Standardization Committee

Standardization Committee

Meeting Minutes

September 5, 2013

Opening

The regular meeting of the Standardization Committee was called to order at 2:05 p.m. on September 5, 2013 in 200 Leahy Hall by Debbie Jackson.

Present

Debbie Jackson (chair)

Betsy Ramsey

Sue Weir (scribe)

Nicole Weaver (Tatum Group)

Approval of Minutes

The minutes from the August 6th subcommittee meeting and August 8th were reviewed and approved. Debbie announced the departure of Zia Mafaher and Ed Schaefer from the committee.

Subcommittee Action Items Follow Up

Debbie reviewed the status of the subcommittee meeting’s Next Steps.

Choice of a 15” laptop – laptop was added to the standards list
Service contract – tabled for future consideration
Tablets and mobile computing – tabled for future consideration
Laptop as desktop replacement – tabled for future consideration

Agenda Items

Draft Standard Equipment Policy – Debbie will meet with the Compliance Officer to draft policy regarding this.
Update equipment list – Slides were updated with the addition of a standard 15” notebook and posted to committee website.
Minutes on the website – Sue will post these as part of her scribe duties. http://treasurer.cua.edu/procurement-services/standcomm/
Print job release for Ricoh Aficio printers – Betsy’s team is working on procedural documentation for allowing print jobs to be queued to a Ricoh copier, but not released for printing until the user enters a code on the copier console.
FAQ – Debbie and Sue will work on a draft before the next meeting.

Identify Next Technology Commodities for Review

The committee identified directly-attached (non-networked) printers as the next standardization category for subcommittee consideration. Standardization items include type of printer and positions eligible for this type of printer. The committee noted that use of the Ricoh contract for these printers should be investigated.