2020-08-06 Meeting notes

2020-08-06 Meeting notes

Date

Aug 6, 2020

Participants

  • @Luca Rizzi

  • @Josh Walawender @Jim Lyke @Kyle Lanclos @Luca Rizzi @Greg Doppmann @Carlos Alvarez @John O'Meara Meagan O’Shea @Randy Campbell @jguerra (Unlicensed) @Percy Gomez @Elena Manjavacas (Unlicensed) @sherry yeh

Goals

  • Meagan intro

  • Words from Randy

  • Words from John

  • Hiring update

  • 21A

  • KSM

  • Goal setting

  • COC update

  • Spending the morale money (if it exists this year)

Discussion topics

Time

Item

Presenter

Notes

Time

Item

Presenter

Notes

1:05

Words from Randy

Randy

  • Welcome Megan! New exec assistant, replacing Leslie.

    • Intros by SAs

  • SA Hiring Panel: Luca, Sherry, Randy

    • Not sure how “on site” interview will happen

    • Last count had ~25 applications (past Jeannette filter)

1:23

Call for 21A

Randy

  • Call is about to go out using input from these meetings

  • LRIS, NIRC2 (VV and coronagraph), DEIMOS, and Pajama Mode were all discussed

  • Plan is for LRIS red delivery in Feb

1:27

KSM

Randy

  • Reminder to register

  • Posters will be mini-breakouts in slack with video calls

  • Breakouts: remote observing, DSI, already in

  • Should we do instrument breakouts? (e.g. AO, IR, Optical instruments)

  • Consider posters as alternative to breakouts since both will have “face to face” components. Smaller breakouts should perhaps be posters?

  • Have coffee discussions to decide on which breakouts we want to propose

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1:35

Goal Setting

Randy

  • Not going to be typical annual review process, but Randy wants us each to think about big picture ambitions for the next year or so.

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1:37

COC Update

Randy

  • COC = COVID operations committee

  • What is true “safe” number of people at summit?

  • Possible increases in amount of work at HQ

  • John: brainstorming meetings are better in person than over Zoom

  • Observing Support can be site essential, so if we feel it is needed, we can use HQ

  • Jim: What is air circulation situation at various HQ buildings?

  • Jim: Summit Safety Project status?

    • Focus has been on high risk issues, most have been completed.

    • Now moving to medium risk.

    • It is a 2 year project. Likely to be extended.

    • Project priority may be adjusted.

1:50

Words from John

John

  • Feel freer to contact John about al staff questions, comments, concerns

  • Jim: Previous all staff meeting took input, what is status there?

    • John: In progress at council level

1:53

Pau!

 

  • Informal “coffee” time after to discuss KSM breakouts and morale money

  • Morale budget is undefined. We should go forward assuming it is similar to past years.

Action items

All: discuss KSM breakout sessions at coffee

Decisions