Fiscal Officer Meeting

1. Fiscal Officer Meeting Thursday, March 19, 2009

2. Ernie Cornford - Miscellaneous • PeopleSoft Certification • Everyone on fiscal officer list must go through certification every six months. • Send me email if you want to add to fiscal officer list. • Meeting notifications will be put on Outlook as appointments.

3. Cost Savers • Eliminate the Non-PO voucher with travel vouchers. • Non-PO voucher must still be entered in PS and number recorded on travel voucher • Travel vouchers with no voucher numbers will be returned • Non-PO voucher will not be reviewed by Accounting. Revise form? • TRIP still coming - TBA

4. Cost Savers – cont’d • Elimination of pay remittance advice • On MyHR • YTD only for current period • Prints on two pages • Was to start July 1, but may be delayed due to start of 1% to 2% pension contribution

5. Transition Assistance Program Errol Benson

6. Triton Connect Randall Vogan Linda Gatson

7. Triton Connect

8. Background • Each year, participants in the Administrative Leadership Development Program (ALDP) select a project to enrich their campus • The 2008 UMSL ALDP class focused their attention on a project that would increase the engagement of faculty and staff • Targeted benefits included an improvement of morale and increased employee retention 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 8

9. Project Selected: TRITON CONNECT UMSL’s online community 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 9

10. What is it? • An online discussion site, available to UMSL faculty and staff, that provides opportunities to connect with others on campus with similar professional and/or personal interests • Arranged in the following treelike structure: • Categories or broad subject areas • Forums or specific subject areas • Threads or topics of conversation • Posts or individuals messages within each thread 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 10

11. How do you access it? • To access Triton Connect, UMSL faculty or staff must first log on to the campus network • They may then link to Triton Connect from MyGateway (coming soon) or by entering the following URL: https://tritonconnect.umsl.edu/ 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 11

12. How does it work? • After entering the Triton Connect website, UMSL faculty or staff can select a forum of interest under various categories or subject areas • They may then begin a new discussion under that forum or read/respond to an existing discussion • A moderator will be assigned to each forum to monitor existing discussions within the forum and promote new discussions 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 12

13. Demonstration View of the home page Category Forums Example 1: Click on the “Getting Started” forum 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 13

14. Demonstration Example 1: Click on the “New User” discussion or thread 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 14

15. Demonstration Click on logo to return to home page 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 15

16. Demonstration You must log in to post messages or view the calendar 2008 UMSL ALDP Class Project - Triton Connect 16

17. Budget Items Joann Wilkinson