Blog, Moodle, Kit n' Kaboodle

Sixteen hour days can lead to weird blog headings. We met in the dungeon... uh... conference room at Franklin High. Scott Robinson (CTO) was unable to attend, so Jay Keuter was there representing Scott's organization. I presented a recap of our discussions to date, and each of the other attendees (Lynne George, Jennifer Frentress, Carla Randall, Tim Lauer) chimed in with additions. Charles Hopson (Franklin's Principal) sat in on some of the meeting. Jay gave us some information that seemed to contradict some earlier info we got from the CTO so I'm opined that it had something to do with the fact that Jay has been out on vacation. However, at this time someone needs to answer 1)Does PPS-IT have sandbox server(s) now? 2)Are those servers accessible both internally (within PPS's network) and externally (from the Internet?) 3)What software is on them? 4)What is the policy about loading software on them? For example, can users (like me) load a blog tool (like Movable Type) onto those servers or do we need to ask an IT person to do it? What is the prioritization of requests on the sand box servers (relative to other systems.) Ideally, the sand box servers would be very low security to allow those with logins to configure anything they might need to do quick prototyping and pilot activities. 5)What is the availability of the sand box servers? In other words, will they be up 5-9's or are they going to be taken offline periodically and without warning? Anyone wanting to answer these and related questions is definitely welcome to post the answers. 6)What tools are available to service collaboration and communication needs.