St. Lawrence County
Information Technology Advisory Board
Meeting Minutes
10/20/11, 3:00 PM
Attendees: Phil
Wagschall, Jeff Rousell, Pat Turbitt, Kevin Lynch, Dave Wolf, John Miller,
Carrie Tuttle, Bill Hunter, Laura Perry
1) Welcome New Committee Members
a.
Committee welcomed newly appointed member, John Miller,
to fill vacancy left by Joel Duhl.
b.
Committee was provided a copy of John’s bio data sheet.
2)
Board Development
a.
Laura Perry received David Coffey’s resignation from
the board
b.
Wade Davis’s position on the board is also up for
renewal and he has not been active, so his position will be open to a new
appointment
c.
Steve Putman has not attended any meetings and the
Advisory Board would like to request an appointment that will be active
d.
John Miller will need an appointment for 2012 since the
position he is assuming expires 12/31/11
3)
Approval of last month’s minutes
a.
Minutes not available at this time
4)
Featured Guests
a.
None
5)
Committee Reports
a.
Education/Emerging Technology Series Committee
i.
Positive feedback was reported on the last Tech. Series
presentation.
ii.
Kevin suggested a u-shape setup for the session instead
of classroom style
iii.
Jeff suggested forum to carry on with discussion after
session
iv.
Committee brainstormed some ideas for next round of
technology session: Nov. presentation on ECMS; and Dec. on storage and
archiving
b.
Strategic Plan Review
i.
Status of survey – Committee has not met; requested
that survey be emailed out to full committee to review
c.
North Country Technology Symposium 2011
i.
2012 Dates – 5/22/12 & 5/23/12 (CAMP 163, 172, 175,
176, 177, 178 and 194)
ii.
Some ideas discussed for developing more content for
event: evening before round table, or exhibit hall; more technical session
iii.
Public outreach: John suggested more radio PR for the
event
iv.
Committee discussed the future of the event and whether
funds had even been allocated for the event; some options may to focus more on
“frequent” smaller events instead of 1 large symposium and take advantage of
existing conferences (SLC Local Govt. Conference, Forever Wired)
6)
Old Business
a.
SLC IT Board Participation at Local Govt. Conference
10/11/11
i.
Bookmarks – have been created
ii.
DANC created a poster for the conference
iii.
Video has been compiled for use in public outreach
iv.
Pat will talk with Nancy Hess about getting on 2012
agenda for Local Govt. Conference
v.
Discussed other venues for government outreach (Assoc.
of Clerk, Spvs., Mayors)
7)
New Business
a.
Laura reported on her attendance at “Telecommuting
Session” at Forever Wired. Kentucky
Teleworks was speaker explained how he is using economic development strategies
to recruit telecommuting jobs for unemployed workers in his community
b.
Kevin made an exciting announcement about 1,000 sf
green data center partnership with IBM that will be located in Clarkson’s Old
Main Bldg in downtown Potsdam
c.
Kevin suggested Matt Turcott(sp?) as a speaker at an
upcoming SLC Advisory Committee meeting
8)
Next Meeting
a.
11/17/11 at 3 p.m. in the 2nd Fl. Conference
Rm, Human Services Bldg., 80 State highway 310, Canton, NY 13617
