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Tentative Agenda
ORIENTATION AND TRAINING SESSIONS FOR CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES

Wednesday, December 1

9:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.

Leadership staff - Secretarial service area - Training on use of e-mail - Mary Janusz, Information Technology Education Administrator, Legislative Council
Thursday, December 2
9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Leadership staff - Secretarial service area - Training on use of word processing - Mary Janusz
9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Payroll clerk - Legislative Council office - Training on preparing payroll forms and vouchers - Karen J. Mund, Legislative Administrator, Legislative Council
Monday-Friday, December 6-10 (additional week optional)
9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
House journal reporter (assistant chief clerk [backup]) - Training on use of the computerized journal system - House chamber - Charolette Sackman, Information Processing Supervisor, Legislative Council
Monday-Friday, December 13-17 (additional week optional)
9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Senate journal reporter (assistant secretary [backup]) - Training on use of the computerized journal system - Senate chamber - Charolette Sackman
Monday, December 13
8:00 -
9:00 a.m.
House and Senate committee clerks - Chief committee clerks
  • Select desks
  • Prepare area
9:00 -
10:00 a.m.
Tour of committee rooms - Karen J. Mund
10:00 -
10:15 a.m.
Overview of role of committee clerks in committee hearings - Prairie Room - Jay E. Buringrud, Assistant Director, Legislative Council
10:30 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Training on use of the computerized bill status system - Brynhild Haugland Room - Maryann F. Trauger, Manager, Information Technology Services, Legislative Council
1:00 -
4:00 p.m.
Training on use of the computerized committee hearing system - Brynhild Haugland Room - Maryann F. Trauger
4:00 -
5:00 p.m.
Training on use of the sponsor notification system - Brynhild Haugland Room - Maryann F. Trauger
Tuesday, December 14
8:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.
House and Senate committee clerks - Training on use of the computerized committee report system - Brynhild Haugland Room - Maryann F. Trauger
4:00 -
5:00 p.m.
Training on use of transcribers - Karen J. Mund
Wednesday, December 15
8:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
House and Senate committee clerks - Training on preparing amendments in the computerized amendment system - Brynhild Haugland Room - Maryann F. Trauger
Thursday, December 16
8:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
House and Senate committee clerks - Training in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Word processing - Brynhild Haugland Room - Mary Janusz
Friday, December 17
8:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
House and Senate committee clerks - Training on preparing minutes and centralized storage - Brynhild Haugland Room - Mary Janusz
Monday, December 27
9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Assistant House Chief Clerk and Assistant Secretary of the Senate (journal clerks [backup]) - Training on use of the computerized message system - Legislative Council, third floor - Maryann F. Trauger
9:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m.
Leadership staff - Secretarial service area - Training on use of e-mail - Mary Janusz
4:00 -
5:00 p.m.
Training on use of transcribers - Karen J. Mund
Tuesday, December 28

9:00 a.m. -

5:00 p.m.

Leadership staff - Secretarial service area - Training on use of word processing - Mary Janusz
9:00 a.m. -

5:00 p.m.

House and Senate calendar clerks (assistant chief clerk and assistant secretary [backup]) - Training on use of the computerized calendar system - Legislative Council, third floor - Maryann F. Trauger
Wednesday, December 29
8:00 -
8:30 a.m.
Legislative interns - Assignment of committees - Brynhild Haugland Room - John D. Olsrud, Director, Legislative Council
8:30 -
9:00 a.m.
Amendment drafting - Brynhild Haugland Room - John Bjornson, Counsel, Legislative Council
9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Amendment preparation training - Brynhild Haugland Room - Maryann F. Trauger
8:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
Secretarial service - Secretarial service area - Training on use of e-mail and word processing - Mary Janusz
Thursday, December 30
8:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Legislative interns - Personal computer use - Access instructions for individual online learning in personal computer use via the Internet - Brynhild Haugland Room - Mary Janusz
1:00 -
5:00 p.m.
Secretarial service - Secretarial service area - Training on use of word processing - Mary Janusz
Monday, January 3
8:30 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.
House and Senate committee clerks - Prairie Room - Orientation by the Legislative Council staff
8:30 a.m. Introduction - Overview of the legislative process - Employee-staff-intern relationships - John D. Olsrud
9:00 a.m. Distribute packets
9:10 a.m. Overview of committee clerk activities - Jay E. Buringrud
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Overview of North Dakota Century Code - John Walstad, Code Revisor, Legislative Council
10:20 a.m. Fiscal notes - John Walstad
10:30 a.m. Enrolling and engrossing - Amendment approval requirements - John Bjornson
11:30 a.m. House and Senate Appropriations Committees clerks - Appropriation bills and budget status reporting - Jim W. Smith, Legislative Budget Analyst and Auditor, Legislative Council
1:00 p.m. Orientation by Marilyn Johnson, Research Librarian, Legislative Council, on recording requirements, filing of minutes, tape recorder and microcassette requirements, deposit of microcassettes and minutes with the Legislative Council, and Appropriations Committees records
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Committee hearings - Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act
3:30 p.m. House and Senate committee clerks - Prairie Room - Joint meeting with legislative interns - John D. Olsrud
Tuesday, January 4
9:00 a.m. -
12:00 noon
Telephone attendants - Telephone room - Training on use of the computerized telephone message system - Maryann F. Trauger
9:00 a.m. -
3:30 p.m.
Information desk attendant - Information kiosk - Training on use of the Legislative Council web site - Mary Janusz
Wednesday, January 5
9:00 -
11:00 a.m.
Chief committee clerks and chief pages - Training on use of amendment printing for bill books - House and Senate committee clerk area/House and Senate page rooms - Maryann F. Trauger

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