Wiring Project Team

Meeting Minutes 10/4/95

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Attending:  John Horan, Doug Brown, Garnet Barrigar, Carmen Casolara,
Justin Sipher, Brenda Bennett, Bob Jewett

1. Next meeting: 10/11/95

2.  Discussed major milestones toward reaching our goal of wiring all
    student rooms and functional spaces in the residence hall with 
    Category-5 cable (approximately 2,800 total connections based upon 
    2,600 beds and 200 other functional space locations.

    
    By January '96:

    - Students will be looking for off-campus hoursing upon their reutrn 
      from the holidays (January '96).  Their arrangements will probably 
      be made by April '96.

    - We should have information published in the Racquette and other
      information channels so students are aware of what is happening.

    - New students will be making decisions on a college to attend and
      we should be sure that all of our marketing materials reflect 
      access to the network from student rooms.


    By April '96:

    - Need to know the order in which buildings will be wired so that
      summer programming plans for residences can be made by April 1st.

    - Students returning in the Fall ('96) will sign-up for room 
      assignments by mid- to late-April.


    By July '96:

    - This is the most active part of the summer for residential 
      occupancy.  Bowman Hall is used for approximately 2 weeks in the
      summer.

    By start of Fall '96 semester:

    - cat-5 cable pulled to each room faceplate, terminated at the
      closet and the room faceplate and tested for continuity.

3.  Discussed other issues which must be addressed during this project:

    Network Interface Cards (NICs)

       - we will need to evaluate and select the NIC(s) that will be 
         supported.
        
       - we will need to determine whether students will purchase their
         own NIC (from our "supported list"), will rent them or will be
         provided as part of their room fee.  At this point everyone 
         seemed to prefer having students purchase their own NIC and 
         cable from our College Bookstore.

       - who will install the NIC/cable?  If we do, what is our liability
         for any problems encountered during installation?


     Student input

       - we need to invite student representatives to help us in shaping
         policies, guidelines and service/support strategies.

     Residential Computer Coordinators (RCCs)

       - we will need to hire students to act as RCCs.  Some estimates
         from other schools suggest that 1 RCC can support 50 students.

       - we will need to identify the number of RCCs for budgeting
         purposes; students should be identified for this as soon as
         possible so we can train them before summer vacation and 
         determine whether they are to be paid by the hour or given
         room.

      SUNYCard

       - will SUNYCard/ID # be used with this project (e.g, cabling for 
         card readers, etc.)

      Training

       - we will need to develop a training program for RCCs and for
         professional support staff.