Policy Board

NWRDC is governed by a Policy Board consisting of its major customers. Policy Board Membership is determined based on the percentage of revenue paid to the Center and reviewed annually.

Meeting Schedule: The Policy Board meets on a quarterly basis, with its annual meeting typically held at the end of May. All meetings are announced on the NWRDC Calendar. If you would like to attend a meeting of the Policy Board, please contact Kate Wasson.

Policy Board Members

Dr. Mehran Basiratmand, Chair

Small User Representative

mehran@fau.edu

Chief Technology Officer

Information Resource Management

Florida Atlantic University

777 Glades Road

CM212

Boca Raton, FL 33431

561/297-0230

Henry Martin, Vice Chair

K-12 Representative

Management Committee Member

martinh@walton.k12.fl.us

Chief Information Officer

Walton County School District

7145 S Park St, Ste #5

DeFuniak Springs, FL 32435

850/892-1100 x1511

Jesus Arias

Institutional Affiliate

Non-voting Member

jesus@fiu.edu

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Manager

Florida International University

Division of Information Technology

112000 SW 8th St.

Miami, FL 33199-PC51338

305/348-4128

Paul Chafin

Contract Management Customer Representative

Paul.Chafin@flhealth.gov

Chief Information Officer

Florida Department of Health

Office of Information Technology

4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin B-05

Tallahassee, FL 32399

850/245-4256

Vacant

Non-voting Member

University of West Florida

Ronald Henry

Non-voting Member

ronald.henry@famu.edu

Associate Vice President, Information Technology

Florida A&M University

Information Technology Services

1740 S Martin Luther King Blvd.

Tallahassee, FL 32307

850/599-3560

Gene Kovacs

Management Committee Member

gene.kovacs@fldoe.org

Chief Information Officer

Board of Governors

State University System of Florida

Information Resource Management

325 West Gaines Street

Suite 1625

Tallahassee, FL 32399

850/245-0837

Damu Kuttikrishnan

KuttikrD@dor.state.fl.us

Chief Information Officer

Florida Department of Revenue

5050 W Tennessee St, Rm 2-2210

Tallahassee, FL 32399

850/717-7593

Jane Livingston

jane.livingston@fsu.edu

Associate Vice President, Chief Information Officer

The Florida State University

Room C6102 UCC

292 Champions Way

P.O. Box 3062620

Tallahassee, FL 32306-2620

850/645-1768

Andre Smith

Management Committee Member

andre.smith@fldoe.org

Deputy Commissioner

Division of Technology & Innovation

Florida Department of Education

325 W. Gaines Street, Suite B1-14

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400

850/245-0428

Sandra Stevens

City, County and Local Government Representative

SStevens@ci.boca-raton.fl.us

IT Director

City of Boca Raton, Florida

201 West Palmetto Park Road

Boca Raton, FL 33432

561/393-7724

NWRDC Maintenance and Meetings Calendar

Tomorrow

NWRDC Management Committee Meeting
- Calendar: NWRDC Meetings
- Start date: Wednesday, March 10th
- Start time: 01:00pm
- End time: 02:00pm
- Regular monthly meeting of the NWRDC Management Committee. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Kate Wasson at kate_wasson@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Friday, March 12th

NWRDC Ticketing System/Service Portal Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Friday, March 12th
- Start time: 11:00pm
- End time: 04:00am
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to remind you of upcoming maintenance:Service(s): NWRDC Ticketing System/Service PortalMaintenance Start Time: Friday, March 12, 2021 2300 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Saturday, March 13, 2021 0400 (ET) Service Availability: Service Portal access may be temporarily unavailable Details: The backbone network providing connectivity to the cloud-based NWRDC Ticketing System/Service Portal will be upgraded by the vendor. During this upgrade, access to the Service Portal may be temporarily unavailable. No other NWRDC services will be impacted by this upgrade. If you are unable to submit a ticket during this maintenance window, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500 and they will assist you. Questions?We're here to help. If you experience issues after the maintenance has concluded or have any questions, please contact the NWRDC Operations Team at (850) 645-3500, it_support@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Sunday, March 14th

Daylight Saving Time Notification
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Sunday, March 14th
- Start time: 01:59am
- End time: 03:01am
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of an upcoming Mainframe event:Service(s): Mainframe ServicesMaintenance Start Time: Sunday, March 14, 2021 - 0200 Maintenance End Time: Sunday, March 14, 2021 - 0300Service Availability: No outage is expected. Details: NWRDC will be performing the Daylight Saving Time change on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 2:00a.m. Daylight Saving Time change will not require an IPL of the Mainframe and no down time is expected.Questions?We're here to help. If you experience issues after this change has implemented or have any questions,please contact the NWRDC Mainframe Team at (850) 645-3500 or NWR-Mainframe@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, March 15th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, March 15th
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, March 22nd

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, March 22nd
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Friday, March 26th

NWRDC Policy Board Meeting
- Calendar: NWRDC Meetings
- Start date: Friday, March 26th
- Start time: 09:00am
- End time: 12:00pm
- Quarterly meeting of the NWRDC Policy Board. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact Kate Wasson at kate_wasson@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, March 29th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, March 29th
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, April 5th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 5th
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Mainframe system time begins at 2:00AM Monday mornings. The system is shutdown to a minimal state to allow for a pristine snapshot of all DASD volumes. Maintenance and upgrades are typically scheduled during this time as well. An IPL is performed before production services are made available by 6:00AM.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

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