Nov 16 2021 FACCUS meeting agenda

Agenda 

Location: Teams

Present:

1:30-3:30 pm

  1. Previous meeting - August, 2021 FACCUS meeting minutes are in MS Teams
  2. Anything to add to today's agenda?
  3. IST Account Rep changes (Lisa Tomalty)
  4. FACCUS SharePoint/Teams sites (Lisa Tomalty)
  5. Various projects/initiatives/updates - Information Systems & Technology (IST) (Also see https://uwaterloo.ca/information-systems-technology/about/projects)
    • M365 Program update (Wendy Hague)
    • Jira/Atlassian updtes (Matt Harford)
    • Sustainable IT (Andrew McAlorum)
    • Mass Email Project update (Andrew McAlorum)
    • Outlook tips/clean up (Emily Goodwin)
    • Speech to text features built into Windows, macOS, and Word for Microsoft Office 365 (Keith Peck)
  6. Future meetings – quick poll (Lisa Tomalty)
  7. 5 min break
  8. Round table updates (all)
    • Faculty/area updates and introductions (all)
      • Name, Department, Role
      • Fall plans - planning for in person/hybrid work and meetings
      • Other updates
    • Return to campus planning
    • Service Desks info sharing
      • Common questions
      • Changes (services provided, other)
      • Updates from IST Service Desk
  9. Reminder for future meetings - all are invited to present/report on new projects/initiatives in your areas
  10. Who to host next FACCUS meeting? (placeholder for when we are back on campus)