Partners in Campus Business Operations
Business and Financial Services
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Meeting Highlights!
Welcome – Mary Hinchman
o Welcome
 No budget update.
 May 19th elections will determine any revisions for further cuts.
 Propositions 1-A through 1-E are supported by the CSU Board of Trustees.
Contact The Budget Office x4461 if you have any questions.
IITS New Windows Vista Migration – Randy Hall
o IITS New Windows Vista
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The campus is moving to Windows Vista full support.
Vista has been available for approximately two years and many of the issues associated
with it have been resolved.
The advantages to switching are improved start up times and performances, improved
wireless and syncing for laptops, improved security, better search and organization tools,
and more sophisticated graphics.
Computers that will be impacted beginning Summer 2009 are faculty and staffs refresh
systems and in Fall 2009 all instructor stations and lab computers will be impacted.
Windows Vista campus applications have been thoroughly tested by IITS and the user
community.
Windows 7 is the next version of Vista and Vista has numerous advantages that are hard
to ignore.
Though Windows Vista is simple to use, IITS has training options like self paced online,
multimedia tutorials, and face to face instruction.
All Faculty has been informed that the Windows Vista change will be occurring.
Citrix will not improve because of Windows Vista.
Emails regarding who will be refreshed will be coming out soon.
Please see the Vista website for additional information:
(http://csusm.edu/iits/support/vista/index.html)
Contact Randy Hall x8668 if you have any questions.
Cell Phone Plans – Kathie Pendo
o Cell Phone Plans
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Cell phone plans offered at the university were presented and the responsibilities of the
various parties involved were discussed.
For more details the entire presentation is available on the PCBO website or the
Telephone Services website.
Contact Telephone Services x4530 if you have any questions.
AMEX ProCard – Bella Newberg
o AMEX ProCard
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Currently the University Bookstore does not accept American Express,
but will be accepting them by early to mid July.
Please email contact information of vendors not accepting American Express to
pcard@csusm.edu, so that Procurement Services can work with the vendor.
If a vendor that you are working with does not accept American Express you may use
Direct Pay or a Blanket Purchase Order.
Contact Barbara Sainz x4449 if you have any questions.
Year End Dates – Tina Griffith
 Tina went over the upcoming Year End dates for April and the beginning of May.
 Year End checklist can be located on the PCBO webpage.
(http://www.csusm.edu/bfs/pcbo/)
Contact Tina Griffith x4485 if you have any questions.
Trust Training – Karen Baldyga
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Submission deadline is June 1st.
A memo will be emailed to Vice Presidents, Deans, and Directors who currently have
trust funds.
A copy will be emailed to PCBO.
There are no changes to the forms or submission requirements.
Be sure your forms reference FY 2009/10.
There will not be live training this year, but the Training presentation will be available via
MediaSite. The link will be sent out via a PCBO notification and will be available on the
PCBO website, Budget Office website and Accounting Services website.
Contact Karen Baldyga x 4465 if you have any questions.
No PCBO Meeting for June & Future PCBO meeting dates – Tina Griffith
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PCBO announced that there will be NO meeting for the month of June.
The following future PCBO meeting dates are: Wednesday, July 15 th and Wednesday,
August 19th in Markstein 125 at 1:15 p.m. Meetings beyond this date cannot be
scheduled until the Fall Academic schedule is completed so that the availability of
Markstein 125 can be determined.
Contact PCBO at pcbo@csusm.edu if you have any questions.
Questions and Concerns – All
o Chris Lambert announced that in the next couple of weeks a refresher training class for
CMS 9.0 will be offered.
o Marge Corcoran announced that postage will go up to 44 cents starting May 11 th.
o Mary Hinchman announced that there will be a President’s Forum, May 7th at 3:30 p.m. in
ARTS 240.
o Rosa Mora announced that The Latino Association of Faculty and Staff (LAFS) Annual Online Auction ends next Friday, May 8th at 1:00 PM. This year LAFS has over 60 items to bid
on and among them are lunches with CSUSM Administrative staff.
Next PCBO Meeting will be on Wednesday, May 27th in Markstein 125!