Monday  November 24, 2003

Updates   

• Finance is receiving requests for training on Banner Finance.  This was also a topic at a recent ISSM meeting.  Finance has designated training responsibility to Alan Feldmayer, Tasha Drake and Paula Gardner.  They are looking at getting some training in place for mid-December.  Instructional computing labs will be down over the break while servers are moved, but a CIT lab may be available.  LIMT suggested that Finance consider using the December time to gather information about training needs from finance users, and then using this information to build more in-depth training to follow.  Stan will take the lead on getting this moving.   
  

• Down over past weekend
• Computer Services took Banner down for a short time over the past weekend to address problems with job sub.  Student reports that there are still problems with parts of the system this morning.
  
• Thanksgiving weekend upgrades
• Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Computer Services will install all upgrades into the production database and then clone a new TEST instance.  Each module leader should notify Jan if there are upgrades or patches now in TEST that should not be applied to the production instance.  Jan needs this information by end of business today, Monday, November 24.   
  

• Summit
  
• Registration for the 2004 SCT Summit Conference opens on December 1.  Modules are interested in sending the following staff:
• Finance:  Stan (department funds), Alan, Tasha and Sue.
• Student:  Darlene, Margaret, Ron and/or Alen.
• Financial Aid:  Mac, Teresa and Bert E.
• HR:  Germaine, Thwing, Patricia and (Deborah or Carol).
• Computer Services:  Stephen
  
• The project can fund 10 attendees.  Others will need to use department or other funds.  Stephen will notify ET that Lane may send up to 16 staff to this conference, noting that the conference offerings are sufficiently diverse and extensive to justify this number of attendees.
• Linda will check with the programming staff regarding their interest in attending Summit.
  
• Faculty Council Agenda
• LIMT wants to present the following items at the December 12 Faculty Council meeting:
• LIMT wants to present the following items at the December 12 Faculty Council meeting:
• Demo Banner gradebook
• Other? (LIMT members should get back to Linda with other items.)
  
•  Peer to Peer Agenda
• LIMT will discuss the following items with Peer to Peer on December 8:
• Annual/Advance registration
• Draft of 2004 payroll calendar
• Finance Training announcement   
  

• HR – The payroll deadline for the second payroll in November is noon on Sunday, November 30.  Because the system will be down for some time over the weekend, HR will notify staff to complete the time entry process by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26.
• Student
• The SCT had an excellent consulting visit last week and worked through several issues related to academic history and transcripts.
• CAPP, the SCT Banner academic program evaluating functionality, is up and running at Lane.  This is a major accomplishment compared to the experience other Banner schools have had. Staff plan to begin sending output from this program to students next week.
• The Counseling Department has decided to move permanently from “Annual” to “Advance” registration for students who complete academic advising.  In general, Advance Registration will begin in week three of one term for the next term. The groups planning this schedule should avoid having any registration process begin on an HR deadline.