WERNER UNIVERSITY CENTER
May 24, 2013 2:00 p.m.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
WUC Santiam Room
I.
Call to Order/Roll Call
Present: Jennifer Hansen, Bob Hautala, Jane Cameron-Jensen, Ronnell Staudinger,
Victor Zaval, Jr., Andrew Allen, Don Boderman, Chelsee Blatner, Karen Nelles,
Giovanna DiFalco, Jason Smith, Nan Lehto (proxy for Angie Barry); Guest: Bill Kernan,
UCS
II.
Approval of Agenda/Minutes (Chelsee moved to accept as amended; Jennifer seconded;
passed)
A. April 5, 2013 minutes
B. May 24, 2013 agenda (Item V.A. deleted: no info available)
III.
Reports
A. Student Life (Don Boderman)
 Three WUC director candidates are coming to campus to interview for position next
week (See Shondra’s email for dates, times & locations
 WOUMania wil be next Friday, June 7th: Amusement stations and food will be
available
B. Dining Services (Karen Nelles)
 Summer planning underway
C. Bookstore (Mark Lane)
 Absent. No report forwarded to committee
IV.
Old Business
A. Final review and comments regarding Furniture and Equipment Policy
 Motion to put policy into use (Jason moved; Andrew seconded; passed)
 Policy goes into effect immediately
V.
New Business
A. Reviewed summary data from 2012-2013 EBI survey for the Werner University Center
B. Proposal for EBT transactions – discussion
This proposal came from Jo Bruno, Non-trad Student Peer Advisor. Don had advised
Jo to meet with Karen Nelles to discuss what foods could be purchased, what it would
take to set-up the cash registers (including costs). It was suggested that the word
“healthy” may need to be dropped from the proposal as not-so-healthy foods may also
be purchased with an EBT card. In general, the committee supported this proposal. Jo
has contact information with the DHS representative in Dallas and will meet with her.
Karen Nelles will be researching costs and feasibility of setting up EBT terminals in
food outlets on campus. Karen and Jo will meet in the fall after their initial research
has been completed.
C. Future Technology in the WUC (Chelsee, Bill Kernan)
(See notes below, section VI)
VI.
Subcommittee meetings and reports
A. Planning (Did not meet due to Kernan’s presentation to committee)
B. Stakeholders (Did not meet due to Kernan’s presentation to committee)
C. Sustainability and Technology – Guest, Bill Kernan
1. Chelsee reported that the immediate changes should be made to increase internet
speed in the WUC lab, improving the WiFi in the summit where reception in
intermittent, and the addition on 2 Mac computers to the WUC lab.
2. Bill reported on many improvements to technology on campus:
i. use of www.nero.net to find graphs, links
ii. will increase non-transit lines to 600mg
iii. will increase transit lines to 400mg
iv. adding 20 GB to WUC this summer
v. adding access to 20 virtual networks on campus (transparent firewalls)
vi. adding WiFi improvements to the dorms this summer
3. Bill explained how the WiFi connections are affected by their distance from the
access port, as well as the number of users in the area. For the Summit, they will need
to test to determine how to best improve WiFi service there.
4. Victor asked Bill what it would cost to make a conference room into a “smart” room.
Bill estimated $ 22,000 - $ 25, 000 per room.
VII.
Announcements
A. This is Don’s last meeting with the WUC Advisory Committee. No summer meetings
are scheduled and the WUC Advisory Committee will be reconvened this fall after a new
director is in place.
B. Discussion on how often to meet in 2013-2014
 Victor said more than once per term.
 Karen suggested once per month.
 Jennifer agreed with once per month and said that getting students involved is
important.
 Bob Hautala said that once per term is too infrequent. He suggested that a
standing time & day for WUC Advisory Committee meeting should be set at the
beginning of the academic year.
C. Bob is going to Finland in 2 weeks
D. Karen announced a Beach Party in Valsetz on May 30th
VIII.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:08 pm