HEM

I put it off long enough :)

I finally got my health care stuff in order, signed up, registered and submitted my HEM information...

I still have some big questions, so I emailed Heather.  I'm really expecting to save a bunch of money next year on health care costs, with Providence Choice --

I expect to have significantly reduced bills at each stop, and some services will now be free :)

Banner Upgrade, v3

This week we learned that we would need to upgrade AR, along with FIS & HR (but not student).  Our upgrade date is in 2 weeks, and this makes testing nearly impossible.  We will do what we can during the next 2 weeks, and hope that we don't have to push it back 2 weeks.

HOMEcoming --

Welcome to Homecoming Week at WOU!

It's been quite a week -- Fireworks on wednesday, a LAN party tonight and foot-ball tomorrow...
I have the opportunity to host the LAN party, so I'm pretty excited about that!  It's been a lot of work, but I think we have the food, the people, the location, the games, the help and the time.

It's been ... awhile since I hosted a LAN party, so it'll be interesting to see how this one goes. 
The TF2 tourney starts at 2200.  Bring your box, and load your caffeine - it's time to play.

InCommon

What do we have in common?  InCommon!

I guess that's probably an old joke now, but who cares :)

WOU has successfully registered as a member of InCommon.
We are eagerly awaiting our Certificate Service verification, as we'll be able to issue an unlimited number of CERTs (including EV) for any/all of our web pages and applicances - with one fixed, initial cost.
SOOOOO exciting, and we'll be able to re-organize who in the department issues the CERTs.  We'll be able to appropriately lockdown and secure all web-logins, at basically the same cost...

It's an exciting time, and I'm anxious to begin.