IT Strategic Planning Committee

Meeting date: 
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Princeton IT Strategic Planning Committee
September 15, 2021

Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

John Zimmatore, Pat McGowan, Nathan Boudreau, Michael Cote, Sherry Horeanopoulos, Sherry Patch, Peter Cummings

  1. Meeting convened 5:03 pm
  2. Prior minutes approved
  3. Video storage for meetings is ok near term with current approach, move from Goto-meeting to town drive. Nate will come up with a policy for how long they will be retained.
  4. King proposal submitted to be included in capital improvement plan. Will look into funding with a grant when it opens up.
  5. Disaster recovery
    1. John – identify pieces that need to be part of the plan first based on how things work
    2. Sherry - start with information security plan
    3. Peter had a call with secretary of state’s office, Michael St. Marie, Provided disaster recovery template
    4. Is there any other town activity around disaster recovery? (Michael)
  6. Data inventory
    1. Examine list of software packages and corresponding data to see how it is currently managed. What is already cloud based?  What is currently part of the backup strategy?
    2. Plan to switch to cloud based storage before next server upgrade is required (1.5 years). Document plan with cost tradeoffs of monthly cost vs capital expenditures.
    3. Invite committee and commission reps to explain what their data requirements are. (John, Peter)
    4. Pick a pliot project
  7. Discussion on use of Onedrive storage, standard structure and use of functional shared libraries

Next Meeting 5:00pm

September 29th   

Meeting Adjourned at 6:03 pm