[Flex] FLEX Meeting Scheduled for 10/17/06

[Maryann Lucas]

Thank you, Peggy, for your response. 
MaryAnn

Peggy Daly wrote:
> Hi MaryAnn - Thanks for explaining.  FYI - Jim Kent and Fritz Heide 
> were/are in Communications not Development. And we can put Fritz's 
> salary in Proposal Log - who needs the authorization from me?  I don't 
> forsee anyone else in either Development or Communications being part 
> of a proposal, but if they come up in the future, we can add those 
> too.  (FYI - this was Jim Kent's call in the past).
> Thank you,
> Peggy
>
> Maryann Lucas wrote:
>
>> Marcey:
>>
>> PO budget preparers have encountered a problem when including an 
>> employee from Development whose salary is nonpublic (such as Jim 
>> Kent, and now Fritz Heidi).  So we have to find someone who is privy 
>> to the info to load into the budget such as Helen or Claire, but they 
>> must get permission from the individual or department administrator 
>> (?Peggy Daly) and if there is some resistance then Helen and the 
>> consulting programmer must work together to include this salary in 
>> the budget and all of this takes a day or two (or more in some cases) 
>> and many phone calls, emails, etc.  We then have to edit the 
>> resulting WHOIgrants pdf to take out  TBA and add the individual's 
>> name.   In the case I'm thinking of the person's name wasn't allowed 
>> to be used, the salary was not allowed to be visible.   All we're 
>> hoping for here is a better process and some consistency to adding a 
>> Development employee in a budget.
>>
>> Thanks
>> MaryAnn
>>
>>
>> Marcey Simon wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Maryann,
>>>
>>> When I read your email, I asked Peggy Daly if she could update me on 
>>> the topic you mentioned of a Development employee being in a 
>>> proposal, so that I could field any questions that the group might 
>>> have.  She was not aware of this issue and asked if you could fill 
>>> us in, so that I can be prepared for Tuesday's meeting.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Marcey
>>>
>>> Maryann Lucas wrote:
>>>
>>>> FLEX Meeting  Tuesday  10/17/06  at 10:10am
>>>> CIS Conference Room
>>>>
>>>> Agenda:
>>>> WHOIgrants:     Let's discuss the special hoops that need to be 
>>>> jumped through in order to include a Development employee in a 
>>>> proposal ... and because of the funding situation will we encounter 
>>>> more of this in the future?  Is there a way to make this process 
>>>> flow easier?
>>>>
>>>> Grants.gov   any discussion?
>>>> Fastlane?
>>>>
>>>> Please bring anything you want to discuss to this meeting.
>>>> It's been a long time and I know we all have many experiences to 
>>>> share.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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