APPROVED

IHETS Management Committee

March 31, 2000  2:00 p.m.

Via conference call

PRESENT:
Ray Ewick, Indiana State Library
John Huie, Purdue University, Chair
Dennis Kramer, Ball State University
Michael McRobbie, Indiana University
Joe Misiewicz, Indiana’s Public Broadcasting Stations
Robert Ruble, University of Southern Indiana

IHETS STAFF:
Dave King, Jennifer Ping, Tim Ping, Nancy Millichap, Mark Rottler, Susan Scott, Shawn Solomon, Ed Stockey, Ed Tully

Huie called the meeting to order at 2:05 p.m. He reported that since the last Management Committee meeting he, King, and Jensen had met with Presidents Hoops and Moore to discuss directions for Board discussion of IHETS’ 2001-03 appropriation request. Now on its third draft, the document keeps improving, and staff will incorporate comments from today’s meeting into a final version to be sent to Board members for discussion on April 13.

King summarized a prototype presentation for the Board meeting, then asked for comments arising from institutional discussions to date. McRobbie stated that planning for Internet2 access may be premature, perhaps based on misinformation, and will be useless without very-high-bandwidth access. Kramer recommended that it would be prudent to include funds for another satellite channel. Ewick pointed out the need to indicate how pieces in the IHETS request related to requests from individual higher education institutions as well as from the library, K12, government, and public broadcasting communities. Jensen added that the potential of these initiatives to strengthen institutional directions is significant. Huie and King asked representatives to identify major areas that may be missing or areas that seem inappropriate for IHETS to undertake. If the Board can approve overall parameters on April 13, the next steps will be to keep refining the details and present a nearly final version to the Board in mid-June.

King then outlined the April 13 agenda: report from the committee on IHETS independence; approval of the 2000-01 operating budget; discussion of 2001-03 strategic directions; an information item about IHETS and community learning initiatives; election of a new chair; and recognition of retiring Board members.

The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.