The Banner Users’ Group-Technical has been established to review and assist with the on-going operation of the Banner Administrative Information System from a Technical viewpoint.  Areas of concern are reporting needs of the users, upgrades/modifications to the Banner system, publishing information on the Banner Web site, and review of software.  BUG-T maintains a listing of useful on-line Technical Resources.

The Banner Users' Group-Technical meets the second Tuesday of each month at 2:00p.m. in Drinko 439.  Bob Walker, Director of Finance Information Technology, leads the group.  Cheri Musgrave is the voting representative on the Banner Oversight Committee (BOC), and Myke Watts is a non-voting representative.

There is one eligible voting member on the Banner Users' Group-Technical representing the following departments: Alumni, Computing Services, Enrollment Management, Finance, Financial Aid, Foundation, and Institutional Research.  Departments may petition the BUG-T for voting membership.

The Banner Users' Group-Technical maintains a listing of valuable on-line technical resources.  Group members are encouraged to review technical resources and share their reviews with members of the Banner users community.  Anyone wishing to add to this list should send Web addresses to the BUG-T list serve: banner-tech-list@marshall.edu or e-mail Pat Gebhart at gebhart@marshall.edu for posting to this Web site.

Oracle Technology Network  http://technet.oracle.com/

Oracle Tips, Tricks, and Scripts  http://www.uaex.edu/srea/

SCT Banner Listserv  http://lists.sungardhe.com/

References for SQL  http://www.uaex.edu/bknox/

Configuring a PC to utilize ODBC from a NT share http://www.marshall.edu/banner/netODBC.htm 

If there are issues that should be brought to the Banner Users' Group-Technical, contact one of the members.  A list-serve is available for group discussion between meetings: banner-tech-list@marshall.edu

The Banner Oversight Committee has compiled a POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Manual for use by all of the Banner Users' Groups.  Procedures for the Resolution of Multiple ID/PIDM Problems and the Recommendation of the Sub-committee on Multiple ID/PIDMs approved by the BOC in May 2002.

The history of the Banner Users' Group-Student is documented in the BANNER USERS' GROUP HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND OVERSIGHT document.

The Banner Oversight Committee developed a formal Change Assessment Form to be used for all change requests that affect the Banner application components.