Nov 23 2017 FACCUS meeting agenda

Agenda

Location: M3-4206

  1. Approval of minutes from last meeting

  2. Anything to add to today's agenda?
  3. FACCUS anniversary .... celebrate 20 years!
    • http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/1997/sep/09tu.html
    • https://sharepoint.uwaterloo.ca/sites/IST/AS/FACCUS/Old%20FACCUS%20Minutes/faccus1990s.jpg
    • First FACCUS meeting:

       https://sharepoint.uwaterloo.ca/sites/IST/AS/FACCUS/Old%20FACCUS%20Minutes/Minutes/sep11-97.html

    • Also, February 1998 minutes: https://sharepoint.uwaterloo.ca/sites/IST/AS/FACCUS/Old%20FACCUS%20Minutes/Minutes/feb3-98.html

    • SEW started in June 1999

  4. Various projects/initiatives in Information Systems & Technology (IST)
    • Skype for Business campus deployment (Paul D) (15 min)

    • Office 365 for staff/faculty FAQs and Q/A (10 min)

    • Webstore/software update (Sandra L) (5-10 min)

      • Lynda.com will be available free to all undergrads, grads, staff and faculty starting in January due to an initiative with eCampus Ontario.

      • All Adobe products except Acrobat will be removed from the Webstore by the end of December as the newer versions are subscription based. The online Adobe (Canadian) store offers Educational pricing.

      • Student software sales (Maple & ArcGIS) will be moving to Retail Services starting in January.

    • SharePoint Service Announcements (Stephen M) (10 min)

    • Grad student connect accounts (Peggy D) (5-10 min)

  5. CSCF's use of Request Tracker (RT) (Lawrence F.) (10-15 min)
  6. Faculty/area updates (all)
    • Introductions for any new members
  7. Next meeting topic suggestions (Lisa)
    • Role of FACCUS group discussion for Winter meeting
  8. Who to host next FACCUS meeting (Library?)