2019-02-18-CasaLeadership

Attendees

tbd
Notes in italic

Meeting Agenda

• Postdocs
  • First postdoc offer letter still in the works (Todd/Yves)
    • Accounting issues with leadership being resolved (MEPCDE/ARDBPH ops funds, MEPCV3 state funds)
    • Hope to have this resolved and offer letter out this week
  • Second postdoc interviews being scheduled (this week?) (Yuhong/Bob)
    • Pre-interview meeting held last week: promising candidates in queue
  • Still pursuing possibility of hosting funded Chinese student for few months for polarization transport work (Yuhong/Todd)
• Administrative
  • Property custodian training, readiness for upcoming inventory (Mar 11-May 24)
    • Andrew mentioned in Feb 13 group meeting that photos of equipment bar codes are acceptable
  • SULI/REU student selection status and dates? (Alex)
  • Group photo date? (Tristan)
• LDRD
  • Andrei is coordinating LDRD submissions through the division office
  • Please survey your staff to see if they have LDRD application plans
  • LOIs due mid-March, full proposals due likely mid-April
• Appraisals and Promotions
  • Internal promotion notifications have occurred
  • Finalize outstanding meetings (e.g. Alex and Todd with Rui)
  • Should prepare expectations for all CASA staff in next several weeks
    • Include identification of publications desired where appropriate
• Publications
  • Encourage personnel to write brief tech notes
    • e.g. summary of recent pCDR-100 ion injector decisions, Booster vacuum calculations (Todd), etc.
  • Summer 2018 student papers in the tech note system; will be referenced in pCDR-100.

New Action Items

• FY19 expectation meetings and updates (all, by Mar 4 meeting)
• FY18 outstanding appraisal meetings (Alex/Todd with Rui, by Mar 4 meeting)

Old Action Items

• investigate screen for Doghouse meeting room (request from Yuhong)
• investigate offices in FEL as alternative to TED (Todd) -- in progress
• create area for APELs and ops personnel to share presentations for collaboration meetings
• set up a "recent papers" board and update the CASA wiki with them (Tristan/Todd)