Objectives: To satisfy requests for used equipment – for use by GAs, part-time staff, adjunct faculty, etc. – with minimal administrative overhead and by following the established University procedures for equipment transfer.

• Technology Support Center (TSC) & Learning Spaces Support Team (LSST) will keep a small number of machines that are deemed usable for the above population.
• The best of the used machines will be kept. All others will be surplused or scraped following existing procedures.
• ITS will only accept machines from other units that have been officially transferred to ITS via the FABweb fixed assets system.
• Requests for used equipment will be forwarded to Pam and Todd.
• Once availability is confirmed, TSC or LSST (depending on where the machines are going) will prepare the equipment based on the requester’s needs, and work with Kelly to initiate the FABweb transfer.
• Once the property manager of the receiving department has accepted the FABweb transfer, TSC or LSST will deliver and set up the machine following established procedures.

On behalf of the planning committee, I would like to invite you to register and attend the upcoming IT Professionals Forum. It will be held on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, IL.

The IT Professionals Forum provides a unifying umbrella for events that serve the needs of IT Professionals and is supported by College and Unit IT groups, CITES, and AITS. As in the past, the goals of the event are to provide a platform for IT organizations to share updates about innovative and far-reaching projects, facilitate dialogue, and catalyze networking among IT Professionals.

You can  find the full program and registration form at http://itproforum.illinois.edu.

As you visit the website, I encourage you to view the video that describes the conference theme and tracks for the event. There are more than 25 presentations and 15 poster sessions to choose from. Please review the schedule and abstracts, select the presentations you want to attend, and complete the registration form. 

The deadline for registration is 5pm on Friday, May 20th. 

Thank you. 

Kristin Cordova
kcordova@uillinois.edu
ITPF Planning Committee

Hi, Farokh!  I just wanted to pass along my appreciation to Ian.  He used Echo 360 to demonstrate how the webcasting system works – and he did a phenomenal job.  I appreciate his willingness and skill in showing others how this process works and his timeliness in putting it together so that more of us can be familiar with it in case a situation like last Friday comes up again. 

I felt really bad about the situation last Friday – the mayor’s inauguration seemed like a great opportunity for ITS to showcase to both the mayor’s office and the Auditorium that we can step up (even with little notice and amidst confusion and miscommunicatio) and meet the needs of the community.  I was glad that Jeff was there to set it up if you had decided to go forward with it, but thanks to Ian, more of us can step up, if needed, in the future.  http://uisapreso1.uis.edu:8080/ess/echo/presentation/026b3e3b-574a-4391-a82c-765ba4140a95

Kudos to Ian!
Kara

Good afternoon,

Just a quick note to express my gratitude for the work that Elizabeth did to help retrieve my thesis I had been working on while on campus.  I continued to get an “unsafe attachment” message and could not open it no matter what I did after having emailed it to myself.  I had put hours and hours into it Friday night and thought it was lost.  But, she worked with me for well over an hour, staying past the end of her shift to help me.  In the end, she was successful and I have my corrections!  Most of all, she was kind, patient, and never grew weary of the very time consuming process.  Just thought you should know what a wonderful employee she is, and to express my sincere gratitude for her priceless assistance! 

Sincerely,

Michaele Birch

Hi all,

As you are aware, Andrew Fitzpatrick is leaving us as of April 28th to accept a position at Horace Mann.  We are planning to meet for lunch at La Fiesta (2830 Stevenson Dr.) on Tuesday, April 26th  at 11:30 am to wish Andrew well and good luck at his new job.  If you would like to meet for lunch, please RSVP by the end of day on Friday, April 22nd so I can make any necessary arrangements with La Fiesta.   Thanks.

Kelly Walraven
kwalr2@uis.edu

This is a friendly reminder for everyone to take a moment and complete the video form for the ITS Staff Video.  We welcome any input that we receive.  To submit your ideas and suggestions, please click on the link below.  Thank you!

https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/846513

The new Professional Funding Application form is now located in the ITS Staff Docs folder on eDocs.  Please use this form to obtain approval for attending meetings or conferences that require travel.  The form is an Adobe Acrobat fill-in form.  Complete the form and then click on the email form button at the bottom to submit your request for approval.  Let me know if you have any questions.  Thank you.

https://edocs.uis.edu/Departments/ITS/ITS Staff Docs/Professional Funding Application.pdf

For those planning time off, please remember to post it on the ITS Calendar.  Thanks!

Tulio’s daughter, Sophia, was born on Saturday morning. He started his
leave today and will return on January 25th.

Civil Service and Student employee timesheets for the current pay period
will need to be submitted early due to the upcoming holidays. All
timesheets will need to be submitted no later than noon on Thursday,
December 23rd. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Kelly W.