Alma NERS Enhancement process and voting (from Alma-L Jan 28 2019)

Alma enhancement timelines

When	What
January 10, 2020	Final day to submit new enhancement requests in NERS
Jan 10 - Feb 29	The Primo Enhancements Team reviews, dedupes, scopes, verifies, transfers to Alma NERS when necessary, and sets up the vote
March 1 - March 21	First round of voting
March 22 - March 31	The Enhancements Team reviews the results, and prepares them for ExLibris to assign complexity points.
April 1 - May 16	ExLibris adds complexity points to the top voted results. The Enhancements Team determines if a second round of voting is needed
May 17 - May 29	If necessary, a second round of voting takes place at this time

Suggested approx dates	Suggested Steps
December-January	IGeLU/ELUNA member campuses should submit all pending enhancement requests to NERS. Campuses without IGeLU/ELUNA membership can submit enhancement requests to the Chancellor’s Office. Chancellor’s Office to share enhancement requests on Confluence.
Mid-January	Compile enhancement requests for Alma and Primo & submit requests via NERS (or via the Chancellor’s Office for those without IGeLU/ELUNA membership).
late-March-mid-April	Review Alma and Primo enhancements and determine local voting priorities (if IGeLU/ELUNA member). Participate in voting on CSU Chancellor’s Office survey.
Mid-June	Review 2nd round Alma enhancements and determine local voting priorities (if IGeLU/ELUNA member). Participate in voting on CSU Chancellor’s Office survey.
July/August	Submit feedback on the enhancement process to the Chancellor’s Office.