Jeffrey Blume will begin work on 8/1/08; his office location is D2215.
JoAnn Rudd, Biostatistician II, will join the department on 8/25/08.
Ben Saville's employment date is 8/14/08; his office location is T2318.
Zhiguo Zhou, Biostatistician II, joined our Cancer Biostatistics group on 7/21/08.
New Positions
Two Computer Systems Analyst positions have been posted in the Job Line.
Office Assignments and New Furniture Installation
Linda stated that all office assignments are to be coordinated/approved by her.
Linda will contact IDS regarding installation date, and will make sure John Miller's group is notified. Sherry will arrange telephone moves.
Post doc Appointment
Sherry has completed initial letter for Pingsheng Wu's post doc appointment; letter is enroute to be signed by Dr. Ann Richmond.
JSM Recruitment
Diane shared that seven applicants (both Staff and Faculty) have been identified pre-JSM.
State Contract
The State contract will be discontinued effective 8/30/08; due to this, Zhouwen Liu will have 25% available effort and Angel An will have 22.5%.
Supervisor Retreat
Linda will contact Susan Mezger to confirm her presentation.
Professional Development/Travel/Discretionary Centers
WJ will continue to maintain a spreadsheet to track professional development; part of the value is being able to determine "average" costs for categories of expense.
Travel authorizations will be maintained in a central location; WJ will let traveler know when approval has been received. In addition, he will check reports regularly to ensure expenses are submitted in a timely fashion.
Unless it is a teaching center, discretionary centers are "protected" for department members' use and are not to be utilized for professional development.
eProcurement
Eve and WJ attended training on 8/17/08.
Because it will save money for the Department, Eve is utilizing Guy Brown (rather than Staples) for office products.
Diane suggested that our IT group develop an automated system of price checking. Linda will make the request.
Student Employment and Job Fair
It was discussed that employing relatives presents a conflict of interest.
A TWiki page will be developed for Student Employment and supervisors will be requested to meet with employees to review expectations.
Administrators Luncheon
Since a team member will be on vacation, the luncheon is postponed.
July 28, 2008
August 4, 2008
Good News
New Employees
Alex Zhao joined Cancer Biostats on 7/21/08 as Biostatistician II.
Jeffrey Blume began work on 8/1/08; office location is D2215.
JoAnn Rudd, Biostatistician II, will join the department on 8/25/08.
Ben Saville's employment date is 8/14/08; his office location TBD. Linda is asking existing faculty about their interest in the T corridor office in order to give them first priority.
New Positions
Two Computer Systems Analyst positions have been posted in the Job Line.
Pingsheng's appointment will not be post doc: UPDATE since meeting: She will be placed in a Staff Scientist position.
JSM Recruitment
Diane has set up a TWiki page for Staff and Faculty candidates identified pre and post JSM.
State Contract
UPDATE since meeting: Linda talked with Zhouwen and he will work with Mac Buchowski at 25% level.
Computing Clinic
Topics: Include V-Net code in personal page (Donna's suggestion)
Supervisor Retreat
Eve was recognized for her coordination of a very successful event.
Administrators Luncheon
Date will be scheduled in the near future.
August 12, 2008
Good News
PEOPLE
SERVICE
Business Diversity Fair. Eve reported on the event; Guy Brown was major vendor showcased and tee shirt vendor introduced herself.
Procurement & Disbursement Services New Online Reports. Donna, WJ and Eve will attend this training on 8/14/08.
QUALITY
Account number review: 60032. Follow up to determine if this account number should be used for recruitment mailings.
GROWTH
WALDO viewer access for Business Objects reports. In order to access BO reports, a WALDO Security form must be completed.
FINANCE
PAF/PMF signature: Linda reminded the group that the initiating department should sign document(s) first.
PCard for purchasing coordinator (EAA). Eve has completed an application; Linda has reviewed it and signed off.
Steven Chen, Asst Prof Basic Science Educator track 3/1/09
UAB potential faculty recruit
Sandeep Parvathapuram and Jing He, new CSAs
1-5-09 Department meeting (Diane will ask Lisa to arrange for chocolate chip cookies)
January short course; Linda called and e-mailed Joe Goff about meeting room support
R01 eSNAP (Bill Dupont PI)
Administrator days off during holidays; the Team is doing a great job with on-line personal calendars
2/9/09 potluck (Linda will ask Lisa to request that all employees be responsible for picking up their own dish.)
SERVICE
International Services; Sherry is doing a great job and will be updating TWiki with more information about permanent residency applications.
QUALITY
Career/Education purchase review by Budget/Accounting Analyst
Federal purchase review by Business Manager
Department Travel Policy; Frank's e-mail was superbly done.
ENAR/Bayesian conferences; Patrick has volunteered to pay Lisa's travel to ENAR and JSM. Chris S will lead a Jr. Investigator's workshop at ENAR and has received a $550 travel supplement.
Communication strategies
Space Survey
Share drive file organization; Donna suggested reducing the number of folders and Diane volunteered to consolidate and streamline.
GROWTH
Chun Li's R01; modular format and spend rate/New systems analyst @ 100% effort
FINANCE
Decrease in development and operating budgets over next 7 mos by 10 and 3% respectively
Software Store on-line ordering/approval system
Recruit's recent travel expense; LDS has spoken with fac member about department reimbursement for meals.
December 18, 2008
Good News
PEOPLE
Team retreat
SERVICE
Staff Applicant Tracking System (Ceridian's Recruiting Solutions to Evolve)
Last minute requests; autoreply e-mail.
QUALITY
Improving efficiency of weekly meetings; shortened or deferred discussions. Sideline prolonged discussions and ask "When can we meet to resolve the issue?"
Email efficiency; who to copy and when - to be discussed at Computing Clinic
GROWTH
Biosketch Training Session: Eve reported that the training was informative.
FINANCE
Teaching funds (gift cards unallowable)
Clinic luncheons; SSS will no longer sponsor Wednesdays - Eve will follow up with Frank.