Eastern’s Board of Trustees will discuss the approval of digital television equipment for WEIU-TV, elevator improvements for Carman and Andrews halls and electronic equipment maintenance for the university’s computer network Monday in a conference call meeting at 9:30 a.m. in the President’s Conference Room of Old Main.

Duncan Video of Carmel, the recommended vendor, bid $1,403,581 for all labor and material to switch WEIU-TV from analog broadcast signals to digital technology. The contract would also include on-site training and testing and a one-year warranty. WEIU-TV’s equipment is necessary for it to comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations that all non-commercial television channels must convert from analog to digital technology by May 1, 2003.

The contract to improve Carman’s and Andrews’ elevators would replace all generator sets and controls with “power-logic” controls and refurbish the elevator interiors. The university recommended Kone, Inc. of Peoria, which bid $206,909.

Eastern identified IBM Corporation as the recommended vendor for the maintenance of the university server and its equipment and the local area network in all buildings, including residence halls. The cost is not to exceed $400,000 a year.