Committee meeting - July 28, 2022

Natasha Jennings    
Acting Secretary to the Committee       
July 28, 2022   
      
Present:  Andrew McAlorum, Natasha Jennings, Adam Savage, Lori Paniak, Nick Springate, Pratik Patel, Robyn Landers, Trevor Bain  

Regrets: Bill Baer, Don Duff-McCracken, Erick Engelke, Greg Parks, Greg Smith, Jason Testart, Nevil Bromley, Pam Fluttert, Paul Miskovsky, Steven Bourque    

Agenda   

  1. Chair’s remarks [5 min.] 

  2. Approval of the minutes from Thursday, July 14, 2022 [5 min.]

  3. Other business and roundtable discussion [20 min.]

  4. Next CTSC Meeting [Will be held Thursday, August 11, at 1:30 p.m.]   

Other business and roundtable discussion [20 min.]

IST, Andrew 

  • Proceeding with campus licence for Adobe Acrobat Pro ETLA (full-time faculty, staff, and multi-use machines) 
  • Suggestion to hold off on renewing existing licenses as there is likely no pro-rating/refunding of existing licences 
  • Creative Cloud will remain in the Arts VIP program 
  • Decided not to move forward with Adobe Sign at this time 
  • Microsoft Endpoint Management Training Workshops (for Intune) scheduled for August, variety of people from across campus attending 

Engineering, Erick 

  • Wondering what the current work from home environments are for other areas 
  • IST > 2 days in office, 3 days at home (considerations for number of staff, floor space square footage) 
  • Library > 40% minimum time in office but front-facing staff may need to be in more often; challenges dealt with earlier during pandemic; started workforce planning work 
  • Health > nearly all back 5 days per week (1 staff member working from home 1 day per week), no concerns about support for/from clients; may still choose to use remote tools even if on campus 
  • MFCF > nearly all are 2 days at home and 3 days in the office, no concerns about support for/from clients 
  • CSCF > nearly all are 2 days at home and 3 days in the office, good response rate from team members via email/online chat; more planning required for on-campus tasks/duties 
  • Engineering> all IT staff are expected to be on-site.  

CSCF, Lori 

  • Research Computing Committee (RCC) being struck and likely to model CTSC/UCIST committee structure and membership; now includes Faculty IT representation 
  • Shared information with Committee on Research Computing Directory 

Comments/Discussion  

  • Andrew has asked Office of Research to help co-lead advancement of Research Computing theme (out of IT Review); opportunity to build connection with RCC