Good Afternoon All,
Thank you in advance for your patience in not assigning your transactions to assets these past few weeks. I am happy to report that the programmers have fixed they latest data load issue. You can resume assigning assets.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you,
Kara
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Kara Colannino
Research Finances and System Specialist
Research Administration Services
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
1414 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Work Hours: Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 9:15 to 4:45
Wednesdays 8:45 to 12:15
Phone: 617 495 1488 Fax: 617 496 7400
http://fas.harvard.edu/research
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When: Thursday, March 21, 2013 2:00 PM-3:30 PM. (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Where: NW Labs Room 425
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Good Morning All,
I have scheduled the next Equipment Coordinators Meeting for Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm. It will be held in the Northwest Labs - Room 425. Located at 52 Oxford Street, just past the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
I am pleased to announce that Jessica Schmidt and Amy Gustavsson from OSP will be joining us for our meeting.
The current agenda is as follows:
1. The Revised OSP Equipment Policy and what changes have occurred
2. Fabrications (including distinction from a system and upgrades)
3. Government Property Reports
4. Equipment & IDC Rate Calculation; why the inventory will need to be completed 2 years in a row
5. Oracle Fixed Assets Update
6. Equipster Update
It is a full agenda and I look forward to seeing you all. Please make sure to pass this along to any one who may be interested in the above agenda items.
See you on the 21st.
Best,
Kara
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Kara Colannino
Research Finances and System Specialist
Research Administration Services
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
1414 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Hours: 9:15am to 4:45pm Days - T/TH/F
8:45am to 12:15pm on Wednesdays
Phone: 617 495 1488 Fax: 617 496 7400
http://fas.harvard.edu/research
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Good Afternoon and Happy Friday!
Equipster Issues - UPDATE!
Regarding last week's email Equipster is still having Data load issues. You may have noticed an increase in assets on your homepage this week. In helping HUIT research this problem it appears that some of those new additions to the homepage are duplicates of assets that have already assigned. I would ask that you do not assign any assets until the issue is figured out.
December Meeting - UPDATE!
1) Particular problems regarding Equipster - HUIT has been emailed and I am awaiting a response. The issues that were sent were:
a) Duplicate entries - not pattern varies possible clone issues
b) Disposed assets are Running physical inventory
c) Issues with Unassigned transactions report as a CSV.
d) Some of the other issues that were discussed had been previously sent to HUIT and are being addressed.
2) What forms to use and when? OSP is still waiting to have the Equipment Policy changes finalized. It needs to be approved by SALC (Sponsored Administration Leadership Committee). I am told that some of the forms will be going away once SALC approves the policy. As soon as I have confirmation I will let you know.
3) Inventory for 2013 - No further information at this time.
We have no meeting scheduled for February but I will be sending out information for a March meeting in the next few weeks. If you have a new employee that needs training in Equipster, please contact me directly and I can schedule a one on one.
If you have any questions or concerns on the above, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you and have a great weekend.
Best,
Kara
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Kara Colannino
Research Finances and System Specialist
Research Administration Services
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
1414 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Work Hours: Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 9:15 to 4:45
Wednesdays 8:45 to 12:15
Phone: 617 495 1488 Fax: 617 496 7400
http://fas.harvard.edu/research
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