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February 1994 - Volume 10:4 [Printout | Contents | Search ]
By ISC Staff From the specialized to the general, interest groups sponsored by Information Systems and Computing bring together people from across campus. You're welcome to join any of the groups:
SUPER USER GROUP
Purpose Share information and resources; sponsor vendor
presentations. Discussing support issues such as
site licensing and technology tracking
Members Computing support providers, campus-wide
Interesting activity Discussed Ethernet wiring tips and traps
Group mailing list super-users-group@relay.upenn.edu
Meetings Second Mondays, 12-1:30; 285 McNeil
Contact Donna Milici (donna@acs.upenn.edu; 215-898-0426)
INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP
Purpose Do collaborative problem-solving; share
information and resources
Members Students, faculty, and staff using interactive
technologies
Interesting activity Demonstrated Veterinary School's interactive
module to diagnose cattle
Group mailing list itg@isc.upenn.edu
Meetings Last Wednesdays, 12-1:30. Rotate school sites.
Contact Donna Milici (donna@acs.upenn.edu; 215-898-0426)
or James Gist (gist@crc.upenn.edu; 215-898-9090)
DESKTOP PUBLISHING INTEREST GROUP
Purpose Help new desktop publishers get oriented; share
information and resources; explore ideas and
techniques
Members Students, faculty, and staff doing electronic
design and publishing
Interesting activity Sponsored an Aldus demo of new PageMaker version
5.0
Group mailing list dtp@isc.upenn.edu
Meetings Usually third Tuesdays, 12-1
Contact Randall Couch (couch@pobox.upenn.edu;
215-898-6243)
SMALL SCHOOLS GROUP
Purpose Share information and resources; lobby and
advise ISC
Members Computing support providers in the smaller
schools
Interesting activity Toured the new Biddle Law Library, with its
state-of-the-art networking and computing
facilities
Group mailing list smallschools-tf@dccs.upenn.edu
Meetings Third Tuesdays, 1-2
Contact Linda May (may@a1.relay.upenn.edu; 215-898-0005)
UNIX USERS GROUP
Purpose Share high-level UNIX information and resources
Members UNIX system administrators and expert users,
campus-wide
Interesting activity Brainstormed the ideal distributed computing
environment for Penn
Group mailing list uugp@isc.upenn.edu
Meetings Most communication is electronic
Contact Chris Shull (shull@isc.upenn.edu; 215-898-5930)
PENNINFO PROVIDERS OF INFORMATION SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Purpose Set PennInfo guidelines and discuss support
issues
Members People responsible for information posted in
PennInfo
Interesting activity Demonstration of PennInfo's new graphics
capabilities
Group mailing list penninfo-providers@dccs.upenn.edu
Meetings As needed
Contact Gayle Belford (belford@dccs.upenn.edu;
215-898-9901) or PennInfo administration
(penninfo-admin@dccs.upenn.edu; 215-898-8171)
LAB ADMINISTRATORS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Purpose Explore lab roles in supporting instructional
computing; share information and resources.
Members Computer lab administrators, campus-wide;
subgroup of the Super User Group
Interesting activity Made Maple software for calculus available in
student labs
Group mailing list lab-sig@isc.upenn.edu
Meetings As needed
Contact Donna Milici (donna@acs.upenn.edu; 215-898-0426)
ANTIVIRAL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Purpose Stay current on virus threats and response
strategies, for both Macintoshes and IBM
compatibles
Members Computing support providers, campus-wide; a
subgroup of the Super User Group
Interesting activity Notable decrease in reports of viruses at Penn
Meetings All communication is electronic
Contact Carolyn Ferguson (ferguson@crc.upenn.edu,
215-898-9090)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Purpose Share information and resources
Members People interested in managing computing
projects, campus-wide
Interesting activity Sponsored two days of American Management
Association on-site training in project planning
and estimating
Group mailing list pmsig@isc.upenn.edu
Meetings Most communication is electronic
Contact Susan Mallet (mallet@crc.upenn.edu; 215-898-1782
MACNET (MACINTOSH NETWORKING) TEAM
Purpose Provide peer support for Macintosh local-area
networking; recommend LAN projects to ISC;
discuss interoperation issues
Members AppleTalk LAN administrators, campus-wide
Interesting activity AppleTalk routing
Contact Bill Rawles (rawles@a1.relay.upenn.edu;
215-898-6424)
NOVELL NETWARE ADMINISTRATORS GROUP
Purpose Provide peer support for Novell local-area
networking; recommend LAN projects to ISC;
discuss interoperation issues
Members Netware LAN administrators, campus-wide
Interesting activity Sponsored a briefing from Novell's international
director of marketing for higher education
Contact Bill Rawles (rawles@a1.relay.upenn.edu;
215-898-6424)
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