Institutional Planning Committee
October 19, 2007
Minutes
Michael G. Noll called the meeting to order at 8:30am. Attending were Charles Backes, Linda Bennett Elder, Arlene Haddon, Kurt Keppler, James LaPlant, Fred Ware, and Vesta Whisler.
Dr. Noll provided the committee with an update on recent discussions at the Executive Committee meeting (October 4) and the Faculty Senate meeting (October 18). Of particular interest were the news on scheduled construction projects at VSU pertaining Nevins Hall, the North Campus, and Ashley Hall. Moreover, a general discussion followed as to the next step in VSU’s salaries adjustment, based on the Faculty and Staff Salary models, which will boost lagging salaries to 94.5% and 85%, respectively, as of January 2008.
At the meeting Dr. Noll also distributed a proposal by concerned faculty and department webmasters regarding VSU’s new web design and website templates. After some discussion the IPC endorsed the October 11, 2007 proposal by this group for the creation of a subcommittee of the VSU Web Board to address ongoing issues faced by departmental webmasters and other interested faculty and staff (see attachment).
There also was a general discussion as to the revision of the IPC Bylaws. The IPC agreed that Drs. James LaPlant and Charles Backes will spearhead such a task and eventually present their recommendations regarding an update of the Bylaws at a future meeting of the IPC.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:40am.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael G. Noll
Associate Professor of Geography
Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Sherrida
Crawford, Chair, VSU Board of Web Editors
FROM: Michael Noll, Chair, Institutional
Planning Committee (IPC)
DATE: October 19, 2007
SUBJECT: Endorsement of Creation of Subcommittee
REFERENCE: Memorandum from Michael Noll, Steven Taylor, Cecilia Barnbaum, and Bruce Castor, Subject: VSU’s Web Design and
Website Templates, dated 11 October, 2007
The
Institutional Planning Committee (IPC) endorses the October 11, 2007 proposal
by a group of faculty and webmasters for the creation of a new subcommittee of
the VSU Web Board to address ongoing issues faced by departmental webmasters
and other interested faculty and staff. A copy of the memorandum dated October
21, 2007 proposing a subcommittee is attached.
Please advise the IPC of your
decision at your earliest convenience.
Attachment
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To: VSU
Board of Web Editors
From: Concerned
Faculty and Department Webmasters:
Dr. Michael Noll
Mr. Steven Taylor
Dr. Cecilia Barnbaum
Dr.
Bruce Caster
Subject: VSU’s
Web Design and Website Templates
Date: 11
October 2007
Proposal
We propose that a sub-committee of this
body be constituted to address ongoing issues faced by department
webmasters. We suggest that this
sub-committee, chaired by a representative of the VSU Board of Web Editors,
meet monthly or bi-monthly with department webmasters and other interested
faculty and staff.
Rationale:
Since the initiation of the VSU website templates, there have been a number of
issues that need to be clarified or rectified, such as navigation strategies,
compliance issues, and creative license.
Those of us working with specific sites on a daily basis run into
particular situations of which the larger Board of Web Editors may not be
aware. A regular forum where questions
can be raised and issues can be discussed would be of great benefit to the
continuing development and growth of the VSU website, and would help clarify
the process for those of us in charge of specific sites.
[please visit http://www.valdosta.edu/~mgnoll/web/
for a visual tour of some of the issues discussed]