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

Gene Kovacs, Vice Chair

Management Committee Chair

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

Dr. 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

Rick Burnette

riburnette@fsu.edu

Associate Vice President and Interim CIO

The Florida State University

P.O. Box 3062620

Tallahassee, FL 32306

850/644-1532

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

Robert Seniors

Non-voting Member

robert.seniors@famu.edu

Chief Information Officer/Associate Vice President

Florida A&M University

Information Technology Services

1740 S Martin Luther King Blvd.

Tallahassee, FL 32307

850/599-3560

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

Management Committee Member

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

Florida Department of Revenue

Vacant

University of West Florida

Non-voting Member

Vacant

NWRDC Maintenance and Meetings Calendar

Yesterday

Mainframe Services DLM Virtual Tape System Scheduled Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Saturday, October 16th
- Start time: 04:00pm
- End time: 01:00am
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance:Service(s): Mainframe Services DLM Virtual Tape SystemMaintenance Start Time: Saturday, October 16, 2021 - 1600 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Sunday, October 17, 2021 - 0100 (ET)Service Availability: A three hour outage of Mainframe Tape processing is expected Saturday, October 16, 2021 beginning at 1700 while the DLM code is being updated. Tape availability will increase during the maintenance window as the three Virtual Tape Environments are brought online sequentially. Details: Dell EMC will be performing firmware updates on the DLM Virtual Tape System. 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.

Today

NWRDC Network Maintenance in Atlanta
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Sunday, October 17th
- Start time: 08:00am
- End time: 04:00pm
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance:Service(s): NWRDC Network Maintenance in AtlantaMaintenance Start Time: Sunday, October 17, 2021 0800 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Sunday, October 17, 2021 1600 (ET)Service Availability: Intermittent Network Services outages possibleDetails: NWRDC staff will be performing network maintenance on Sunday, October 17, 2021 to the switch network in Atlanta. During the maintenance window, we do expect a few brief network interruptions. We will notify customers when work has been completed. Questions? We are 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.
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Tomorrow

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, October 18th
- 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.
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Monday, October 25th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, October 25th
- 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.
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Tuesday, October 26th

NWRDC CIS Virtual Environment Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Tuesday, October 26th
- Start time: 06:00am
- End time: 06:00pm
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance:Service(s): NWRDC Cloud Infrastructure ServicesMaintenance Start Time: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 0600 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Friday, October 29, 2021 1800 (ET)Service Availability: No downtime nor performance impact is expected Details: NWRDC staff will be performing standard virtual center server appliance (VCSA) and host patching in the NWRDC Tallahassee and Atlanta virtual environments. 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
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Saturday, October 30th

NWRDC Ticketing System/Service Portal Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Saturday, October 30th
- Start time: 10:15am
- End time: 04:15pm
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance:Service(s): NWRDC Ticketing System/Service PortalMaintenance Start Time: Saturday, October 30, 2021 - 1015 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Saturday, October 30, 2021 - 1615 (ET)Service Availability: Service Portal access may be temporarily unavailableDetails: The NWRDC Ticketing System/Service Portal will be undergoing a regularly scheduled upgrade. During this upgrade, access to the Service Portal may be temporarily unavailable. 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.
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Monday, November 1st

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, November 1st
- 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.
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Monday, November 8th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, November 8th
- 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.
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