Charter Committee Annual Report to the Shared Governance Council

Committee: Information Technology Advisory Committee
Report Year: 2025-26

Committee Members

Committee Chair(s)Giovanni Zimotti
Committee Members

Non, Lemuel Benedict R <lemuel-non@uiowa.edu>; 

Zimotti, Giovanni <giovanni-zimotti@uiowa.edu>; 

Wang, Boxiang <boxiang-wang@uiowa.edu>; 

Kehe, Kara L <kara-kehe@uiowa.edu>; 

Tai, June <june-tai@uiowa.edu>; 

Bateman, Micah <micah-bateman@uiowa.edu>; 

Goetz, Jessica E <jessica-goetz@uiowa.edu>; 

Evans, Andrew G <andrew-evans@uiowa.edu>; 

Paternostro, Alex W alex-paternostro@uiowa.edu

Michalski, Gabriella N <gabriella-michalski@uiowa.edu>

Rohan Ramesh, <rohan-ramesh@uiowa.edu>

Committee Charge

From Operations Manual

  1. The Committee shall be governed by the terms of the General Charter.
  2. In addition, the Committee shall:
    1. Advise on the present and future needs of faculty, staff, and students for computing services and formulate recommendations for meeting these needs and for maintaining a proper balance among all academic computer needs and services in the university;
    2. Provide a forum to which faculty, staff, and students may refer questions and recommendations concerning university computer policies, services, and development;
    3. Advise in the development of general policies concerning the university's acceptance of computer funds from sources external to the university and the university's provision of computer services to users external to the university;
    4. Advise on procedures for proposals by faculty, staff, and students for funds to support computing of an extraordinary and innovative nature;
    5. Review from time to time the activities and recommendations made by working committees established by the designated administrative officer. (These working committees may be established for the purpose of advising the officer on specific administrative questions concerning the operation, development, and utilization of computer resources for teaching and research.)
Current Year Meeting Dates

Oct. 29, 2025

December 4, 2025

March 5, 2026

May 6, 2026

Please indicate the typical frequency of meetings (e.g., first Tuesday of month at 4 pm). If there are subcommittees, please indicate the frequency of those meetings, too.Quarterly; no sub-committees.
Current Year Activities

  • Onboarding and overview of OneIT 

  • IT reSPARC overview 

  • LinkedIn Learning

  • Accessibility presentation 

  • Administrative access to University-provided laptops, including training and requests for research use on computers 

  • Discussion on cost of devices on campus

  • Overview of Research Services

  • Data sensitivity and UI tools

  • ITSM/Halo update

Topics your committee anticipates addressing during the coming year
  • AI
  • Cybersecurity
  • IT operations
  • Data on campus
Other issues of concern
  • None.
What should we tell applicants for this committee regarding expectations of members (anticipated workload, existence of subcommittees, etc.)?The majority of the Committee’s work is completed during the scheduled meetings. Attendance and participation at meetings is critical to assuring all aspects of an IT issue are addressed for the campus and that all voices have contributed. Some review of documents prior to meetings is necessary on occasion. All meetings are conducted remotely.
Does your committee have a website?Not at this time.
What is your process for passing on previous agendas and minutes to the new committee chair(s)?Via email; also Microsoft Teams access. 
Recommendations, if any, to the shared governance groups.n/a