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Committee Terms of Reference

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

The IT Advisory Committee will maintain guiding principles on how IT will support and enable the University's mission and strategic objectives. This will include articulating how enterprise IT projects should be funded, how enterprise applications and/or services are developed or acquired, who is consulted on proposals for new enterprise projects, and what oversight and compliance is required.

In addition, the committee will:

• Sponsor, review and recommend a multi-year IT strategic plan and framework.
• Review and recommend funding or other support for enterprise-scale IT initiatives or projects, after assessing such factors as strategic value, risk, and IT capacity to execute.
• Review and recommend enterprise policies related to IT.
• Suggest and review mechanisms to enhance cooperation and collaboration across units responsible for various IT-related services and resources.
• Liaise on matters relating to privacy and access policies and legislation through the University Secretariat.

Meetings:

The IT Advisory Committee will meet at least once per term and more frequently if deemed necessary.

Membership:

• Vice President Finance and Corporate Services (Chair)
• One member as appointed by the Vice President (Research)
• Associate Vice-President, Information Technology Services (Secretary)
• Associate Vice-President, Academic (Learning Environment)
• Associate Vice-President (Saint John)
• Dean of Science (Fredericton)
• Dean of Science, Applied Science, and Engineering (Saint John)
• Director, Communications and Marketing
• Director, Information Services and Systems (Saint John)
• Director of Libraries (Fredericton)
• Director of Solutions (ITS)
• Director of Client Services (ITS)
• University Secretary
• Student Council Presidents (both campuses)
• Two faculty members (one from each campus)