Attending:  Pierre-Antoine, Ruzgis; Owley, Moore, Curtin, Sutton, Sawyer, Walton, Billingsley

ORION Budget adjustment

The committee reviewed the memorandum to OPB concerning adjustments to the project budget and agreed to seek transfer of funds for projects charged to ORION but related to other applications.  Curtin will draft a response to document the changes.  The committee agreed that any additional unbudgeted projects presented to ORION must include the identification of a funding source for the required additional work.  The committee also agreed to begin work immediately upon a consensus priority plan for next year's project activities, listing modules or applications to be developed or implemented, the best available estimate of associated costs, and a priority placement in the overall list.  This plan will be updated as necessary to reflect any additions or other changes.

Status reports

•  Financial Administration is on time and making good progress in the testing of the General Ledger.  Accounts Payable and Purchasing modules will begin work January 7.
• Budget is on hold, although work does continue as resources are available.  PeopleSoft has agreed to supply a resource at no charge for additional support in the next few months.
• Ver. 8.0 upgrade continues to go forward on schedule with few problems detected.  Bugs are being worked successfully with PeopleSoft.  Preparatory work, including analysis of customizations, testing preparation and prototyping, is complete, and the technical upgrade is underway and on schedule.
• Student Administration work toward web web registration is under development pending the completion of Ver. 8.0 prototyping.  Depending on the results of the analysis, the decision to move forward will be made in mid-December with intensive commencing 2/15 or after.
• Security/CAMS is on schedule.  A lab environment for testing is in place.
• Portal development and implementation are seeing some technical difficulties that are under resolution now.

Joe Beyel, vice president for alumni and development, and Joe Gahlinger (VPFA staff) will be invited to join the Steering Committee.