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 Technology Officer

Florida Department of Health

Office of Information Technology

4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin B-05

Tallahassee, FL 32399

850/245-4256

Jimmie Harrell

Jimmie.Harrell@floridarevenue.com

Information Services Program Director

Florida Department of Revenue

2450 Shumard Oaks Blvd.

Tallahassee, FL 32399

850/717-6812

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

University of West Florida

Non-voting Member

Vacant

NWRDC Maintenance and Meetings Calendar

Monday, January 24th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, January 24th
- 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, January 25th

NWRDC CIS Virtual Environment Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Tuesday, January 25th
- 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, January 25, 2022 - 0600 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Friday, January 28, 2022 - 1800 (ET)Service Availability: No downtime nor performance impact is expected Details: NWRDC staff will be performing virtual center server appliance (VCSA) maintenance 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.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Saturday, January 29th

NWRDC Ticketing System/Service Portal Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Start date: Saturday, January 29th
- Start time: 10:15am
- End time: 02:15pm
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance: Service(s): NWRDC Ticketing System/Service PortalMaintenance Start Time: Saturday, January 29, 2022 - 1015 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Saturday, January 29, 2022 - 1415 (ET) Service Availability: Service Portal access may be temporarily unavailable Details: 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.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, January 31st

NWRDC Mainframe Operating System Scheduled Maintenance
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, January 31st
- Start time: 02:00am
- End time: 06:00am
- Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) would like to inform you of upcoming maintenance:Services(s): NWRDC Mainframe servicesMaintenance Start Time: Monday, January 31, 2022 – 0200 (ET)Maintenance End Time: Monday, January 31, 2022 – 0600 (ET)Service Availability: No interruption of Mainframe Services is expectedDetails: Maintenance will be applied to the NWRDC Production Mainframe Operating System during the Monday morning maintenance window. This is not expected to affect applications and no outage or customer impact is anticipated. We will notify Mainframe customers when the 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.
- Click for details on Google calendar.

Monday, February 7th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, February 7th
- 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, February 14th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, February 14th
- 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, February 21st

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, February 21st
- 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, February 28th

Mainframe IPL
- Calendar: NWRDC Maintenance
- Where: NWRDC
- Start date: Monday, February 28th
- 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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