Monday, October 21, 2002

ExpressLane for Employees training
The ExpressLane for Employees October training schedule was announced in the Daily.  Fifteen structured classes and six open labs will be offered October 21 through October 31.  Currently, 235 staff are registered.  Twenty additional structured classes and eight open labs will be offered November 4 through November 19.  The November schedule will be announced in the Daily tomorrow and sent to all LCC employees electronically.  Staff who are comfortable with the Internet are encouraged to attend the open labs. 

LASR Update
Approximately 45 people attended the October 18 LASR Update.  ExpressLane for Employees was demonstrated, procedural changes for administrative withdrawals, tuition refunds and financial aid disbursements were discussed and team leaders gave an update on their specific areas.

Managers Forum Update
Linda DeWitt  provided Managers Forum with a more in-depth update on the issues discussed at the October 18 LASR Update.  She encouraged managers to make sure that staff get the training they need for the HR “go live”.

Conversation with ET regarding Steering Committee
Steering Committee members have been unable to attend meetings because of their busy schedules.  Also, there appears to be some confusion about the role of the Steering Committee.   Stephen Pruch will communicate with the Committee about their role.

Additional budget training
Refresher classes in Banner finance training will be offered in late November or early December for administrative assistants and managers when the budget office completes their work on the budget.  Stan Barker and the Finance Implementation Team will coordinate the training.

Alternate IDs
LIMT revisited the concept of using the current student ID as an alternate ID.  A recommendation was made to provide this option for  six months to a year as Student goes live in Banner.   The Student Core Team will look at alternatives to the ID issue and will report back to LIMT in two weeks.

Series 25 Update
The group is identifying characteristics that define a dedicated space and have talked to administrative assistants and managers to begin compiling a room attribute list.

Student Update
Faculty, Peer to Peer, and managers were notified via e-mail of the new procedures for administrative withdrawal, refund period and financial aid disbursement.  The Student team requested feedback by Wednesday this week.   The team will work on a data conversion plan this week and address faculty workload, variable credit and learning community prerequisites.  The Student Core Team would like to be kept in the loop about how financial transactional information will be brought over into Banner and how the data will be accessed by staff to resolve student issues about registration, charges and payments. 

Human Resources
Core team training last week focused on loans and student employment.   Financial Aid staff will hold an inservice in early November to finalize planning around implementation.  The Financial Aid office continues to experience workload issues, and is still without a permanent director.

Financial Aid Update
The team is building data in PPRD and working on award tables, basic award information, detail codes, tracking and letters.  Training this week is on student employment, loans and PELL grants.

BWEL Update
The Reporting Tool and Strategy Group is finalizing their charter.  

Fixed Asset training
The Finance Core Team attended fixed assets training last week with SCT trainer Dennis Wilson.  Dennis was able to assist other areas of Finance during his visit.  The team will request another visit from Dennis in January to assist with budget development.

SCT Consultant Schedules
James Brunner distributed consultant schedules through December, 2003.  Core teams can contact James next week if they need to reassess the schedule.