The ITS:Division met on Wednesday, March 11, and discussed the following (please let me know if you have any corrections):
Brian provided updates:
1) He shared information from the latest Board meeting. Please look here for the official information noted on the Board of Trustees website.
2) The campus budget committee will be meeting in April to discuss which strategic plan initiatives will be funded. More requests came in than there is money available.
3) Everyone should be doing their self-evaluations right now. They are due to your supervisor on March 13. You can find the rest of the evaluation timeline here on the HR website. Please also be looking at your position description to determine if it is still accurate.
4) Breaking ground on the new library should occur by the end of block seven or eight in 2016. Much discussion is currently centering on how the college will function during the transition year as the current building will be closed. The GIS Lab, Frontline Services (the Help Desk and computer receiving), tech-rich spaces (CAT Lab, digital cave, etc.), and the instructional technologists are all people/spaces/areas that will or may be in the new library.
Chad shared that he and Linda will be putting together an ITS: year-end report that will tell our story in infographic form. Things like money saved through implementation of Papercut, number of devices connected to WiFi over the year, etc. will be included. The report will be for distribution to the entire campus. If you have any ideas for information that should be shared, please give them to Chad or Linda.
Chad also shared the list of names that had been received for the “Name the Network” contest currently being held. The ITS:Partners group will meet this Thursday, March 12, to narrow the list down to the top five to ten names. These finalists will be sent to students for a vote early in block seven. A new name will be announced on March 30.
Chad announced the implementation of a badging system for the ITS: student workers. They earn badges which are worth points that go toward getting a promotion and higher rate of pay.
Brian noted that Ungerboeck should be turned on as of April 1 for everyone’s use. This software will help change our current multiple calendar and manager systems into a more streamlined system that will better coordinate campus events. Stephanie Wurtz, director of internal communications, is leading this project.
David Ziemba shared that Loomis has all new switches and wireless access points. There have been no complaints about the wireless network in that building since the upgrade. Mathias and Armstrong are targeted to be updated next. Andrew and Dan Raney went to ClearPass (network registration) training recently and they, with David Z., are now working to come up with the logic and policies for it, with implementation to occur around May 20. The Internet2 bore has been finished (a second bore had to be started as the first one hit rock). The conduit for the bore should be done next week. We are still waiting on Union Pacific’s approval to complete the connection.
Individual kudos were shared.
Brian mentioned that a GoPro camera had been purchased. Admission student tour guides will be using the camera as they give their tours (video to be posted on-line), but we can also find creative uses for it as well. The camera will be located in the Audio Visual checkout area if there is an interest in using it for other ideas.
An offer has been made to an information security officer (ISO) candidate. Pending the background check, the new ISO will begin on March 30. The instructional technologist and GIS administrator searches will each be bringing in another candidate for on-campus interviews to occur the week of March 23. The database and system administrator search committee is currently conducting phone interviews.
ITS:Always fun, never boring
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Petro
