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University System of Maryland Academic Telecommunications System

Annual Retreat 2008

Salisbury University

June 12-13, 2008

General information

Location:Salisbury University (directions) CB Commons Building, Montgomery Room CB214 (campus map)
Time: June 12 at Noon to June 13 at Noon

Presentations

Coming soon.

Hotels:

Hampton Inn (Holding 32 Rooms with double beds)
$86.00 + tax
Reservation Deadline: 6/01/08
121 E. Naylor Mill Road
Salisbury, MD 21804
Phone: 410-334-3080
www.hamptoninn.com

Courtyard by Marriott (holding 14 rooms with King Size Beds)
$109.00 + Tax
Reservation Deadline: 6/01/08
128 Troopers Way
Salisbury, MD 21804
Phone: 410-742-4405
www.marriott.com

Golf Option (June 13th at 1:30PM):

In the past few years we have had a golf outing to close out the retreat. We will do so this year as well, although we will not have corporate sponsors. Tee times will be lined up at Nutters Crossing Golf Course. We will pay at the pro shop, so no prepayment is necessary.

Registration

Please register here no later than June 9th, 2008.
Contact Norwin Malmberg at 301-445-2758 if you have any questions.


Agenda

June 12, 2008

12:00 - 1:00
  • Luncheon
  • Welcome from SU
  • Review of Agenda, Introductions, and Housekeeping Issues
1:00 - 1:30Strategic Planning Process: Next Steps (Jerry Waldron)
1:30 - 2:30Disaster recovery / cyber infrastructure and UMATS (Suresh Balakrishnan)
2:30 - 2:45Break
2:45 - 3:30Engineering Committee report: redundancy discussion
3:30 - 4:30Maryland Broadband - Pat Mitchell, Executive Director
4:30Wrap up (Jerry Waldron)
6:30

June 13, 2008

8:00 - 8:30Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00UMATS business meeting (Jerry Waldron, Norwin Malmberg)
  • State of UMATS (Norwin Malmberg)
  • Budget
  • Staffing and searches
  • Election of Chair
  • A new name for UMATS
  • Enhancing communication - web site (blog, wiki, emails)?
10:00 - 11:00Governance with growth and new partnerships
11:00 - 11:30Next steps
Adjourn
1:00 Golf Outing - Nutters Crossing, Salisbury, Maryland
Please RSVP on the registration form or via email to Jerry Waldron jfwaldron@salisbury.edu.
More information can be found at: http://www.nutterscrossing.com
University System of Maryland
3300 Metzerott Road
Adelphi, MD 20783-1690, USA
301.445.2740