The minutes were approved as submitted. The Secretary will publish these minutes on the facit-l listserv. The Director of University Computing was asked to describe the university's replacement plan for faculty computers. The following is an edited transcript of that plan.
Replacement involves two time frames, a short-run and a longer period.
Presently Barbara Patrick's office is scheduling appointments with department chairs to retest for compliance and make physical change as required. This activity accomplishes two things, one is a new inventory of computers by age, type, condition for long-range planning. And secondly, a list of computers that must be replaced or upgraded to be y2k compliant. The information that Ms. Patrick is using to go to faculty offices has been supplied by Department Chairs, who have supplied that to respective Deans, and then passed on to Ms. Patrick. Department Chairs are primarily using the information that was supplied to them from the past several compliance checks within the last year or so.