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

Michael Dieckmann

Non-voting Member

mdieckma@uwf.edu

Chief IT Strategist, Innovation Institute

University of West Florida

321 N. DeVilliers Street

Pensacola, FL 32501

850/474-2558

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

Assistant Vice Chancellor

State University System of Florida Board of Governors

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.livingtson@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

Sunday, April 12th

Mainframe db2 - DSN Maintenance Notification
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Sunday, April 12th
- Start time: 06:00pm
- End time: 08:00pm
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming Mainframe maintenance:Service(s): Mainframe ServicesMaintenance Start Time: Sunday, April 12 6:00pm (EDT)Maintenance End Time: Monday, April 13 8:00am (EDT)Service Availability: No downtime or performance impact is expected.Details: This is maintenance of the Db2 DSN (Production) subsystem. We do not expect this maintenance will affect any of your applications. 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, April 13th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 13th
- 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.

Wednesday, April 15th

NWRDC Management Committee
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Wednesday, April 15th
- Start time: 11:00am
- End time: 12:00pm
- Regular monthly meeting of the NWRDC Management Committee. If you are interested in joining this meeting, please contact Kate Wasson at kate_wasson@nwrdc.fsu.edu.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, April 20th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 20th
- 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.

Tuesday, April 21st

Annual Mainframe Disaster Recovery Exercise
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Tuesday, April 21st
- Start time: 08:00am
- End time: 08:00am
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) will perform its annual Disaster Recovery Exercise April 21 through April 23, 2020.Service(s): Mainframe Disaster Recovery Services TestingRecovery Start Time: Tuesday, April 21, 2020 0800 (EDT)Customer Testing Start Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 0800 (EDT)Recovery End Time: Thursday, April 23, 2020 0800 (EDT) Details: April 21 is reserved for NWRDC staff to restore and configure the Disaster Recovery environment. Customer testing begins Wednesday April 22 at 0800 EDT and concludes at 0800 EDT on Thursday April 23.Please let NWRDC know if you are planning to participate in the annual Mainframe Disaster Recovery exercise via email addressed to Mainframe-DR-Support@nwrdc.fsu.edu. Staff can provide you with specific connection requirements and additional testing details. · 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.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Friday, April 24th

NWRDC Policy Board
- Calendar: NWRDC Meetings
- Start date: Friday, April 24th
- Start time: 10:00am
- End time: 12:00pm
- Regular meeting of the NWRDC Policy Board. If you are interested in joining this meeting, please contact Kate Wasson at kate_wasson@nwrdc.fsu.edu
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, April 27th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, April 27th
- 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, May 4th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, May 4th
- 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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