Each Director represents his agency and provides input to the Policy Board as to the general status of computing and communications. All requests and issues submitted to the Policy Board must be placed on the Policy Board Action Form. The following are examples of non-voting forums. Non-voting forums may submit documents that need action, express issues, submit plans and meet with the Policy Board to support a proposal or action item. These may be created on an as-needed basis.
Representation is open to all supported agencies and is flexible.
The Research Computing Users Committee will represent the research computing community, providing information to the Policy Board as to the status, concerns, and needs of research users. All requests and issues submitted to the Policy Board must be placed on the Policy Board Action Form. This is an existing statutory Council representing the needs and coordination of developing long range plans to integrate the instructional communications system and to coordinate distance learning. The Health Forum would include academic health care institutions, rural clinics, hospitals, etc. who share a common telecommunications infrastructure and could benefit from collaborative discussions of network security, protocols and techniques for distributing and sharing health care information. Administrative Information Official minutes will be recorded for all meetings and distributed electronically to the Policy Board within two weeks after a formal meeting.