Series 25 Update
The eight-member Schedule 25 advisory group (SAG) held its first meeting Friday, September 27 to discuss issues, concerns and questions about classroom scheduling.  They are looking at dedicated rooms, labs, and priority rooms.  The group also will provide information for the trainees going to Portland in November for the Series 25 training.   SAG will meet every two weeks..

Student Update
The Student Core Team is considering  changing the refund policy  to 100% for the first week of classes only, and restricting the administrative drop procedure to that week as well.   The policy change would allow students to settle into classes earlier in the term, would reduce the number of people sent to collections and would allow Financial Aid disbursements to occur earlier in the term.  The proposal will be refined and submitted to LIMT for approval.The Student Core Team has been concerned about the cloning process.  Helen Garrett and James Brunner met to talk about the issues and the team now has a better understanding of the process.  The Financial Aid team will identify real students for the Student Core Team to build a TEST suite in PPRD prior to the next clone.

HR Update
An agreement has not been reached with the faculty union about lag pay.  The union will poll the entire faculty about the issue and provide a response to Human Resources by Monday, October 8.A suggestion was made that faculty and classified contract consultants/spotters be identified for each training module to alert core teams to contract language that might be in opposition to decisions being made about implementing new processes or procedures.  Linda Simmons asked core teams to identify decision points. 

Basic computer literacy training will be offered in October for staff who do not currently use computers.  LIMT will attend a Manager’s Forum meeting to talk about managers identifying staff in their departments who will need the training.  The training will prepare staff for the Web Time Entry training sessions in late October and early November.  Human Resources will train staff to prepare PAFs and Position Budget Transfers in Banner and other areas where departments have a responsibility to Human Resources.  Discussions about how to deliver training and distribute the Confidentiality Statement and deliver L numbers needs to occur.  A suggestion was made that the Help Desk be authorized to give out L numbers.  The issue will be discussed further at the October 7 LIMT meeting.

Financial Aid Update
The Financial Aid Core Team completed their fourth training last week.  The focus was on fund management, packaging and disbursement, the major elements of the Financial Aid process.  Using a naming structure around detail codes to provide consistency when setting up codes was discussed.  Further discussion will occur at the Data Standards meeting this afternoon.  The team will be working to build a TEST suite of real students.

BWEL Update
Student Core Team members met with BWEL representatives about building catalog sections.  “X” courses are offered in Apprenticeship and ESL as well as BWEL.  The team will broaden their scope to identify the credit-free courses outside of BWEL.