<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hi everyone,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; ">I wanted to share a message from Myra Hope Eskridge, the IS&T business systems analyst who is leading the effort to improve </span><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/drupalcloud" style="font-size: 15px; "><font face="Calibri">MIT's Drupal Cloud service</font></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; "> for building websites. With no further ado, here it is.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Regards,</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Robyn</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">---------------------------------</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">At a recent meeting, Editors’ Club members shared questions and concerns about ease of use, plans for enhancements, and other elements of the MIT Drupal Cloud platform. After hearing this feedback, IS&T's senior leadership asked me to lead a working group to assess the Drupal Cloud service overall.<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span></p><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We have convened and identified these primary areas of work:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; "><ul><li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> Refine our Drupal Cloud support model </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "> Improve our documentation and training media</span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> I<span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 49); ">nstall updates to the Drupal core version and current Drupal modules, as well as </span>bug and <span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 49); ">security fixes</span></span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> Begin to identify a roadmap for Drupal Cloud enhancements</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; "> </span></li></ul></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">That last bullet is key: m</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">any of you are Drupal Cloud users and therefore our best source of feedback.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We anticipate that the work outlined above will take us through August.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">As the work progresses, I will keep you posted and look for your input on the shape of the MIT Drupal Cloud service moving </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">forward</font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">. </font></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Together we can make this service easier to use and to customize. Thanks in advance for collaborating with us.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Robyn Fizz</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Social Communication Specialist<br>MIT Information Systems and Technology (IS&T)<br>Office: W92-218A Phone: 617.253.0540</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://ist.mit.edu/news">IS&T News</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mit_istnews">Twitter</a> <a href="http://facebook.com/MIT.IST">Facebook</a> </div></span></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-family: Calibri; "><br></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Important! Do not give out your passwords!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">IS&T will *never* ask for passwords or other personal information via email.</span></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div>
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