Public School	Dr. Woody Ziegler, York Elementary School

CALL TO ORDER AND MINUTES:

The meeting of the Education Council of the Nebraska Information Technology Commission was called to order at approximately 9:05 a.m. by co-chair Dr. Huck. Roll call was taken - fifteen of eighteen members were present. A quorum was present. Dr. Hendrickson moved and it was seconded by Dr. Bock to approve the April minutes as presented. Vote: Bartels-Yes, Berndt-Yes, Bock-Yes, Fees-Yes, Halsey-Yes, Hendrickson-Yes, Huck-Yes, Krepel-Yes, Tanderup-Yes, Wibbels-Yes, Wise-Yes, and Ziegler-Yes. Motion carried.

RECOGNITION OF NEW MEMBER:

Terry Miller has resigned as a council member. The ESU's have appointed Dr. David Myers has his replacement. Dr. Chuck Friesen was present as Dr. Myers alternate. Dr. Bock moved and it was seconded by Mr. Bartels to approve Dr. David Myers as a new council member filling the vacancy left by Terry Miller. Vote: Bartels-Yes, Berndt-Yes, Bock-Yes, Fees-Yes, Halsey-Yes, Hendrickson-Yes, Huck-Yes, Krepel-Yes, Tanderup-Yes, Wibbels-Yes, Wise-Yes, and Ziegler-Yes. Council members Beischel, Gupta, and Johnson arrived at the meeting.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING A STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY PLAN -
Tom Rolfes, Education I.T. Manager and Lincoln-Lancaster Mediation Center

Mr. Rolfes provided an overview of the anticipated outcomes for the remainder of the meeting, which will deal with Part II Sector Priorities and Action Plans of the Policies and Procedures for Developing a Statewide Technology Plan: 1) Identification of sector needs and problems; 2) Identification of values and criteria for prioritization; and 3) Prioritization of sector needs. Paul Ladehoff and Becky Anderson, of the Lincoln-Lancaster Mediation Center, were introduced to facilitate the rest of the meeting.

The Lincoln-Lancaster Mediation Center will provide a summary, which will soon be available as a link to the minutes.

NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME AND ADJOURNMENT:

The next meeting of the Education Council will be held May 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at ESU 10 in Kearney. The meeting was adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

Minutes taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales, Administrative Assistant, and Tom Rolfes, Education Information Technology Manager, Office of the Chief Information Officer/NITC.

Meeting Minutes