Excerpt
Express services CCB folks would benefit from knowing about, and successes relevant to encouraging use of services.

Proposed process

Get input (and on-going feedback) from CCB Tech. Chemistry Computing Cmt Chair and other members.
As we get or create items, feel free blog them (as news post). Reminder: Ensure each new blog page's URL name is something short.
- Alternatively, quickly add them to our topic ideas page.
Create the digest within a blog page. Cut and paste that to the email, reformatting lightly (such as header's font sizes).
- Add to the email our stock text and ensure headers are correct and complete.
Send digest with highlights (and links to more details) monthly or so. Call it:
Title template, etc:
- Default (stock) text for newslettersChemIT Flash, Month Year: Topics summary
Blog post "extras" whenever, but likely when main "Flash" goes out.
- Call it
:
- ChemIT by its topic name, or Chemistry IT mini-Flash: Topics summary, or Chemistry IT Security Alert.

Audience

CCB Chemistry IT Reps

Membership maintained per ChemIT's list of CCB IT Reps. Pull email addresses from appropriate column in Excel file, "CCB IT Reps, ChemIT":
- R:\Chem IT\CCB people lists

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MS Office 365
- Free
- Install MS Office for home
  - PostDocs and other staff: Buy it for $10 before you leave!
- OneDrive - 1 TB space paid for by Cornell
Anti-virus software: FREE! Cornell's Symantec license for both Mac and Windows.
- For Windows, consider using free MS Security Essential instead.
  - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download
Timely software renewals, such as ChemDraw, Dreamspark, etc. See:
- ChemIT monthly and annual tasks
IT-related projects many CCB folks need to know about, such as Inventory, ID Finder, WinXP mitigation, billing-related changes, etc.
"Eat your vegetables and floss your teeth" actions and info:
- Spam education.
- Backups: Do and test periodically.

Category of topic	Communication type	CCB IT Reps	Faculty	Researchers (who are staff)	Grad students	Staff (non-researchers)	Date last sent out, per topic See also: http://it.chem.cornell.edu/news/	Next reminder, per topic See also: ChemIT monthly and annual tasks
ChemDraw: License renewal	ChemIT: Action item	x	x	x	x	x	9/23/14	Every May
Hardware inventory	ChemIT: Action item	x	x	x			Spring/ summer 2014:	Do every (other?) spring?:
ID Finder-related work	ChemIT: Action item	x	x	x	x	x	-	When? (after inventory/ billing?)
IT@Cornell News: Highlight pertinent info	ChemIT: Guidance	x	x	x	x	x	-	Anytime other info sent out. What to highlight?
WinXP	ChemIT: Guidance	x	x (select)				11/5/13 (including grads and staff)
Supported computer operating systems	ChemIT: Guidance	x	x	x	x		10/22/13
Backups (Include recovery services info?)	ChemIT: Guidance	x	x				Maybe: March 13, 2015	Week before Nov. 13, 2015.
Blog service	ChemIT: Service highlight	x	x					"now"
Research group IT Risk assessment	ChemIT: Service highlight	x	x				11/15/13
DreamSpark	ChemIT: Service highlight	x	x	x	x		10/15/13 (from within ELMS; first time)	Every Sept (via us, not ELMS?)
File storage service, SFS	ChemIT: Service highlight	x	x				-	"now"