June 10, 2002

Feedback re:  1st week of finance end-user training
Banner Accounting Overview, Budgets and Expenditures and Native Banner Navigation training was completed the week of June 3.  The following suggestions were identified to improve the training series:

• Incorporate a brief overview of the LASR Project into the Banner Accounting Overview class
• Identify a training coordinator to provide an instructional focus on curriculum development

Schedule 25/Resource 25 meeting feedback
The Schedule 25/Resource 25 team met  last week to discuss the following issues:

• who should attend the Resource 25 training in Portland
• migrating the database into the new system 
• creating a new LCC position for a super scheduler  to serve as the Series 25 administrator
• how to define the facility

HP3000 shut-off date
The tentative HP3000 shut-off date is scheduled for September 30, 2003.  Team leaders will ask their functional areas if the September 30 date would create a severe hardship.  Financial Aid will need HP access until September 30.  Client Server access will be discontinued on September 1, 2002.  The grants area has concerns about access to HP features without Client Server.  If there are job duties that people cannot accomplish in Banner without access to Client Server, the Finance team leader should submit a list to Stephen Pruch.

LIMT future meeting dates/times
LIMT will continue meeting on Mondays from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Data Standards Update
The Data Standards document, Version 1.0 is completed.  The team is working to develop a general confidentiality statement that all LCC staff will need to sign and a form to define the specific Banner access that will be granted to a person.  Linda DeWitt will e-mail a draft of the confidential statement to LIMT for discussion at the next LIMT meeting. 

Student Update--Feedback re:  ELAG meeting
The ELAG meeting was well attended.  Helen reviewed the entire project time line and Banner and eXpress Lane demos were presented.  Discussions revealed that EL relies heavily on using text in catalog class descriptions to advertise EL classes.  Ron Rourke was able to demonstrate a tool to assist in that area.  The team will begin to focus on the catalog and what information is needed now to proceed.  Helen Garrett acknowledged Alen Bahret for his superb assistance to the Student Core Team.

James Brunner announced the resignation of Joan Bjerke, the Student core team trainer for LCC.  SCT is working to assign another consultant before the next Student training session on July 22.

HR Update--Feedback re:  lag pay staff forum
HR e-mailed an announcement of the change in the payroll process to LCC staff last week. HR is offering a series of staff forums to explain the planned change and to answer questions.  In addition, HR will meet with classified council, faculty council and managers on Friday, June 14.  Future meetings will be scheduled with Peer to Peer, Facilities, and Departmental staff meetings upon invitation.  With the announcement of HR’s intention to move to a semi-monthly payroll with a lag, it was discovered that the faculty contract states faculty will be paid monthly.  HR will enter into bargaining with the faculty union to discuss what the college intends to do about faculty working conditions and the plan to move to a semi-monthly lag pay.  HR will poll staff about whether a bridge will be needed to transition to the new pay system.  The team will be in training with Cyd Hawkins tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. 

Financial Aid Update--Status of Director position
The Director of Financial Aid hiring process has cleared the Affirmative Action office. 

Team Work Schedule
The FA team has scheduled a regular meeting on Monday from 3:00-4:30 p.m., in Building 3, Room 107 from now through December.  The next team training is scheduled the last week of June. 

Finance Update
The first series of Finance training for staff was completed last week; purchase order training begins this week; the production database will be completed by June 24 so administrative assistants can initiate POs; orgs were revised for Theatre/Dance/Music; checks are being designed at Evisions; the final PO draft has been received from Evisions; Sue Iverson is working this week with Alan Feldmayer on direct deposits; Darlene Baker and Thwing Havens are working on invoices.  The team is confident and looking forward to July 1.  Tasha Drake and Alan Bahret were acknowledged for their work last week teaching the Finance staff training classes.  

Extended Learning Update
LIMT minutes have been sent to the EL managers.  Patti Lake was recommended as a replacement for Deb Lamb on the Student Core Team. James Brunner and Jane Scheidecker will begin working on a charter for the reporting team in July.

Other
LIMT minutes, SC key points, and LASR Update highlights will be placed on the LASR Web Page.

The Parking Task Force will present a recommendation not to implement a parking permit system at this time to the Board at the Wednesday night meeting.  A concern was voiced about whether the Board will accept the recommendation.   If a parking permit system is forced, the implementation will have a major impact on programmers and the finance area.  LIMT views this as a competing project with the LASR project.

Stephen Pruch plans to remind staff that the LCC Employees email address is reserved for Computer Services and communicating emergencies and should not be used for general message.