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2023 schedule

January

Organizer: Matthew Macomber

Post-processor: Dena

  •  Jan 6: (open agenda?)
  • Jan 13: Carly O’Connor and Illinois Design Consulting
  • Jan 20: Dan Katz and Kenton McHenry, RSEs and NCSA
  • Jan 27: Macs

February

Organizer: Crystal Livingood

Post-processor: Matthew Macomber

  •  Feb 3: AITS, Jenny Ehrnthaller
  • Feb 10: Stephen Tondini and Digital Signage
  • Feb. 17: Writing Recommendation and Nomination Letters, Brad Mahaffey (Tech Services) and Jake MacGregor (Engineering)
  • Feb. 24: Macs

March

Organizer: Matthew Macomber

Post-processor: Kelly Delahanty

  • Mar. 3:  Eric Frahm, Microsoft 365 Changes (Teams and FERPA Compliance) – March 3/10 swapped
  • Mar. 10: Open Agenda
  • Mar. 17: Reserved (Contact Rob Watson)
  • Mar. 24: Reserved – Joanne K and RIMS file policy update
  • Mar. 31: Macs

April

Organizer: Matt Macomber

Post-processor: Dena

  • Apr. 7: Melissa Waller, Accessible Design for Illini Orange (yes, we can!) [Melissa Waller]
  • Apr. 14: Isaac Galvan, cybersecurity
  • Apr. 21: Ashley Valentijn, EDUCAUSE & You
  • Apr. 28: Macs

May

Organizer: Dena

Post-processor: Kelly Delahanty

  • May 5: Ryan Thomas, EDM Council
  • May 12: Bryan Jonker, Toolkit v2 to v3
  • May 19: Open agenda? (Dena will be out)
  • May 26: Macs

June

Organizer: Dena

Post-processor: Matt Macomber

  • June 2:
  • June 9: (maybe ITPF feedback?)
  • June 16: Michael Curtin, Tim Morgan, Amy Young, ChatGPT
  • June 23: ChatGPT continued: Plugins, prompt engineering, more…?
  • June 30: Macs

July

Organizer: Matt Macomber

Post-processor: Priya

  • July 7: Eric, Lee, Mike – Teams update
  • July 14: Julieanne, WordPress toolkit and security (different than campus web toolkit)
  • July 21: Mark Wenneborg (and possibly Ashley Valentijn), Prisma Cloud Security demo
  • July 28: Macs

August

Organizer: Kelly Delahanty

Post-processor: Matt Macomber

  • Aug. 4 – Open Agenda? (Multiple folks out, though Matt is available to host the Open Agenda)
  • Aug. 11 – Tools “Show-and-tell” discussion
  • Aug. 18 – Start of school year concerns/updates? (classes about to start)
  • Aug. 25 – Macs

September

Organizer: Crystal

Post-processor: Kelly Delahanty

  • Sept. 1 – Keith Hays, UIUC Software Exception Process
  • Sept. 8 – Probably open agenda
  • Sept. 15 – Bryan Jonker and Playwright web testing
  • Sept. 22 – Probably Wiki to WordPress with Julieanne and Dena
  • Sept. 29 Macs

October

Organizer: Matt Macomber

Post-processor: Dena

  • Oct. 6 – Keith Hays, accessibility and creating alternative access plans
  • Oct. 13 – Jim King (jeking@illinois.edu), Splunk education
  • Oct. 20 – Matt Macomber, WCAG 2.2 Discussion
  • Oct. 27 Macs

November

Organizer: Dena

Post-processor: Priya Ravi

  • Nov. 3 – ITPF feedback
  • Nov. 10 – Kim Nguyen-Jahiel, Contributing to the Rokwire platform
  • Nov. 17 – Macs
  • (Nov. 24 – out for Thanksgiving break)

December

Organizer: Priya Ravi

Post-processor: Matt Macomber

  • Dec. 1 – Keith Hays, VPATs
  • Dec. 8 – Caffeine Break – Let’s Talk About Books! (Social CF for book talk, no particular host)
  • Dec. 15 – Macs
  • (Dec. 22 – likely holiday)
  • (Dec. 29 – def. holiday)

2022 schedule

January

Organizer: Dena

Post-processor: Dena

  •  Jan 7 – Open? (people may take the week off)
  • Jan 14 – Glen Shere et al, reprise of ITPF session “Unlocking the Future” (for recording)
  • Jan 21 – Open agenda
  • Jan 28 – Macs

February

Organizer: Kelly

Post-processor: Priya Ravi

  •  Feb 4 – Bryan Jonker, Web Toolkit Builder collectionn
  • Feb 11 – Alice Jones and Larry Gibson, AITS Disaster Recovery Plans
  • Feb 18 – Open Agenda
  • Feb 25 – Macs

March

Organizer: Crystal

Post-processor:  Priya Ravi

  •  Mar 4 – Open agenda
  • Mar 11 – Jon Gorman, Migrating to the University enterprise GitHub instance
  • Mar 18 –  Isaac Galvan, security training
  • Mar 25 – Macs

April

Organizer: Matt Macomber

Post-processor: Priya Ravi

  •  Apr 1 – Scott Genung, Operational Excellence and the Next 150
  • Apr 8 – Open Agenda (WebCon has a keynote at 9am this week, so attendance will be low if at all)
  • Apr 15 – WebCon conversation
  • Apr 22 – Dena Strong, SUCHO.org: High-Speed Data Rescue with 1500 Volunteers from 20 Time Zones
  • Apr 29 – Macs

May

Organizer: Kelly

Post-processor: Priya Ravi

  •  May 6 – Sandi Caldrone and Hoa Luong, Data Management Plans
  • May 13 – Audio Description with Ann Fredricksen, Vance Martin, Michael McKelvey, Liam Moran, Bob Dignan, and Amy Young
  • May 20 – likely end of semester?
  • May 27 – Macs

June

Organizer: Dena

Post-processor: _______________

  •  June 3 – Open agenda
  • June 10 – ITPF feedback
  • June 17 – ((No CB, Juneteenth))
  • June 24 – Macs

July

Organizer: _________

Post-processor: Matt Macomber (starting July 11th)

  •  July 1 – No CB, lots of folks on vacation or in conferences
  • July 8 – Open agenda?
  • July 15 – Megean Osuchowski, Adobe Express for the non-designers
  • July 22 – Crowdsourcing a New IT Pro Orientation – how to get from wiki page to training? Depends on what Dena’s family situation is going like
  • July 29 – Macs

August

Organizer: Matthew Macomber

Post-processor: Matt Macomber (since only August 12th will be recorded, so this will be an easy month)

  •  Aug 5 – Isaac doing security training (DO NOT record)
  • Aug 12 – John Laskowski and Helen Zhou, more info on Google Analytics 4 and the Library
  • Aug 19 – open agenda
  • Aug 26 – Macs

September

Organizer:  Dena Strong

Post-processor: Matthew Macomber

  •  Sept 2 – Teams (Not 100% sure on folks presenting, so reply to the last email in the thread and ask. I THINK the group is Eric Frahm, Matthew Magee, Lee Alexander, and Mike Cervone.)
  • Sept 9 – Keith Hays and Allison Kushner, Supporting Those With Disabilities 101
  • Sept 16 – CIO Chat with Mairead Martin
  • Sept 23 – Melissa Waller, Adobe XD and web design (also send to CCC, webmasters, designers – Michelle F has this)
  • Sept 30 – Macs

October

Organizer: Crystal Livingood

Post-processor: Dena Strong

  •  Oct 7 – Bryan Jonker, Automated Testing with Backstop.js
  • Oct 14 – Open agenda
  • Oct 21 – “How to do cool presentations” by Candice (possibly also Ann) pre-ITPF
  • Oct 28 – Macs

November

Organizer: Dena Strong

Post-processor: Matthew Macomber

  •  Nov 4 – possibly ITPF feedback
  • Nov 11 – Isaac doing security training on phishing (DO NOT record)
  • Nov 18 – Macs
  • Nov 25 – Thanksgiving

December

Organizer: Dena Strong

Post-processor: Matthew Macomber

  •  Dec 2 – Rapid failover and recovery, Jody Groff
  • Dec 9 – Open agenda?
  • Dec 16 – Macs
  • Dec 23 – holiday
  • Dec 30 – holiday

2021 schedule

  • January 2021
    Some time in here: Megean O, Zoom under the hood tips/tricks inc whiteboarding

    • Jan 1 – Holiday
    • Jan 8 – Open Agenda
    • Jan 15 – Martin L, Amy S, Curtis S – Zoom changes and tips/tricks
    • Jan 22 – Mark Pollard, Team Dynamix
    • Jan 29 – Macs
  • February
    • Feb 5 – Al Payne, bulk purchasing
    • Feb 12 – Mike Cervone, Tableau Prep and Alteryx
    • Feb 19
    • Feb 26 – Macs
  • March
    • Mar 5 – open agenda
    • Mar 12 – Scott Genung
    • Mar 19 – Martin and Carl, best practices to foil zoombombers
    • Mar 26 – Macs
  • April
    • Apr 2 – open – Eric F would like a conversation about Teams for stand up meetings
    • April 9 – open (webcon)
    • April 16 – Mark McCarthy
    • Apr 23 –
    • Apr 30 – Macs
  • May
    • May 7 (start of finals / no change)
    • May 14 – Liam Moran, authn/authz for nginx
    • May 21 – Mike Kletz, CDB and DMI tools
    • May 28 – Macs
  • June

    • June 4 – ITPF feedback
    • June 11 – Christy Blew, accessible PDFs
    • June 18 – Open agenda
    • June 25 – Macs
  • July
    • July 2 – open agenda
    • July 9 – How to Use Illinois Theme on PIE – Melissa Waller (also Rob?)
    • July 16 – Tamara Buch, Azure Security Benchmarks
    • July 23 – Dena Strong and Michael Curtin, online-first thinking and flexible work
    • July 30 – Macs
  • August
    • Aug 6
    • Aug 13 – Search engine comparisons (Kelly has the contacts)
    • Aug 20 – Macs (moved up to clear space for start-of-semester craziness)
    • Aug 27 – Open agenda
  • September
    • Sept 3 – Web log tools BOF
    • Sept 10 – How to use Illinois Theme pt 2 (Melissa Waller et al)
    • Sept 17
    • Sept 24 – Macs
  • October
    • Oct 1 –
    • Oct 8 – Carl Stephens, basic auth
    • Oct 15 – Eric Frahm, Teams
    • Oct 22 – Rob Watson, Team Dynamix (Host: Kelly)
    • Oct 29 – Macs
  • November
    • Nov 5 – ITPF feedback
    • Nov 12 – Open agenda (Host: Kelly, Chuck G may come talk turkey literally 😀)
    • Nov 19 – Macs
    • Nov 26 – Thanksgiving
  • December (Host: Crystal)
    • Dec 3 – Leslie/Keith/Mike – TARC on the Electronic IT Exception Process
    • Dec 10 – tentative – Carl S
    • Dec 17 – Macs with Keith Mountin
    • Dec 24 – holiday
    • Dec 31 – holiday

2020 schedule

  • January 2020
    • (Jan 3 – Winter break)
    • Jan 10
    • Jan 17: Kelly Delahanty, Design/Development Communication – DCL L410
    • Jan 24 – Kelly continued – Design / Development Communication pt 2 – DCL 2529 or Join Skype Meeting
    • Jan 31: Macs
  • February
    • Feb 7 – Open
    • Feb 14 – Dan Van and Amy Sass, MS Cloud Voicemail issues (needs room with 2 way sound)
    • Feb 21 – David Needham, Drupal community
    • Feb 28: Macs
  • March
    • March 6 – Mark Pollard, Team Dynamix
    • March 13 – open
    • March 20 – Robert Slater, PIE 2.0 (Gutenberg/blocks) preview
    • March 27: Macs
  • April
    • April 3 – Mark Hart, Supporting Remote Research (inc. when to VPN vs RDP, et al)
    • April 10 – Michelle Lore, REDCap
    • April 17 – Brian Mertz, Airtable
    • April 24: Macs
  • May
    • May 1 –
    • May 8 – Robyn Velazquez, GitHub for the University
    • May 15 – open
    • May 22 – Sarah Holmes and Ed Delaporte, making online presentation dynamic and interactive
    • May 29: Macs
  • June
    • June 5: IT Pro Forum feedback
    • June 12
    • June 19 – Bethany Anderson, Digital materials, campus history, and the University Archives
    • June 26: Macs
  • July
    • July 3: Honorary 4th probably
    • July 10: Nick Strole, Multilingual multinational SharePoint
    • July 17: Open agenda
    • July 24: Tales from the Speakerphone Revisited
    • July 31: Macs
  • August – Schedule lightly
    • Some time – Mike C and team on microphone selection?
    • Aug 7 – Drew McGregor, online learning series, either Teams or Zoom depending on which group wants Caf Break and which wants a different time slot
    • Aug 14 – Drew McGregor, online learning series, Kaltura and other Ed Tech tools
    • Aug 21 – Drew McGregor, online learning series, update on classrooms and other changes
    • Aug 28: Macs
  • September
    • Sept 4 – Open
    • Sept 11 – Microphone demos
    • Sept 18 – Research IT
    • Sept 25: Macs
  • October
    • Oct 2 – Open-ish: Home office and ergonomics strategies
    • Oct 9 – Andrew Petsche, Security, CrowdStrike
    • Oct 16
    • Oct 23 – Intro to usability 101: Kelly, Dena, maybe QA team?
    • Oct 30: Macs
  • November
    • Nov 6: Rob Slater, new Illinois WP theme
    • Nov 13: IT Pro Forum
    • Nov 20: ITPF feedback
    • Nov 27: Fall break
  • December
    • Dec 4 Open agenda?
    • Dec 11: Start of finals
    • Dec 18 Macs?
    • Dec 25: Winter break

2019 Schedule

  • January
    • January 4:
    • January 11:
    • January 18: SCCM
    • January 25: Macs with Keith Mountin, 411 (ex-)Urban Outfitters Building, 507 E. Green, C
  • February

    • Feb 1: Making remote work better
    • Feb 8: Who’s doing training around campus? (Round table / open discussion at Panera)
    • Feb 15
    • Feb 22: Macs
  • March
    • March 1 – Eric Frahm, email fraud defense
    • March 8 – Michelle Lore, IRB
    • March 15 – Mike Cervone, Powershell
    • March 22 – Ellie Burnette, WebTools
    • March 29: Macs
  • April
    • April 5 –  (note: Webcon; open agenda?)
    • April 12 – Software Carpentry – Siebel 1302
    • April 19 – Bulk Purchasing – Allison Payne and co
    • April 26: Macs
  • May
    • May 3 – Vicki Taylor, new Adobe licensing structure – Siebel 1302
    • May 10 – Bryan Jonker, Visual Studio Code
    • May 17 – Open agenda
    • May 24 – Oak Street Library Tour
    • May 31: Macs
  • June
    • June 7 – (ITPF day 2; open agenda?)
    • June 14 – ITPF Feedback session
    • June 21 – tentative: Chris Kuehn, Amazon updates
    • June 28: Macs
  • July – Open agenda: Open agenda: Fall – What changes are coming fall? What changes do we need to see to make that happen? 
    • July 5 – Open agenda
    • July 12 – Scott Genung: Meet and greet – FK
    • July 19 – Grainger IDEA lab
    • July 26: Macs
  • August (schedule lightly)
    • Aug 2 – Open agenda (several folks out)
    • Aug 9 – Rick Lindquist and Sergio Correa, Homebrew Tools for IT Pros redux – Siebel 1111
    • Aug 16 – Eric Frahm, Update on Email Fraud Defense – Siebel 1111
    • Aug 23: Open
    • Aug 30: Macs
  • September
    • Sep 6: OpenRefine
    • Sep 13: Open agenda
    • Sep 20: Windows 7 and Server 2008 Retirement, 1302 Siebel or online
    • Sep 27: Macs – Keith Mountin, 411 Urban Outfitters
  • October
    • Oct 4 – Open agenda
    • Oct 11 – Digital open agenda – How to welcome remote collaborators in a conversational rather than presentational space – Glen E and Dena
    • Oct 18 – Tim O and Kathleen E, Aira at the U of I, Siebel 1103
    • Oct 25: Macs
  • November
    • Nov 1
    • Nov 8 – ITPF feedback
    • Nov 15
    • Nov 22: Macs
    • (Nov 29 – Thanksgiving week)
  • December
    • Dec 6- Open agenda
    • Dec 13 – SCCM – Evan and Keith, Siebel 1111
    • Dec 20: Macs with Keith Mountin
    • (Dec 27 – Winter break)

2018 Schedule

  • January
    • Some time in January: Splunk
    • Jan 5 – Franklin K, will determine topic (will ask about a site tour & unit intro)
    • Jan 12 – Merrill Miller, NCSA Auditorium, NCSA / NCSA Event Services introduction and Wirecast introduction
    • Jan 19 – Eric Frahm, high volume campus mailing server
    • Jan 26 – Macs – 411 UOB – Meltdown, Spectre, MS Office 2016 update
  • February
    • Feb 2 – David Kees, WP Online, and Dena Strong, A11yFirst Editor
    • Feb 9 – Taylor Judd, IlliniSecure and security updates
    • Feb 16 – Ashley Hetrick, Data Management
    • Feb 23 – Macs
    • Some time Feb/March – Erik Coleman, AuthMan
  • March
    • Mar 2 – Jon Gorman, Password Managers
    • Mar 9 – Dave Mussulman, Engineering IT site tour
    • Mar 16 – Julieanne, Sandra, Dena – cPanel Web Hosting – 1111 Siebel
    • Mar 23 – Amy Hovious, Research IT Portal – DCL L410
    • Mar 30 – Macs – 1111 Siebel
  • April
    • Apr 6 Bulk Purchasing updates
    • Apr 13 Open agenda
    • Apr 20 – Macs
    • Apr 27 – Box and Hackathon
  • May
    • May 4 – Airwatch conversation at Panera (no audio requested)
    • May 11 – David Lewis, Splunk, 1214 Siebel
    • May 18 – Open agenda
    • May 25 – Macs
  • June
    • June 1
    • June 8 – Janet Jones, Tech Services tour (Dena unavailable)
    • June 15 – (ITPF workshop day 2, Dena unavailable)
    • June 22 – ITPF feedback session
    • June 29 – Macs
  • July
    • July 6 – Isaac & Box Hackathon
    • July 13 – Brent West, DocuSign
    • July 20 – Open agenda
    • July 27th – Endpoint Services update
  • August
    • Light scheduling during crazy busy weeks
  • September
    • September 7 – Bobbi Hardy, Office 365/Migration
    • Possible Site Tour of Everitt Lab (find a date)
    • September 21 – Allison Payne, Knowledge Base
    • September 28 – Keith Mountin, Apple
  • October
    • October 5: Everitt Lab tour
    • October 12: Drew MacGregor, Mersive Solstice wireless display tech, Siebel 1109
    • October 19:
    • October 21:
  • November
    • November 2: Campus Service Catalog, Nathan Carpenter
    • November 9: IT Pro Forum feedback
    • November 16: Using AWS and Splunk to meet the HIGH standard in IlliniSecure (Taylor Judd & David Lewis)
    • (November 23: Thanksgiving)
    • November 30: Macs
  • December
    • December 7: Isaac Galvan
    • December 14:
    • December 21: Macs

2017

  • January 2017
    • Jan. 6: What do we need to know?
    • Jan. 13 (__) NO DS :  Mark Hart and Amy Hovious, Research IT support conversations
    • Jan. 20 (DS) – Andrew Reynolds and Nate Baxley facilitating a session on custom code to use with campus central services
    • Jan. 27 – (DS) Kathleen Booth – Engineering IT: Mentoring – if recorded, she’d like to preview before posting
  • February 2017
    • Feb. 3:  (MC): Macs
    • Feb. 10: (DS) Dungeons and Dragons in the Workplace: IT’s Not Just Fun and Games – Stuart Turner and Gina Duello of EngrIT
    • Feb 17: Open agenda
    • Feb. 24 (DS, No M@) – Jackie Kern, IT Power Plant Update
  • March 2017
    • March 3: PowerShell with Mike C and Mark W
    • March 10: Keith Sumlar & SCCM
    • March 17: Elizabeth Wickes and project management
    • March 24: Open meeting (spring break)
    • March 31: (M@) Macs
  • April 2017
    • April 7: James Q presenting talk
    • April 14: Ryan Walker, Iris
    • April 21: Keith SCCM features update
    • April 28: Keith Mountain Apple update
  • May 2017
    • May 5: Open agenda
    • May 12: David Gerstenecker: Giving great presentations
    • May 19: Crashplan demo (FK, moveable as needed)
    • May 26: Mac stuff
  • June 2017
    • June 2: Thomas Webb, Engineering VR lab – Siebel Center 4107
    • June 9: Open agenda
    • June 16: ITPF feedback
    • June 23: Mike Powershell
    • Last week (June 30): Macs
  • July 2017
    • July 7: Dena video conferencing
    • July 14: Brian Mertz: Urgent communications re: phishing etc.
    • July 21: Dual boot discussion
    • July 28: Mac
  • August 2017
    • August 4 Eric Frahm, Nagios and Shib authenticated sites
    • August 11th: Siebel Center VR lab
    • August 18th: Dan Hahn, new Blackboard Collaborate interface – David will facilitate, Dena will train on Tuesday
    • August 25 Open agenda / Nothing scheduled (Macs moving to Sept 8; likely busy week due to class starting)
  • September 2017
    • Sept 1
    • Sept 8 – Macs w Keith Mountin from Apple
    • Sept 15 – Mark Pollard, 2 Factor Authentication
    • Sept 22 – Fab Lab
    • (Note: Dena will be out Sept 23 – Oct 7)
    • Sept 29
      • Cross promote NCSA Colloquium on Sept 29 at 11
    • What’s new?
    • Wirecast? NCSA? Allison P?
    • Powerplant update?
    • How a department is using specific software (ex: Tableou, Box + knowledgebase, Kaltura Magic)
    • Last week: Macs
  • October 2017
    • 10/6 – Open agenda
    • 10/13 – SCCM Update with Keith Sumlar
    • 10/20 – Macs
    • 10/27 – Christopher Clausen – Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) and Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) on Windows 
    • Dena – Video conference capture with Skype for Business and/or Mediaspace
  • November 2017
    • 11/3 – Post ITPF Caffeine Break
    • 11/10 – Open at Panera
    • 11/17 – Mike Cervone, PowerShell
    • Last week (24th): Thanksgiving Break
  • December 2017
    • 12/1 – Macs
    • 12/8 –
    • 12/15 –
    • (Tends not to be scheduled)
    • Last week: Winter break

2016

  • January 2016 – Jill Gengler
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • February 2016 – Haeran Lee
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • March 2016 – Jason Yoon
    • March 11 – High Performance Computing
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • April 2016 – Dena Strong
    • April 1 – Michael Cervone and PowerShell
    • April 15 – Tech Services QA team
    • April 22 – the Research Data Service, Illinois Data Bank, and other digital research support resources
    • One week: Webmasters Forum feedback?
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • May 2016 – Jill Gengler
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • June 2016 – Matt Childress
    • June 10: IT Pro Forum feedback
    • June 17: Michael Cervone and advanced PowerShell
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • July 2016 – Dena
    • July 1: Thoughts on Caffeine Break / open agenda
    • July 8: Tim Wylder, Windows 10 and Fall Semester
    • July 15: (In discussion)
    • July 22 – Jackie Kern, IT Power Plant progress
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • August 2016 – Dena
    • Aug 5 – IT Consulting Contracts
    • Aug 12 – Wireless Updates
    • Aug 19 – Open Agenda
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • September 2016 – Matt
  • October 2016 – Dena
    • Oct 7 – Drew MacGregor, Kaltura update & Q&A
    • Oct. 14 – Amy Hovious, conversations with research IT pros
    • Oct. 21 – Phil Nyman, Sharepoint
    • Last week: Macs – Matt
  • November 2016 – Dena
    • Nov. 4 – ITPF Feedback
    • Some time – Drew MacGregor, Classroom AV
    • Nov. 18 – Caffeine Break brainstorming
  • December 2016
    • Dec. 2 – Campus API roundup
    • Dec. 9 – Macs session (replacing missed Thanksgiving week)
    • Dec. 16 – additional Macs session