Goal 1 |
Initiative | Details | Responsible | Completion Date | Budget$ | Status as at |
| Sector Relationships | The Executive will meet with key members of the AVCC, and selected representatives of Government Departments, the ARC, ACODE, CAUL and other appropriate organizations. | Executive | Continuing | | |
| Continue to maintain and develop the relationship with AARNet, AREN Advisory Committee and other networking bodies. |
| Consideration will be given to holding a joint meeting with ACODE and CAUL. |
| Joint meetings with the ACODE and CAUL Executives will be held in Brisbane on Monday 6 June and around November/December - venue to be selected by ACODE. |
| Conducting Cooperative Activities | Maintain a close relationship with EDUCAUSE to allow development of activities (e.g. Access to CAUDIT data in the EDUCAUSE Core Date Survey, EDUCAUSE in Australasia 2005 and the CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute. | Chair, Executive Officer and Senior Project Manager | Continuing | | |
| Providing professional IT advice as required to key decision makers in the Higher Education Sector | Produce responses to key issues relevant to information technology in the university sector, and provide input on relevant issues to the AVCC and Government enquiries.
These will involve time on the part of the Executive Officer (Projects), members of the Executive and members in general, as appropriate. Costs are expected to be limited to travel expenses and to the Executive Officer's time. | Executive and Senior Project Manager | Continuing | | |
Goal 2 |
Initiative | Details | Responsible | Completion Date | Budget$ | Status as at |
| Sponsoring Projects of Common Interest to Members | Conduct the CAUDIT-EDUCAUSE Institute for middle-level IT managers, in collaboration with EDUCAUSE, from 28 August to 1 September 2005 at the Calypso Plaza, Coolangatta. The Institute will again be financially self-supporting in 2005. | Executive Officer (Admin) and Institute Director | September | Nil | |
Goal 3 |
Initiative | Details | Responsible | Completion Date | Budget$ | Status as at |
| Review member support | The Executive, in collaboration with members, will review how CAUDIT supports its members and introduce any changes as a result. | Executive | Continuous | | |
| Holding Regular Meetings of Members | Hold two general meetings in 2005:a general meeting in Auckland on Monday 4 April prior to EDUCAUSE Australasia 2005.An additional delegate from each institution will be invited to this meetingthe Annual Meeting in Canberra on 7 and 8 November | Executive and Executive Officer (Admin) | May and October | $7,000 | |
| Developing the Management and Technical Skills of IT Directors and their staff | Professional Development activities, to meet the needs of IT Directors will be held in conjunction with the General Meetings. | Senior Project Manager | August | Nil | |
| Continue to encourage IT Directors to attend appropriate courses, seminars and conferences in Australia and overseas. The Executive Officer (Administration) will bring appropriate opportunities to the attention of members as they come to his attention. | Executive Officer (Admin) | Continuing | | |
| Promote and award the CAUDIT Australasian IT Award | Executive Officer (Admin) | March | $3,000 | |
| Bring the winner of the 2004 IT Award to a General Meeting to present on the projects | Executive Officer (Admin) | November | $3,000 | |
| Facilitating Vendor Relationships | Coordinate the Standing Committee on Procurement (SCoP) and assist with CAUDIT's relationships with vendors. This will involve some time on the part of the Senior Project Manager, members of the Executive and at least those CAUDIT members who are appointed to the SCoP. | Senior Project Manager | Continuing | $26,000 | |
| Conduct negotiations with suppliers as the opportunity arises by the Senior Project Manager, a member of CAUDIT or an external organisation, as appropriate. | Mainly Senior Project Manager | Continuing | | |
Goal 4, 5and 6 |
Initiative | Details | Responsible | Completion Date | Budget$ | Status as at |
| Exchanging information among Members | The Executive Officer (Administration) will ensure that relevant information, whether developed by CAUDIT members or from outside agencies, is made available to all members by means including email and inclusion on the CAUDIT Web pages, which will continue to be maintained at Curtin University on a fee-for-service basis at a cost of $5,000 in 2005. This is subject to modification in light of the Web Site Redevelopment. | Executive Officer (Administration) and Senior Project Manager. | Continuing | $5,000 | |
| The Executive Officer (Administration) will encourage members to ensure that such information is provided. In addition, the Executive Officer (Administration) will liaise with other organisations (e.g. CAUL, ACODE, UCISA and EDUCAUSE) to obtain access to relevant information. | |
| The Senior Project Manager will undertake or co-ordinate the production of occasional papers on the impact of information technologies on the university sector. | |
| Repeat an AusCERT Network Security Workshop for System Managers in all States and New Zealand. This will be partly subsidised in 2005. | Executive Officer (Admin) and Nick Tate | October | $5,000 | |
| Continue the development and enhancement of the IT Benchmarking Project as detailed in the Project Plan approved at the December 2004 Executive Meeting and the budget subsequently approved; this amounted to $13,600 plus an unknown amount for online data collection for which an amount of $30,000 has been allowed. | Executive Officer (Projects) | December | $43,600 | |
| PKI Project . The Chair of CAUDIT, as Chair of the Steering Committee, will coordinate this Project. External funding has been provided. | Chair | December | Nil | |
| Redefine Stage 1 of the Web Site Redevelopment Project and have it implemented. | Senior Project Manager | December | $10,000 | |
| Conducting Cooperative Activities | Continue to develop the relationship with UCISA - in particular in relation to benchmarking. | Chair, Executive Officer (Admin) and Senior Project Manager | Continuing | | |
| Joint Projects with ACODE and CAUL - none presently envisaged | | Continuing | | |
Items indicated as "*" include Executive Officers' time.
Items indicated as "*" include Executive Officers' time.
This total agrees with the budget for 2005 as approved at the 2004 Annual Meeting.
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