Minutes (May 18, 2001) Web Advisory Committee

Present: Leo Maxwell, Brian Neuenschwander, Fred Boord, Heather Cura, Jim Barrett, Anna Maloy, Bob Badgett, Ida Garcia, Georgina Perez, John Olson, Veronica Cortes.

  1. Approval of Minutes
    • The minutes of the April 20 meeting were unanimously approved as distributed.
  2. Webmaster's Report
    • Jim Barrett showed an internal webpage, inside.uthscsa.edu, and described its purpose. The goal is to provide helpful links to documents and websites for faculty/staff. He said the page would be tested by volunteers from the Academic Council with a goal of publishing the page in August.
    • Jim provided Georgia Harper's description of a pending UT System web advertising policy. This policy states that components such as the HSC would be required to prepare guidelines describing how advertising would be handled.
  3. Old Business
    • Comparison of WYSIWYG web editing software worksheet was provided to the committee.
  4. New Business
    • Address the challenges of creating a community among webmasters to utilize expertise.
    • Meet the challenges of new technology such as Palm Pilot publishing and cell phones with Internet access without compromising security and privacy.
  5. Adjournment
    • The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m. The next general meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. on July 20, 2001, in Computing Resources room 494L.
-- Minutes submitted by Veronica G. Cortes
-- Approved July 20, 2001