3/28/08 - ETS Staff Meeting

Uncle John stood on one side of a river; his dog, Porter, stood on the other side. "Come here, Porter!" said Uncle John. Although there were no boats or bridges, Porter crossed the river without getting wet. How?

Evolution of Dance

• Les Wilson
  
• Lock Down Exercise - Procedure (Bobbie to discuss)
• Classes versus work - You can not miss work assignments or meetings due to classes - work has to come first. I want to review all requests for fee waiver/classes each semester. I'm going to draw a hard line on one class per semester that is during business hours - and then only if the supervisor and myself can agree that work time can be rearranged around the time absent.
• Moodle server work by ISOS to start April 1st. We need to outline all the things we want/need done by ISOS on those servers. - Kory sent out what I thought was pretty good note outlining his tasks. Anything we need to add?
• We need to outline and clarify with ISOS what our back up requirements are for Moodle and Helix.
• Can we start streaming video from YouTube?
• Discuss handout regarding Google Apps and outsourcing student e-mail. I need to take back any questions we come up with regarding the impact of such a change.
• Feedback on articles in the paper? Sounds like one coming out on enrollment Be careful what you say to the media
• No decision yet on what they are going to do about replacing Wharton or naming an interim provost
• Apparently a lot of folks are calling the journal about a number of different issues
• April board meeting will discuss fee increases - ISU asking for 7% - BSU 6% - UI 7.9%
• No exempt job offers can be made until the AA form has been reviewed and approved by Buddy
• Temp employees have to have an offer - see HR forms web site (see Boise and Idaho Falls)
• Darrell Buffaloe is leaving for CSI on June 30th - taking over for College of Technology
• April 1st ISOS will start working on the new Moodle Servers - not before
• Guest Internet Access - Guest access through 7meg Qwest access - contact help desk and they can set it up in a matter of minutes - Will need MAC address, name, phone, etc........
• Has everyone watched the "When Lightning Strikes" video on the Public Safety
• Review document about 2nd maintenance window - Tuesday and Friday - Need to start communicating to Faculty