Minutes of Technology Advisory Board Meeting of February 20, 2007

Present: J Tasse, Chairman, M. Schorr, B. Gardner-Town Board liaison, Al Smith-guest

Absent: G. Eggleston, J. Kelley, P. St. John

The meeting was called to order at 7:11 pm.

1.      The minutes of the 1-16-07 meeting were generally agreed with, but absent a quorum were not passed.

2.      The wiring for computers in the new Town Hall was discussed with Al Smith.

3.      Tasse has talked to Heather about her being the “Super User”. She has reservations but agreed, but only what she’s “comfortable with”. SU will need to audit users compliance with procedures, updates, etc.

      ACTION: Bruce Gardner will get us copies of the Town’s employee manual.

4.      Technology Plan discussion

      –    Tasse has updated the plan’s dates. Tasse went over the schedule.

       –   Tasse discussed groups of work and their  schedules.

      –    There are currently different security packages on most Town computers. A single licensed package       is desired for all Town owned computers. George was to check on that, but was absent.

      ACTION: George Eggleston will investigate obtaining a group license for the McAfee security                         package updates (price and purchase procedure).           

5.   Discussion with Al Smith – The System Administrator’s job was discussed. Having heard our discussion, Al noted that it is easier to distribute software from a server. There is a risk involved in making software available to multiple users, but he said that users can be partitioned. 

ACTION:  Tasse will try to find out what other towns do re-a System Administrator.

      ACTION: Al Smith will talk to Tony Ward, the owner’s rep on the Town Hall construction.        

The meeting was adjourned at 8:42 pm.

Prepared by M. Schorr