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Charge
– Keep under review and recommend improvements to policies, procedures, and facilities pertaining to the general quality of daily life for all staff members on the Lamont Campus, including:
- Campus infrastructure such as roads, parking facilities, and transportation;
- Use, availability, and accessibility of residential accommodation on and off campus;
- Campus facilities for the care of children;
- Social, cultural, and sports activities and facilities available for students and staff on campus;
- Integration of new staff members into the campus community;
- Food services; and
- Other matters related to general working conditions as may arise.
– Solicit broad input from the campus community on these matters.
– Provide input towards campus development or other planning activities as may be requested by the Directors of the Campus Units.
– Work closely with other campus committees, including the General Safety Committee and the Environmental Committee.
– Recommend establishment of ad-hoc committees as needed.
– Generate an annual report by the end of March that summarizes
a. prioritized recommendations,
b. implementation strategies, and
c. estimated costs for quality of life improvements.
– Recommend new members of the committee and the committee chair at the end of terms.
Reports to:
Directors of Lamont Campus Units (Campus Management Group). Policy issues as necessary will be brought forward to the Executive Committee.
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Membership
Membership of the committee should reflect the demographics of the Lamont Campus community, e.g. ensuring representation from the student body, junior and senior members of the community, research/technical, administrative, and facilities staff.
- Chair:
• Pratigya Polissar (Biology and Paleo Environment)
- 7 representatives of the Observatory’s staff (including 2 representatives from the administrative staff and 1 student):
- Carol Mountain - Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Kirsteen Tinto - Marine Geology and Geophysics
- Ben Holtzman - SG&T
- GSC - Sophia Brumer, Allison Jacobel, and Catherine Pomposi - students
- Bonnie Deutsch - Administration
- Martin Stute - Geochemistry
- MIchela Biasutti -Ocean and Climate Physics
- Miriam Colwell - Lamont Hall
- 1 representative Trop Ag: Mary Pasquince
- 1 representative Postdocs: Julia de Juan Verger
- 1 representative from CIESIN: Linda Pagliaroli
- 1 representative from IRI: Erica Allis (Kevin Coffey)
- Assistant Director of Facilities (ex-officio): Patrick O’Reilly
- Kuheli Dutt - Office of Diversity
Membership Term
Membership term is for two years. The chair is appointed for two years, but should remain an ex-officio member of the committee for a third year.
For the initial term, half of the committee members will be appointed for a 1-year term to ensure proper spaced rotation of committee members. It is anticipated that during the first year of its existence, the committee will meet on a monthly basis. The frequency of committee meetings will decrease in the second year to 4 meetings per year with additional meetings as needed.
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