ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FACULTY COMPUTER COMMITTEE

DATE: May 7, 1986
TO: Faculty Senate
FROM: Richard Kerns, Chairperson

Membership of the committee (including ex-officio members).

Ex-officio: Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs or an appointed representative--
Trenton Davis
Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement or an appointed
representative--vacant
Director of Computer Center--Larry Wester

Chair of the Faculty Sentate or an appointed representative--
James Joyce

Robert Bernhardt, Mathematics, Vice-Chairperson
Dorothy Clayton, Political Science

Robert Dough, Science Education

Marie Farr, English

Paul Gemperline, Chemistry

Jean Huryn, Sociology/Anthropology, Economics
Richard Kerns, Business, Chairperson

Kathleen Kolasa, Home Economics

Charles W. O'Rear, Biology

Student Members: James Braswell
Jeannie Song

Committee meetings (dates and members absent).

September 24, 1985 Kolasa, Farr, Gemperline

October 10, 1985 Kolasa, Davis, Gemperline, O'Rear
November 21, 1985 Koloasa, O'Rear

December 16, 1985 Koloasa

February 6, 1986 Kolasa, Davis, Joyce, O'Rear
March 27, 1986 Kolasa, Song, Farr, O'Rear, Wester
April 24, 1986 Kolasa, Song, O'Rear

Date of reports to the Faculty Senate during the year.

September 17, 1985

Specific insturctions, if any, given to the committee by the Faculty Senate, other than
those found in the committee's charge.

None
A brief statement of committee organization, subcommittees, research activities,etc.
The Faculty Computer Committee functions as a body to make recommendations

concerning academic computing to (1) the Faculty Senate, (2) Computing and
Information Systems, and (3) the Information Systems Advisory Committee.

 
The Chair appointed a subcommittee to develop for ranking unfunded computer
proposals for the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

The Chair appointed a subcommittee to develop a policy recommendation concerning
administrative use of the academic mainframe.

List of committee accomplishments including recommendations made to agencies other
than the Faculty Senate.

The FCC developed guidelines and procedures for ranking unfunded computer requests
and has forwarded rankings to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

The FCC advised CIS on the allocation of disk space on the academic mainframe.

The FCC developed a policy concerning administrative use of the academic mainframe
which will be forwarded to ISAC.

The FCC approved a number of computer equipment requisitions.

Citation of the resolution numbers of Senate resolutions that originated with the
committee.

None

Proposals and/or business to be carried over to next year.
Academic planning must be continued.

Additional unfunded proposals must be ranked.

The reaction of ISAC to the proposal concerning administrative use of the academic
mainframe must be considered.

CIS must be advised concerning the next software and hardware additions to the
academic mainframe.

The committee handbook should be refined and updated.

Evaluation of the committee:
A.  Structure--the structure of the committee is adequate and functional.
B. Duties--the duties of the committee are clear and adequate.

C. Functions--the functions of the comittee are clearly defined and the liaison with
CIS is very good.

D. Personnel - the personnel of the committee are generally adequate.

Suggestions for improving the effectiveness of the committee.

None A
Signed: Chairperson ‘