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Attendees:
Michael Mwebaze (MEASURE EValuation/JSI)
Dana Juthe (OGAC/CIT - PwC)
Vlad Shioshvili (Measure Evaluation)
Angad Dhindsa (MEASURE Evaluation)
Jim Grace (HISP US)
Mark DeZalia (OGAC)
Mark Wilson (CDC/NG)
Manish Kumar (MEASURE Evaluation)
Annie Yu (OGAC / CIT - PwC)
Jennifer Shivers (Regenstrief) 
Angela Dormagen (USAID M/CIO)
Alejandra Covarrubias
Berny Agala (MEASURE Eval.)
Krissy Celentano (USAID)
Saad Khan (USAID)
Matt Sattah (USAID)
Jeremy Vanderlan (MEASURE EVAL)
Elizabeth Meacham (I-TECH)
Briana Lozano (CDC)
Stacey Berlow (MEASURE)
Materials:
Agenda:
  • Timing of the next SIMS data exchange exercise – Alejandra 
  • The 1st Facility Dataset Import Exercise test results, findings and resulting updates -   Alejandra/Vlad
  • Data import accounts on Dev-de – Alejandra 
Minutes:
  • First community call of the month, will be focused on SIMS
  • We will be providing feedback on the first round of data exchange excercies which was carried out with an agency
  • We will also be discussing getting access to dev-de
  • Timing of the next SIMS data exchange exercise – Alejandra 
  • Provding a timeline so an agency can decide on a time that works on them in that window of April 6th - 30th. Last time agencies were only given a week window, this time we are providing more availibility.
  • Alejandra can be notified via email by the 11th 
  • The testing timeline is only for facilities.
  • The 1st Facility Dataset Import Exercise test results, findings and resulting updates -   Alejandra/Vlad
  • Changes to the data types - Ability to accept negative numbers, zeros, and NA
  • First exchange excercise was helpful as it allowed for changes to be made to DATIM
  • A question on how to check if your data has been imported into DATIM will be added to the FAQ's at the bottom of the document
  • Data import accounts on Dev-de – Alejandra 
  • As Dev-de gets refreshed on Mondays, the best time to do the excercise would be Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday would be better.
  • Dev-de accounts were provided in December. Mary Kratz from DoD will follow up with Alejandra as DoD individuals have been having trouble accessing