MAISA TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2005
RADISSON PLAZA HOTEL – KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
8:00 TO 9:30 a.m.

MINUTES

Committee Members in Attendance: Beverly Knox-Pipes, Genesee ISD; Larry Godwin, Menominee ISD; Jeanne Oakes, Mason-Lake ISD; Deb Dunbar, Gratiot-Isabella RESD; Larry Lloyd, Clinton County RESA (substituting for Connie Donovan); Mark Cummins, Macomb ISD; Ron Sniderman, Wayne RESA; Robert DeVries, Newaygo ISD; Chris Wigent, Calhoun ISD; and Sam LoPresto, MAISA.

Guests: Mike Oswalt, Calhoun ISD; and Bob Currie, Michigan Virtual High School

1. Call to Order
• Committee Chair, Chris Wigent called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m.

2. Approval of Minutes – October 28, 2004
• Motion by Dunbar, supported by Oakes, to approve the minutes of the meeting held on October 28, 2004, as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

3. 2004-05 Goal Areas Review (sent via e-mail)
• Committee members reviewed the goals and it was noted that where appropriate a correlation was made between the goal areas and the discussion/action items that were included on the agenda.

4. Michigan LearnPort Update - Dave Myers, MVU Administrator
• In Dave’s absence, Bob Currie was in attendance to provide an overview for committee members on the progress being made and the future plans for the Michigan LearnPort.

5. REMCAM Executive Director Proposal
• Wigent provided some opening remarks and Sniderman reviewed the specifics of the proposal with committee members.
• A number of questions/requests for clarification were made by the members of the committee.
• Motion by Cummins, supported by Larry Godwin to support the proposal by REMCAM to hire a part-time Executive Director in accordance with the terms that had been outlined by Sniderman.
o Discussion: Oakes indicated that while she didn’t necessarily disagree with the proposal, that she would be voting no, as many of the superintendents in her Region were not in favor of this proposal.
The Motion was approved with Oakes casting a dissenting vote.
• Wigent indicated that he would communicate details of this issue and the result of the committee’s vote, to the MAISA Council at the General Membership Meeting that was going to occur immediately after this committee meeting.

7. Other Updates and Items for Discussion
a) Executive Summary – Distance Learning Survey (E) (sent via e-mail)
• It was agreed that the results of this survey would be made available to MASA membership with the understanding that clarification regarding the current tow-credit limit on virtual learning be clarified.
b) Data Warehousing Survey Draft (D) (sent via e-mail)
- Survey Questions
- Data Warehouse Definition
• After a lengthy discussion regarding the concept of “data warehousing and mining” was held, it was agreed that some areas of the overview would be revised and additional questions would be added to the survey. The committee will be given the opportunity to review the revised draft prior to it being submitted to all ISD/RESAs.
c) Microsoft Grant Update – Michigan Partners in Learning
• MAISA Associate Executive Director, Jon Tomlanovich, serves on the Executive Committee for this grant and will continue to keep the committee updated on happenings in this area.
d) NCLB Technology Standards and Pilot Assessment
• Details regarding pilot assessment participation were discussed.
e) MVU Update
f) LEADing the Future Update
g) FTL Update
• Sam LoPresto provided an update on MVU, LEADing the Future and FTL.
h) Digital Collection Vision
• Collaborative work continues in this area and progress is being made on this project.
i) EduNets Update
• It is anticipated that this issue will be addressed through attempting to change legislation and efforts in that area should be underway shortly.
j) Other
- Meeting SB-CEUs
• There was no overwhelming support for providing SB-CEU’s for these committee meetings.
- MAISA PR Committee Surveys

8. Upcoming Meetings
a) Thursday, March 10, 10:00 a.m. to Noon – Lansing Sheraton (Creyts Road)
b) Wednesday, June 22, Mackinac Island (time tba)
• It was agreed that very few of the committee members would be attending the conference on Mackinac Island and that a meeting should be held prior to the conference at a more central location.

9. Adjournment
• The meeting was adjourned at 9:32 a.m.