Instructional Consultation will arrange for data entry for the faculty survey. The Security Group reported that recruiting for the new position is in progress. Ted Smith and Shea Lovan made a presentation to about fifty system administrators. A discussion of the trend toward bundling LDAP costs with operating systems ensued. Consequently, additional funding will be required to add student entries.
Next step is to plan the schema for inclusion of student records.
A publicly accessible LDAP is also in the works. A subcommittee has created a document describing departments management of email addresses in the directory. Macintosh access to emerging systems that are based on current browsers, network cards appropriate for connecting to ResNet, wireless networks, common software products, minimum vs. recommended guidelines, and publicity for standards, including a web page with links to departmental pages for discipline-specific recommendatons. The Wireless Scouting Party is busy investigating 802.11 umbrella systems and services available via cellular telephone. A report is planned for this summer.