There is a new online class, JOUR 3400, and there was a problem with the initial contact of students enrolled in this class. One suggestion was to force students to have to enter their current email address during registration. This is a valid issue and has to be worked on. Ed Koshland gave an update on the new cell phone contracts. The new contract is with SunCom.
All plans come with a free cell phone.
Bob Gatlin indicated that the Ombudspersons are the contact people who are a last resort to problem solving with direct access to Dr. Penrod. Charles Curtis and Elise George are currently the Ombudspersons. This will be extended beyond Information Systems. It was suggested that the Ombudsperson for IT be called the IT Ombudsperson instead of just Ombudsperson since the Provost has just appointed a Faculty Ombudsperson. Election of Vice Chair David Zettergren was voted, unanimously, to the position of Vice Chair for the IT Administrative Advisory Committee.