Academic
Computing Steering Committee
(AcCSC)
Minutes of Meetings:
[Note: There was no meeting Feb. 2 or 9.]
February 16, 2001;
Engineering Dean's conference room; 9:45 am
Present: Batson, Boyer, Keller, Klein,
McFadden, Sener, Traver, Wolf
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an online discussion of Academic Computing at Union College
Review of last
meeting's minutes
Agenda:
These documents were
distributed for review and discussion:
Acceptable Use Policy.
The College lawyer has requested inclusion of the following two paragraphs
(words or phrases we discussed are in bold):
In
the event of suspected, alleged, or actual illegal activity,
Union College will notify or cooperate with applicable law enforcement
authorities for potential civil or criminal investigation or
prosecution.
Union
College reserves the right for authorized personnel to monitor use of
computing and network facilities and resources for purposes to include, but
not be limited to: troubleshooting hardware and software problems,
preventing system misuse, assuring compliance with Internet Access
Service Agreements and Union College’s Acceptable Use Policy, and
complying with legal and regulatory requests for information.
We
also questioned whether the following could be worded to permit legitimate
academic research:
Do
not research or attempt to defeat computer and network security
measures, implement self-replicating codes, possess "cracker
tools", as well as intentionally develop and/or use programs that
are designed to harass other network users, bypass system security
mechanisms, steal or "crack" passwords or data sets, do port
scanning, deny access or otherwise interfere with system services,
replicate themselves or attach themselves to other programs (including
viruses, worms, harmful code, Trojan horses, etc.) or evade software
licensing or copying restrictions.
And felt that the
following was needlessly vague, and perhaps somewhat repetitive:
Do
not engage in activities that would
[knowingly???] cause excessive traffic on Union’s
network. One example would be the use of multiple, concurrent
downloads/uploads from/to the network/Internet.
This
seems to repeat [new language in brackets]:
Do
not attempt to interfere with, interrupt, or obstruct the ability of
others [authorized users]
to use Union’s computing facilities, software, network or
Internet services.
Laptop policy. Diane
Keller presented the proposed Faculty
Notebook policy. Several issues were discussed:
Who is responsible for
insurance coverage? Dwight will find out whether the College could
get a rider to cover notebooks with less than a $1000 deductible.
Alternatively, individuals will be responsible for getting riders on
their homeowner insurance.
We need to clarify the
buy-out options on both sides. After three years the computer
becomes the property of the individual. If the individual leaves
the college in less than three years, either the individual can buy the
computer from the College based on a pro-rated share of the College
contribution, or the College will buy out the faculty member's
contribution on the same 3-year pro-rata basis.
Distance Learning.
Doug distributed a copy of a distance
learning status report which was distributed at last week's Chairs
Meeting. AAC is eager to review any proposed courses involving
distance learning. [AAC is considering appointing a committee to
review Union's distance learning policies.]
NO MEETING Feb 2.
Next meeting: February 9,
2001 9:45am |
