Computer Committee Minutes

Date: February 22, 2006

Attending Committee members: Roger Crawfis (Chair), Mike Compton, Jim Davis, Mario Lauria, Raghu Machiraju, Kyle Moore (Undergrad student rep), Rick Parent

Attending (others): Shaun Rowland

Minutes

• Ron gave an overview of the web-based mail servers they have been looking at and demo'ed two possible candidates: @-mail and Squirrel-mail. After analysis, they reccomend we go with @-mail and its support.
  • After some discussion, the Computing staff we decided to approve the @-mail for installation by next quarter.
  • The Computing staff will ensure that large movie attachments and other files behave as expected.
  • I have asked them to provide an overview of IMAP/POP and how to configure your client, hopefully as a permanent web page.
• We had some discussion on a 24-hour lab space. Mike is looking into this in conjunction with a better study space for undergraduate majors. He will provide more information at the next meeting.
• There is some interest in remodeling 280 and going after funding for a "show-case" class-room. Mike is investigating this.
• There is also some interest in remodeling DL 480 to allow for more seating. Mike is also looking into this and the possible ramifications.
• Our next meeting will be in Spring quarter. We will cover these issues and budget planning for next year. Mike will also send out a call for proposals for any faculty instructional needs/wants. If there is some support you would like to see, this will be the time to communicate it.

Roger A. Crawfis

Computer Committee Chair