TFAC may provide recommendations as to what aspects might be cut-back or eliminated as a result of receiving only partial funding. The subject of maintenance issues, replacement costs, and infrastructure funding was again raised. The committee was urged to address these issues and determine how they should be handled with respect to funding. The question of what is considered maintenance has to be clearly defined. TFAC needs to take into account the big picture as it relates to how the University as a whole is supporting technology.
Further discussion is needed.
The TFAC recommended that there be no specific contingency fund. The committee instead preferred to not allocate all money in the budget in order to provide a cushion in the event of unexpected funding needs. This will also allow TFAC some leeway in dealing with Action Plans which may run into cost overruns due to unanticipated problems. He asked the members to review this document in preparation for discussion at future meeting.