Scott A. Genung is the Information Technology Services Executive Director for Networking, Communications Infrastructure, and Service Operations (NISO) at the
University of Chicago. His talk will describe the journey that led to the creation of the UCCA to promote greater collaboration amongst researchers and the IT organizations that support them, the mission that we have defined for ourselves through the committee charter, the various deliverables that are to be regularly produced or updated as planning materials and artifacts of this work, and efforts to expand participation in this group including our partners in the national labs.