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Lamont Weekly Report – January
2, 2004
OFFICE
OF THE DIRECTOR
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W Palisades, New York 10964
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– Letter from the Director –
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<> LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR
Important transitions sometimes come without much notice.
I must report to you that our Director of Administration,
Jeff Shapiro, has informed me that he will be leaving the
Observatory as of the New Year. We have been working closely
with the senior managers in the administration to make sure
that this transition will be a smooth one; everyone is committed
to the goal of continuing to provide the best services possible.
George Papa has been appointed Acting Administrator while
the decision-making regarding the future is completed. I very
much appreciate the fact that Jeff has agreed to remain available
to all of us as needed, and take this opportunity to thank
him for all he has done for the Observatory.
We wish Jeff well in his future endeavors.
I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year celebration. 2004
holds many challenges for us, and I would look forward to
facing these next week, were it not for the fact that I have
to fly off to a major NSF workshop on Ocean Observations on
Saturday. The fact that it is being held in San Juan, Puerto
Rico will of course cause everyone to think it is a boondoggle,
instead of the reality of four days spent in windowless basement
meeting rooms in an overpriced completely conventional American
chain hotel. I should be back in the office on Friday.
And while we are on the subject of traveling - a disheartening,
but perhaps useful note on airline checked baggage security:
While traveling home from the AGU meeting on a red-eye flight,
a laptop computer was stolen from checked baggage of a Lamont
staff member. The airline then cited its baggage policy, which
excludes responsibility for high-value items such as laptop
computers in checked baggage, thus no relief from them, or,
likely from the Transportation Security Administration, which
apparently inspected the bag. We are left with our own insurance
claim, and the unhappy feeling that checked baggage is not
entirely secure.
Have great weekend, and look after your laptops!
– Mike
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