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Attendees:
Lon Gowen (USAID/M/CIO)
Annah Ngaruro (MEASURE Evaluation)
Rachel Lucas (USAID/GH)
Angad Dhindsa (MEASURE Evaluation)
James Kariuki (CDC)
Vlad Shioshvili (MEASURE Evaluation)
Vilma Thomas (CDC/NG)
Mark Wilson (CDC/NG)
Dana Juthe (OGAC CIT - PwC)
Lon Gowen
Saad Khan (USAID)
Mark DeZalia (OGAC CIT)
Josephine Mungurere-Baker (BAO)
Jennifer Shivers (Regenstrief) 
Elizabeth Meacham (I-TECH)
Stacey Berlow (MEASURE Evaluation)
Angela Dormagen (USAID/M-CIO)
Seranita Lewis (NGC/CDC)
Agenda:
  1. SIMS Submission Guidance
  1. Review of Option sets for SIMS v2
  1. MER data import Q&A
Materials:
Minutes:
  1. SIMS Submission Guidance
  • Is there any flexibility in what file types can be used to submit data?
  • Will it be possible to shift the SIMS submission timeline? Mark stated that the shift would be up to the SIMS core group
  • UAT will be completed on May 12th and the 13th is when the agencies can start to submit.
  • The SIMS Data Import Guidance document linked above include instructions for the SIMS data import.
  • There is no SIMS file naming convention set out by the SIMS core group. Alejandra will follow up on this.
  • There will be no new accounts created unless the user account doesn't already exist. The user account needs to be configured. There is a one day turnaround for the configuration request, Mark highlighed that agencies confirm that accounts are working.
  • The SIMS data will continue to be daily and not quarterly. That line will be corrected in the import guidance document.
  • In UAT testing and updating document. Proceeding with the same deadline for Friday
  1. Review of Option sets for SIMS v2
  1. MER data import Q&A