For the first virtual session between Netman and Wireless-Lan, we’re hosting a discussion via Zoom about our preparedness and response to supporting remote learning and working remotely due to the Covid-19/Coronoavirus outbreak. In subsequent virtual meetings, we’ll talk about Network Monitoring and Network Management, which was the desired interest in early February. But due to the current conditions, we felt it better to address our response to the pandemic and to discuss creative ideas and overcoming challenges we’ve all faced as the first topic of conversation. This way we can share information about how we’ve supported our schools with the rapid switch to virtual classrooms and virtual offices. Ryan Turner and Jeff Farese of Netman along with Iyan Lyons and Eric Kenny of Wireless-LAN will be co-facilitating the meeting.
We’re gathering everyone’s input on the best time to hold the virtual meeting. Here’s a link to a Doodle poll to collect everyone’s preferred meeting time: https://doodle.com/poll/gqn6gaueb9u5yimb<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoodle.com%2Fpoll%2Fgqn6gaueb9u5yimb&data=02%7C01%7Cmferguson%40chapman.edu%7Cdedbe0fef3d742bfc0b308d7d5893b9b%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C1%7C0%7C637212657704782159&sdata=i4gdh1g7tHX05zeaREmsTtwDbE8ino%2B0BpiQaacjCvM%3D&reserved=0> Note that the timeframes of the poll are based on 1-hour time slots in North America, between 8 am to 2 pm Pacific time or 11 am to 5 pm Eastern time. We know there is international interest in participating in this virtual session and we hope that those of you in non-North American time zones can help pick the best time that fits into the available North American timeslots. Also, note that the tentative week we’re looking to host the virtual meeting is between April 13 to April 17. We haven’t nailed down the exact week yet, but the week of April 13-17 is representative of any week we might host the virtual meeting. So if you can pick the best time no matter what week we end up having the session, this way we can pick the most popular time which will likely set a pattern of a regular time frame for subsequent virtual meetings that follow. In the doodle poll, we’re asking that everyone include their email address so that we can send a link to the Zoom meeting ahead of time. We’ll be judicious about how we post the actual meeting link to the Netman and Wireless-LAN lists in order to prevent any Zoom Bombing. However, we will post to both lists the scheduled date and time of the meeting, once we get everyone’s feedback. Last, here’s a link to our Lean Coffee Table discussion board where we’re collecting everyone’s input on topics to discuss. We ask that people submit up to 3 topic cards to bring up for discussion. Everyone will have 3 votes to give to any topic card so we can rank the hot topics that are on everyone’s mind. https://www.leancoffeetable.com/TaskBoard/View/7bcaae9e-7c9c-45d3-aacb-cc6c61de3165?guest=true<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.leancoffeetable.com%2FTaskBoard%2FView%2F7bcaae9e-7c9c-45d3-aacb-cc6c61de3165%3Fguest%3Dtrue&data=02%7C01%7Cmferguson%40chapman.edu%7Cdedbe0fef3d742bfc0b308d7d5893b9b%7C809929af2d2545bf9837089eb9cfbd01%7C1%7C0%7C637212657704792116&sdata=8ingx0XoA0bIdiffwBRveTnByf4zJRirRdX0cAOsZss%3D&reserved=0> Ryan Turner has already suggested these 6 topics as starting points, which have already been topics that have come up in the Netman list or also in the CIO list: 1) VPN upgrades 2) How are departments transitioning to work from home 3) How are staff responsible for deployments staggering shifts to provide coverage on-site 4) What the new normal will look like for the time being 5) Special requests for connecting staff that don’t have proper internet 6) Special requests for ‘parking lotwirelesss’ -- Mike Ferguson Network Manager Chapman University One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866 714-744-7873 chapman.edu ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
