EDUCATION COUNCIL
Nebraska Information Technology Commission
Friday, October 19, 2001, 9:00 a.m.
ESU 5, 900 W. Court Street
Beatrice, Nebraska
APPROVED MINUTES
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Dennis Baack, (alt. for Joe Preusser, CCC)
Con Dietz, Creighton University
Renee Bose, (alt. for Linda Engel, Nebraska City Schools)
Kent Hendrickson, (alt. for Harvey Perlman, UNL)
Yvette Holly, (alt. for Bill Berndt, UNMC)
Jack Huck, Southeast Community College
Jeff Johnson, Centennial Public Schools
Joe LeDuc, Lincoln Diocese Catholic Schools
Ed Rastovski, Wahoo Public Schools
Al Schneider, ESU 5
Robin Smith, (alt. for Tom Krepel, Chadron State College)
LIAISONS PRESENT:
Wayne Fisher, (alt. for Dean Bergman)
Sid McCartney, (alt. for Brenda Decker)
Bob Huber, (alt. for Michael Beach)
MEMBERS AND LIAISONS NOT PRESENT:
Keith Bartels, Boards of Education
Roger Koehler, NE Methodist College
David Powers, Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Sheila Stearns, Wayne State College
Rob Ziegler, Madison Public Schools
Alan Wibbels, ESU 10
CALL TO ORDER, ELECTRONIC POSTING, ROLL CALL AND INTRODUCTIONS
The Co-Chair, Dr. Jack Huck, called the meeting to order at 9:10 a.m. There were ten voting members present at the time of roll call. A quorum existed to conduct official business. Dr. Huck stated that the meeting notice was posted to the NITC web site on September 24th and on the Public Meeting Calendar web site on September 28th. The meeting agenda was posted to the NITC web site on October 17th.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Dr. Hendrickson moved to approve the agenda as presented. Mr. Dietz seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Holly-Yes, Dietz-Yes, Bose-Yes, Huck-Yes, Johnson-Yes, Smith-Yes, LeDuc-Yes, Hendrickson-Yes, Baack-Yes, Rastovski-Yes, Schneider-left the room. Motion was carried by unanimous vote.
APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 MINUTES
Mr. Baack moved to approve the minutes as presented. Ms. Holly seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Schneider-Yes, Rastovski-Yes, Baack-Yes, Hendrickson-Yes, LeDuc-Yes, Smith-Yes, Johnson-Yes, Huck-Yes, Bose-Yes, Dietz-Yes, and Holly-Yes. Motion was carried by unanimous vote.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
COMMITTEE REPORT-OPERATIONS WORK GROUP
Tom Rolfes, Education Information Technology Manager
The next meeting is scheduled to occur in October.
COMMITTEE REPORT – POLICIES, PROCEDURES, PLANNING
The Work Group will be meeting today.
COMMITTEE REPORT – TRAINING ADVISORY WORK GROUP
The Work Group has not met since the awarding of the training grants.
COMMITTEE REPORT-NET DISTANCE LEARNING
Bob Huber
Network2 hours are up and Network3 hours have decreased. However, the number of classes has increased 16% on Network2 and by 20% on Network3. NVCN hours are also increasing.
OPERATIONS WORK GROUP VACANCIES
There are four vacancies that need to be filled. The educational sectors made the following three recommendations:
K-12 representatives: Charles Doyle of ESU 5 and Diane Wolfe of ESU 2
Higher Education: Patricia Hoffman of Chadron State College. Another representative from the community college sector will be decided on Monday. This will be a future approval.
Dr. Smith moved to approve the sector’s recommendation for new members to serve on the Operations Work Group. Mr. Dietz seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Smith-Yes, LeDuc-Yes, Hendrickson-Yes, Back-Yes, Rastovski-Yes, Schneider-Yes, Holly-Yes, Dietz-Yes, Bose-Yes, Huck-Yes, and Johnson-Yes. Motion was carried by unanimous vote.
VIDEO STANDARDS UPDATE
Bob Huber
Testing has been completed. Currently, all the data is being compiled. The Work Group will not be able to have the report completed in time to make the deadlines for adoption at the Technical Panel’s October 23rd meeting next week. It was anticipated that the NITC would adopt the video standards at the October 31st NITC meeting. Council members expressed many concerns regarding the final report results, timelines for adoption by the Technical Panel and the NITC, and the Council’s full participation in the process to provide feedback to the Technical Panel. After much discussion, Mr. Rolfes offered to propose to the Technical Panel that adoption of the video standards be postponed to their December 11th meeting. The Work Group would make a presentation to the Education Council at their November 30th meeting. If members were interested in receiving a copy of the Kansas Report done by Roger Bartlett, they are to contact Mr. Rolfes.
Dr. Hendrickson moved that the Education Council communicate to the Technical Panel the need to accommodate the timelines for the Video Standards recommendation to the NITC so that there is adequate time for the Education Council to provide pertinent feedback to the Technical Panel. Mr. Dietz seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Johnson-Yes, Huck-Yes, Bose-Yes, Dietz-Yes, Holly-Left the room, Schneider-Yes, Rastovksi-Yes, Baack-Yes, Hendrickson-Yes, LeDuc-Yes, and Smith-Yes. The motion was carried by unanimous vote.
NETCOM UPDATE
Mr. Rolfes informed the members that by this afternoon communication regarding the Review Committee’s recommendation is to be released by the State’s Purchasing Division. As soon as it is available, Mr. Rolfes will forward this to Council members.
ACTION ITEM WORKSHEETS AND TASK GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
Mr. Rolfes reviewed the task group assignments that were decided upon at last month’s meeting. Work Groups will have a working session after the Council’s business meeting today.
OTHER
There was no other business.
NEXT MEETING DATE, TIME AND LOCATION AND ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the Education Council will be held on Friday, November 30, 2001. Dr. Huck will check into the availability of Southeast Community College in Lincoln. With no further business, Dr. Huck adjourned meeting at 10:20 a.m.
Meeting minutes were taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales and reviewed by Tom Rolfes, Office of the CIO/NITC.
Meeting Minutes