The discussion of library budget and serial subscriptions has been tabled until the meeting of March 14.

The discussion of field trip funding has been tabled until the committee has an updated budget from the Associate Deans' Office. Doug will ask Angie to provide an accounting of committees the ISC has given money to (MICD, GWS, etc), what kind of field trips have been funded in the past, and how many field trips have been funded.

Discussion of Technology Planning:

• ITS met with Admission, Financial Aid, Treasurer, and senior administration to discuss budget implications
• Bill and Mark met with student IT workers (approximately 50) to discuss planning
• Bill and Mark will also meet with SGA (approximately 50 students) and with faculty
• Copies of the planning documents are available at http://www.grinnell.edu/its/Planning/index.html
• Bill and Mark reiterated that their offer to attend divisional meetings still stands
• ITS will gather feedback through break and then will issue a statement. They will continue to take feedback throughout the planning process.
• Suggestion was made to attach the planning documents to the faculty meeting agenda. ISC will contact Susan Schoen.
• The question arose: What is the bottom line?
  Are there long-term negative costs? Probably not on the academic side. The campus card system and Enterprise portal will help offset expenses.
  There are ideally many efficiencies on the academic side.
• Is it necessary to go to a single platform? It is more cost efficient, but the wireless hubs have cross-platform capability.
• Individual departments and divisions need to discuss needs and then share those needs with ITS.
• Technology should work for us, not shape us.
• Technology should enhance our mission.
• Uniform software could make the college more efficient, though it may not necessarily be better.
• College should focus on needs rather than technology.
• Look at pros and cons of standardization.
• What are the limits of a wireless network? Re: pictures, music,videos, etc.
• Technology should be as transparent as possible.
• The suggestion was made to have IMTSs meet with the departments they support to discuss perceived needs and the implications of technology, and then to draft a document outlining these needs for ITS.
• The suggestion was made to do a Needs Assessment survey of faculty: What are they currently doing?
  What do they want to do?
  Relate these needs to the planning process.

Respectfully submitted,
Terri Phipps