SCFC Meeting Minutes Thursday, September 3, 2015 3-4 PM SS127

Present: Absent: Voting Members: Non-Voting Members: Voting Members: Non-Voting Members: Josef Crepeau Valerie Crepeau Martin Horejsi Jennifer Mills Chuck Harris Chris Smith Matt Riley Jesse Neidigh Barb Seekins Nathan Anderson Christian Decan Jennifer Mills Wyatt Smith

Review Adobe SCF contingency funds request from TSS – Approved The SCFC reviewed a contingency funds request from TSS in the amount of 20K to help cover the initial year of Adobe Creative Cloud campus-wide purchase for lab computer installations of Adobe Creative Suite. Central IT has agreed to initially fund this purchase for FY16 while requesting that departments share in this cost. There is agreement that in future years, funding will be made available through a joint effort between Academic Affairs and Central IT. This contingency fund request was approved in the requested amount of 20K.

Approve minutes from 7/28/15 SCFC meeting. – Approved Minutes from the 7/28/15 SCFC meeting were approved.

Review School of Journalism equipment expenditure request – Tabled The SCFC discussed a proposal from the School of Journalism to purchase 23 Western Digital drives. This request was tabled pending the following: *Updated quote - model numbers are not consistent with the item description *Justification for using this solution in comparison to Box as a solution *That Peet McKinney attend the next SCFC meeting when this request will be reviewed again

Computer lab changes in the University Center The SCFC was informed of changes to the UC student computer lab and the UC tech lounge that are taking place. The UC student computer lab will be incorporated into the UC tech lounge freeing up the space for the program “Code School”. Computers that are not used in the reconfiguration of the tech lounge will be moved into SS127 creating a new lab.

Continue discussion on having a student chair with the Liaison position filling the role in the absence of the chair. The committee voted that there will be one student chair of the SCFC with the IT Liaison acting as the backup if the student chair cannot attend a meeting. Two student SCFC members expressed interest in chairing the SCFC, Nathan Anderson and Wyatt Smith. It was agreed that each candidate will prepare a short presentation for the next SCFC meeting and that the SCFC will vote.

Review staging SCFC website. http://staging.umt.edu/it/about/governance/studentcfs/about.php The staging SCFC website was reviewed, changes discussed and the SCFC agreed that the website would be made live. Schedule Fall Semester SCFC Meetings Members agreed that Thursday afternoons would be the best time for regular SCFC meetings during Fall Semester. Valerie will create a doodle poll and then send an Outlook notice for Fall semester meetings.

Other Jennifer Mills discussed an alternative to the Qualtrics request form. The SCFC agreed that the Qualtrics form is difficult to read and likes the idea of being able to submit attachments. Jennifer will put the forms in the new format and post them on the SCFC website.