Nebraska
Information Technology Commission
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 9:00 am CT
Host site: Varner Hall Board Room, 3835 Holdrege, Lincoln
Meeting Minutes
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mr. Mark
Askren, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mr. Burke
Brown, Palmyra School District
Mr. Mike
Carpenter, Doane College
Ms. Cassandra
Joseph, Alt. for Mr. Matt Chrisman, Mitchell Public Schools
Mr. John
Dunning, Wayne State College
Mr. Steven
Hamersky, Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School
Dr. Dan
Hoesing, Schuyler Community Schools
Mr. Steve Hotovy, Nebraska State College System
Mr. Greg Maschman, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Mr. Gary
Needham, ESU 09
Mr. Mary
Niemiec, University of Nebraska
Mr. Randy
Schmailzl, Metro Community College
LIAISONS/ALTERNATES PRESENT: Ms. SuAnn Witt,
NDE
MEMBERS/LIAISONS ABSENT: Mr. Derek Bierman;
Mr. Ted DeTurk, ESU 02;
Dr. Mike Lucas;
and Mr. Darren Oestmann; Mr. Ed Toner; Mr. Gary
Targoff; Dr. Kathleen Fimple, CCPE
CALL TO ORDER, ELECTRONIC POSTING,
LOCATION OF OPEN MEETING LAW DOCUMENTS, ROLL CALL, INTRODUCTIONS
Co-Chair,
Mary Niemiec, called the meeting to order at 9:02 am CT. The meeting notice and the meeting
agenda were posted to the NITC Web site and the Nebraska Public Meeting
Calendar October 19, 2015. The Open Meeting Statutes were located on the south
wall of the Varner Hall Board Room. Ms. Lopez-Urdiales called the roll and
found twelve voting members or alternates present. A quorum was reached in
order to conduct official business. Members and guests introduced themselves.
CONSIDER
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR THE OCTOBER 21, 2015 MEETING*
Mr. Dunning moved to approve the October 21, 2015 meeting agenda. Mr. Askren
seconded. Roll call vote: Askren-Yes, Brown-Yes,
Carpenter-Yes, Joseph-Yes, Dunning-Yes, Hamersky-Yes, Hoesing-Yes,
Hotovy-Yes, Maschman-Yes,
Needham-Yes, Niemiec-Yes, and Schmailzl-Yes.
Results: Yes-12, No-0,
Abstained-0. Motion carried.
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 27, 2015 and AUGUST 19, 2015 MEETINGS*
Mr. Brown moved to approve the May 27, 2015 meeting minutes as presented. Mr. Hotovy seconded. Roll call vote: Hotovy-Yes, Hoesing-Yes, Hamersky-Yes,
Dunning-Yes, Joseph-Yes, Carpenter-Yes, Brown-Yes, Askren-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes, Niemiec-Yes,
Needham-Yes, and Maschman-Yes. Results:
Yes-12, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion
carried.
Mr. Hotovy
moved to approve the August 19, 2015 meeting minutes as presented. Mr. Dunning
seconded. Roll call vote: Dunning-Yes,
Hamersky-Yes, Hoesing-Yes, Hotovy-Yes,
Maschman-Yes, Needham-Yes, Niemiec-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes,
Askren-Yes, Brown-Yes, Carpenter-Yes, and Joseph-Yes. Results:
Yes-12, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion
carried.
CONSIDER RECOMMENDING 2015-17
NETWORK NEBRASKA AND DIGITAL EDUCATION STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ACTION ITEMS TO THE
NITC FOR THEIR 11/12/2015 MEETING*
Discussion
Version.
The vision committee has been meeting since March to review and develop
the action items for the NITC Statewide Technology Plan for the Council’s
review and recommendation to the NITC.
The Cloud Strategy and IT Spending Initiatives were added by the NITC to
the Statewide Technology Plan. Discussion followed regarding the pros and cons
of having one Learning Management system for the state. It was suggested to conduct an inventory and
have a “tools” discussion rather than a data discussion. This would be more usable for the school districts
and the state.
NETWORK NEBRASKA
Objective: To develop a broadband, scalable
telecommunications infrastructure that optimizes the quality of service to
every public entity in the State of Nebraska.
1.
Action: Prepare for the future of
Network Nebraska as a statewide, multipurpose, high capacity, scalable
telecommunications network that shall meet the demand of state agencies, local
governments, and educational entities as defined in section 79-1201.01.
·
Add 1.5
under NN, “Identify and monitor network security services already provided and
determine enhancements.” The Council
will need to determine what it looks like financially, identify best practices. What about level of measurement….existence of
security service catalog, if monitoring there are some inherent metrics, and
presence of security document for NN.
Should this be a separate item 3.0?
2. Action: The Education
Council and NITC staff will serve as the communication hub for existing and
potential Network Nebraska Participants.
·
Funding –
Emphasize that this is member driven and funded by stakeholders.
NETWORK NEBRASKA RECOMMENDED MEASURABLES:
·
Network Nebraska
backbone uptime
·
Network Nebraska
Internet access uptime
·
Network Nebraska
backbone bandwidth utilization (actual)
·
Network Nebraska
membership growth
·
Network Nebraska
Internet growth (purchased and actual)
·
Network Nebraska
unit cost of Internet
·
Number of public
and non-profit, non-education entities (e.g., libraries) connected to Network
Nebraska
It was recommended to include a
measurable regarding bandwidth growth and usage.
Discussion
followed regarding the Education Council’s role versus NNAG or the CIO’s roles in
regards to the “measurables”. At a future meeting, the Council would like
to discuss expanding Network Nebraska services.
Dr.
Hoesing moved to approve and recommend the Network Nebraska action items to the
NITC for their review and approval. Mr.
Carpenter seconded. Roll call vote: Schmailzl-Yes,
Niemiec-Yes, Needham-Yes, Maschman-Yes, Hotovy-Yes, Hoesing-Yes, Hamersky-Yes,
Dunning-Yes, Joseph-Yes, Carpenter-Yes, Brown-Yes, and Askren-Yes. Results:
Yes-12, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion
carried.
DIGITAL EDUCATION
Objective: To promote the effective and efficient
integration of technology into the instructional, learning, and administrative
processes and to utilize technology to deliver enhanced digital educational opportunities
to students at all levels throughout Nebraska on an equitable and affordable
basis.
Under “Collaborators” section, it was recommended to
add parochial and private institutions.
Dr.
Dunning moved to approve and recommend the Digital Education action items to
the NITC for their review and approval.
Mr. Hotovy seconded. Roll
call vote: Maschman-Yes, Needham-Yes, Niemiec-Yes, Schmailzl-Yes, Askren-Yes,
Brown-Yes, Carpenter-Yes, Joseph-Yes, Dunning-Yes, Hamersky-Yes, Hoesing-Yes, and Hotovy-Yes. Results:
Yes-12, No-0, Abstained-0. Motion
carried.
NETWORK NEBRASKA UPDATE
NNAG Update.
The next meeting will be held on November 16. The advisory group plans to develop a Participation
Criteria draft document for Education Council approval.
Upcoming RFP.
Originally, October 1 was the date set to release the RFP but that did
not occur. The revised release date is
October 23. It will be open for at least
60 days. There are approximately 350
circuits that will be implicated with an estimated $15-$20 million per year
contract value. Another RFP will be
released in January to increase the statewide backbone capacity.
SUBSECTOR UPDATES
State colleges. Former Council member, Ed Hoffman, extended greetings
to the council. Mr. Hotovy
will have a report for the December meeting. Mr, Dunning reported
that they have been working with Northeast Nebraska on a Network Nebraska fiber
loop, as well as working on data replication and collaboration.
Community colleges. No report.
Independent colleges. No report.
University of Nebraska. Mark will update in December, combining data support
groups.
Coordinating Commission. No report.
K-12 public.
The Fall NETA conference was high quality and well attended. Student testing was challenging at some
schools due to the network going down. Mr.
Needham commented that he would like to see more technical sessions offered at
NETA as well as other educator conferences.
Dr. Hoesing informed the council that during parent/teacher conferences,
Schuyler public schools held a technology session for parents. The event was a collaborative effort with the
schools, colleges and vendors.
K-12 private.
No report.
Nebraska Department of Education.
An E-rate internal infrastructure clinic was recently held for educators
at ESU 10 in Kearney, with attendance of about 80 people.
OTHER BUSINESS
Agenda Items for the 12/16/2015
Meeting
·
Recap from
the NITC meeting
·
Ed Toner,
meet the new Chief Information Officer
·
Nebraska
Transfer Demo
Consider location(s) for the
12/16/2015 Meeting
Co-chair,
Mary Niemec, offered University of Nebraska-Varner
Hall.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Hotovy moved to adjourn the
meeting. Mr. Dunning seconded. All were in favor. Motion carried.
The meeting was
adjourned at 11:29 a.m.
Meeting minutes
were taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales and reviewed by Tom Rolfes of the Office of
the CIO/NITC.