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EDUCATION COUNCIL

NEBRASKA INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION
Monday, May 24, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
ESU 10, 76 Plaza Boulevard, Kearney, Nebraska

APPROVED MINUTES

MEMBERS PRESENT
Mr. Keith Bartels,
Lincoln Public Schools		 Dr. Ken Halsey,
Wayne State College		 Mr. Art Tanderup,
Tekamah-Herman Public School
Mr. Wayne Bell,
(Dr. David Meyer's Alternate)		 Dr. Kent Hendrickson,
(Dr. James Moeser Alternate)		 Mr. Alan Wibbels,
ESU 10
Dr. William Berndt,
UN Medical Center		 Dr. Jack Huck,
Southeast Community College		 Dr. Woody Ziegler,
York Elementary School
Mr. Larry Bock,
(Dr. Christine Wolzen's Alternate)		 Dr. Don King,
(Dr. Tom Krepel's Alternate)
Dr. Richard Gilliland
Metro Community College		 Dr. David Powers,
CCPE

MEMBERS ABSENT
Dr. Dean Bergman; Ms. Susan Fees; Dr. Uma Gupta; Mr. Jeff Johnson; Dr. John Muller

CALL TO ORDER:

The meeting of the Education Council of the Nebraska Information Technology Commission was called to order at approximately 10:05 a.m. by co-chair Dr. Huck. Roll call was taken - thirteen of eighteen members were present. A quorum was present. Minutes to be approved later on in the meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENT: There was no public comment.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR PREPARING A STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY PLAN - Michael Winkle and Paul Ladehoff

Sector Priorities and Action Plans: Mr. Rolfes provided a revised summary of themes compiled from the input provided by members at the May 17th meeting. After discussion, the members agreed to the following six priorities:

  1. Provide an infrastructure that will permit all citizens of Nebraska to have access to the same educational experiences regardless of location.
  2. Identify and facilitate diverse training opportunities.
  3. Ensure life-cycle funding.
  4. Address the needs of the learner.
  5. Coordinate statewide education I.T. efforts and resources including collaboration with public and private entities.
  6. Pursue leading edge technology applications.

Barriers to Accomplishing Council Goals and Objectives:

A discussion was facilitated regarding barriers to the above priorities. Many of the barriers reappeared several times and included the following: distance, money, funding, politics, user costs, different platforms, training (end users), providers, technical personnel, local leadership, individual attitudes, availability of infrastructure, regulatory, private sector interests. Politics in terms of: a)rules and regulations; b) competition among institutions; c) public & private sector competition; d) diverse agendas; e) federal agendas; f)diverse missions; and g) private agendas.

Role of the Education Council in promoting/coordinating/facilitating solutions to the barriers:

Council members provided the following list of recommendations: (a) provide leadership in planning and development; (b) provide a communication link to the legislature, political entities, institutional entities; (c) advising the NITC; (d) power of consensus; (e) prioritization; (f) make recommendations as to policies and procedures; (g) work on building consensus; (h) develop position papers; (i) draft or recommend legislation; (j) study and make recommendation on funding models; (k) study and recommend course of action regarding barriers listed (l) establish and implement technical standards; (m) advocacy role beyond political expediency; (n) self evaluation; (o) continual evaluation of the "Policies and Procedures for Developing a Statewide Technology Plan"; and (p) to coordinate efforts.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Mr. Bock corrected his title in the May 17th minutes to read Mr. Larry Bock. Dr. Berndt moved and it was seconded by Mr. Bock to approve the May 17th minutes as corrected. Vote: Bartels-Yes, Bell-Yes, Berndt-Yes, Bock-Yes, Gilliland-Yes, Halsey-Yes, Hendrickson-Yes, Huck-Yes, King-Yes, Tanderup-Yes, Wibbels-Yes, and Ziegler-Yes. Motion carried.

NEXT MEETING DATE/TIME AND ADJOURNMENT:

The next meeting of the Education Council will be July 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Staff will check the possibility of a teleconference meeting. Mr. Rolfes mentioned two possible future agenda items: Gwen Nugent had wanted to present an update on NEB*SAT training grants and Dr. Gupta had wanted to provide I.T. career research. The meeting was adjourned at 1:35 p.m.

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

Meeting Minutes

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