Technology Committee (TechComm)

Welcome to the new and improved Technology Committee (TechComm) with Co-chairs Lesley Buehler and Jeff O'Connell.

Meeting Information

Any Ohlone College employee or student can attend! Regular meetings of TechComm are every third Tuesday of the month from 2:00pm - 3:00pm in the ITC (Room 1407). Feel free to submit an agenda item by emailing Jeff O'Connell and Lesley Buehler (TechComm Co-Chairs). The plan is to keep the meetings to 1 hour in length - and we are going to get lots done!!

Meeting agendas and minutes and other documents are available on the TechComm Documents page (managed by Jeff O'Connell). Feel free to submit an agenda item by emailing Jeff O'Connell and Lesley Buehler (TechComm Co-chairs).

Summer 2008 TechComm Meeting Schedule
Date Time Location
Tuesday, July 15 3:45pm ITC (Room 1407)

Spring 2008 TechComm Meeting Schedule
Date Time Location
Tuesday, February 19 2:00pm - 3:00pm ITC (Room 1407)
Tuesday, March 18 2:00pm - 3:00pm ITC (Room 1407)
Tuesday, April 15 2:00pm - 3:00pm ITC (Room 1407)
Tuesday, May 20 2:00pm - 3:00pm ITC (Room 1407)

Fall 2007 TechComm Meeting Schedule
Date Time Location
Tuesday, October 2 (first meeting) 2:00pm - 3:00pm ITC (Room 1407)
Tuesday, October 16 2:00pm - 3:00pm ITC (Room 1407)
Tuesday, November 20 2:00pm - 3:00pm ITC (Room 1407)
Tuesday, November 27
- special meeting re Standard IIIC Technology Resources section of the Accreditation Self Study Report
2:00pm ITC (Room 1407)
December: We will probably need to meet but the third Tuesday is after finals. Tentative meeting for Tuesday, December 4 at 2:00pm - CANCELLED    

TechComm Documents

Go to the listing of TechComm Documents.

Fall 2007 major accomplishments: Technology Master Plan, Standard IIIC: Technology Resources section of the Accreditation Self Study Report submitted January 2008 to WASC.

Tech at Ohlone Blog

Comment on issues using the Tech at Ohlone blog at http://techatohlone.blogspot.com/. Members will use the blog for communication outside of meetings

Members

"Members" are people who regularly attend TechComm meetings and/or participate in other ways, such as through the Tech at Ohlone Blog or by email. All Ohlone College employees and students are welcome to attend meetings and participate in other ways.

Participating Members - Spring 2008
(updated May 6, 2008)
Name Department Faculty / Staff / Admin  * 
Lesley Buehler (Co-chair) Learning Resources and Academic Technology Admin (Academic)
Mike Calegari Administrative Services Admin (Business)
Carrie Dameron Nursing Faculty
K.G. Greenstein Library Faculty
Bruce Griffin IT Admin (Academic)
Richard Grotegut CNET Faculty
Kevin Kirk DSPS Staff
Cheryl Lambert Web Designer (College Advancement) Staff
Gary Mishra Engineering Faculty
Quan Nguyen Online Education, IT Staff
Jeff O'Connell (Co-chair) Math Faculty
Deb Parziale Administrative Admin (Academic)
Ron Quinta Science, Technology, and Engineering Admin (Academic)
Rob Smedfjeld Math Faculty
Rakesh Swamy English Faculty
Connie Teshara Academic Affairs Admin (Confidential)
Jim Wright Academic Affairs Admin (Academic)
Phil Zahorsky Music Faculty

 *  Staff refers to Classified Staff (i.e., CSEA and SEIU members). Admininistration (Admin) has these subsets: Academic Administration, Business Administration, Classified Administration, Confidential Staff. [These designations were taken from the College Council members list.]

We started this technology committee in Fall 2007 by inviting the following people, representing a variety of areas at Ohlone:

  • Lesley Buehler - Learning Resources and Academic Technology (Co-chair)
  • Carrie Dameron - Nursing
  • Dennis Driver - IT
  • Yong Gao - Computer Science
  • K.G. Greenstein - Library
  • Richard Grotegut - CNET
  • Cheryl Lambert - Web Designer
  • Wendy Lin - Student Technology and Tutorial Center
  • Gary Mishra - Engineering
  • Quan Nguyen - Online Education, IT
  • Jeff O'Connell - Math (Co-chair)
  • Deb Parziale - Administrative, Nursing
  • Ron Quinta - Science, Technology, and Engineering
  • Rob Smedfjeld - Math
  • Connie Teshara - Academic Affairs
  • Jim Wright - Academic Affairs
  • Phil Zahorsky - Music