1. Announcements
2. Pending Items for Future Consideration - Randy Moory
3. Report on the Status of Fiber Network Between UC Davis and UC Davis Medical Center - Doug Hartline
4. Report on Negotiations and Contract with PacBell for Outsourcing the Modem Pool - Kevin Rhodes
5. Library Proxy Server Project - Doreen Meyer
6. Report on Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) - Lana Moffitt

Absent: Mary Duthie, Earlene Ford, Maggie Overbaugh, and Celeste Rose.

Staff to the Council: Randy Moory and Ian Blake.

Guests: Doug Hartline, Doreen Meyer, Donna Olssen, and Kevin Rhodes.

1. Announcements

   No announcements were made.

    
   

2. Pending Items for Future Consideration - Randy Moory

   Randy Moory shared a list of items that should come before the Council in the near future. The Council will hear a report on web payment models, the DaFIS DOCS project, the e-recruitment project, imaging and document management projects, and the New Business Architecture. The DaFIS DOCS and e-recruitment projects will likely come before the Council in October.

   Council members identified projects for future consideration. These include the schedule for Tier 1 system reviews, the New Business Architecture, and UCOP's new Human Resources System. John Bruno announced the revitalization of the Project Leaders Workgroup, with Debbie Lauriano as its chair and a future workgroup on the New Business Architecture. As described in the Administrative Computing Plan (P&P 200-45, item III.B.5), the Project Leaders Workgroup will include all Tier 1 administrative computing systems project managers and project specialists along with system administrators, architects, database managers, and others as needed to identify issues and develop solutions.

    
   

3. Report on the Status of Fiber Network Between UC Davis and UC Davis Medical Center - Doug Hartline

   Doug Hartline reported that Charter Communications rescinded the agreement to provide eight strands of dark fiber to Sacramento for use by the campus in exchange for right-of-way on campus. It appears Charter does not have authority to provide fiber to Sacramento. The campus continues to work on a fiber solution to West Sacramento and to provide right-of-way to telecom hotel space in downtown Sacramento. UCDMC will provide the fiber from the downtown Sacramento connection site to the Medical Center.

   We continue to negotiate with several vendors for a connection site in downtown Sacramento and for a fiber connection between the site and 770 "L" Street where a site provides connection to other carriers' fiber optic networks. Other negotiations are proceeding for access to a conduit beneath the Sacramento River.

   Identification of hotel space in Sacramento is advancing. Doug reported that CENIC would take responsibility for managing the lease and contracting for the hotel space. A Council member asked whether the project might be complicated by an article in the "Sacramento Bee" about the growing issue of downtown office space for telecom-related purposes. The article noted that the City of Sacramento is considering a moratorium on additional telecom hotel space in the downtown area. We are moving fast to avoid the moratorium. Project completion should occur before the end of the calendar year.

   On the issue of Napster usage, Doug reported that the infrastructure was in place to reduce the bandwidth available for MP3 traffic from ResNet. Communications Resources has considered some of the unintended consequences such as Napster servers being set up in the learning resource centers and expansion of the ports that MP3 traffic normally uses.

   Council members discussed the letter that Metallica's attorneys sent to 11 campuses regarding the blocking of Napster. Council identified privacy, security, and monitoring issues that need to be addressed.

    
   

4. Report on Negotiations and Contract with PacBell for Outsourcing the Modem Pool - Kevin Rhodes

   Kevin Rhodes reported on the status of the contract negotiations with PacBell to outsource the modem pool. The University is working with the State of California's CalNet contract to secure the service. Two outstanding issues remain: 1) the University proposes that PacBell dynamically bill the University for the number of ports used based upon contractual contention ratios for the ports. PacBell wants to bill on a total number of static ports requested by the University; 2) the University seeks network performance monitoring metrics equal to the current monitoring on the modems in the modem pool. PacBell says it cannot provide this level of monitoring metrics with their current version of software but can provide login ID, connection times, and server metrics. We are proposing an up to 90-day pilot to evaluate the PacBell service. The pilot results will inform the campus's decision to outsource the modem pool. The pilot will extend local dialup to Sacramento and the Vacaville/Fairfield area. Council discussed the cost issues of extending local dialup to outside the Davis community. Council members noted that there might be a monthly cost to users for such service and that most UC campuses now charge for such services.

   Regarding the need to dynamically adjust the number of ports based upon the contention ratios, it is possible to tell PacBell to reduce the number of ports for the summer months, but getting quick response for additional ports in the fall could be difficult. The pilot could begin 60 to 90 days after the contract is approved and it could take up to 180 days for a complete transition if the decision were to outsource the modem pool.

   A survey of the extent to which the community takes advantage of free Internet service providers should be conducted.

   The council also discussed DSL migration and whether the DSL services provided could be used for non-University purposes.

    
   

5. Library Proxy Server Project - Doreen Meyer

   Doreen Meyer reported on the status of the library proxy service project. The proxy server could provide access to the library from an off-campus network. It would allow authenticated users to access about 80 percent of restricted use library journals currently available only from on campus.

   The project is being piloted and tested by the library with production anticipated in approximately 45 days.

   Action: A meeting between the library and IT staff will be held to finalize requirements.

    
   

6. Report on Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) - Lana Moffitt

   Lana Moffitt reported on EFT projects. Initially, the University will use EFT to make financial aid and other direct payments to students' bank accounts. EFT services will be expanded to disburse reimbursements to staff and faculty in the near future. The project is expected to be completed in 2001. Current constraints include the unavailability of technical resources from the DaFIS technical team.