Student Technology Advisory Board
Meeting Notes – February 1, 2012
In attendance: Lori Temple, Jaimie Stilz, Kenneth Retzl, Brandi Blackman, Marice Seda, Angel Jimenez, Matt Buk, Michael Sy, Darrell Lutey, Gregory Turner, Kristina Marillo, Young-Bok Kim, Hector Ibarra
1. Winter Break projects completed
· Received funding to purchase computers. Due to hard drive issues with company, machines did not arrive until after semester started… 53 Macs and 165 PCs.
· Security cables were purchased to lock down machines in open labs.
· Three electrical engineering teaching facilities are now online.
· Upgraded teaching facilities.
2. Funding for new projects
· $600,000 available from one-time funds (derived from salary savings due to moving administrative staff pay date from June 30 to July 1): Upgrades to teaching facilities and TECs (only CBC C, third floor classrooms will remain to be converted); wireless in residence halls and CEB to be installed; academic computer replacement will provide new hardware to replace older machines; ID management suite could lead to a single sign-on in the future.
· Issuing a request for proposals for an IT master plan. Will seek STAB feedback in the fall for projects associated with the plan.
· $450k
· for replacement of network equipment from Enterasys to Cisco.
· Generator for new data center.
3. Peer-to-peer file sharing
· Feedback, re: hearing the term “peer-to-peer file sharing” and university’s actions: piracy, sharing files, plagiarism, free movies and music, Torrents, LiveWire, news groups, CrackZ, Warez.
· Team from across the campus is working on policies and procedures for responding to notices of infractions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The first periodic notification will be sent to the campus in April.
· To address an infraction: the DMCA liaison (OIT security officer) is notified that someone has downloaded music illegally. The IP address is identified. OIT determines the location where the music or movie was downloaded. If in an OIT managed space, OIT tracks it down. If in a residence hall, student affairs tracks it down. If in an adjunct location (e.g., library), OIT works with the representative in that location. Then individual is identified. Person is sent an e-mail (against the law, here are penalties, etc.). For the second infraction, the second e-mail advises person that he/she has to visit OIT to sign acknowledgement form. Third e-mail results in judicial action. For guest wireless users who download illegally, users will be shut off.
· Sanction at third warning, and individual may have to attend a session presented by FBI. OIT is working with FBI to have this offered on an on-going basis as an educational component of the campus plan.
4. Browser strategies
· At beginning of semester, browser issues caused some problems with MyUNLV. Students received messages about this and changing browsers fixed the problem.
· IE had been supported until the vendor installed a security patch.
· Whenever an individual cannot access something he/she was able to access previously, first thing to do is to change browsers.
5. Workshop February 8: Quick Search (Summon) training
· New tool in library will be demonstrated in three sessions (two for basic searching and one for advanced searching).
· The event is open to all faculty, students, and staff.
6. Agenda items for rest of the semester
· Communication on HEOA
· March 7 meeting: Social media and identity protection during campus police workshop
· WebCampus help desk support transition
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