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Lamont Weekly Report – June 25, 2004

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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Following last week’s round of good news about promotions we continue this week with the announcement that the recipient of the PGI – Doherty Junior Scientist Award is Michael Studinger in the MG&G Division. Congratulations Michael!

Another landmark that has recently been achieved is the discovery, after several weeks of deliberate searching, of the rear wall of the warehouse – something that has not been seen for many years. Not only can you see from the front to the back of the warehouse, but a forklift can now be driven to the back of the warehouse, reports Paul Ljunggren who along with several colleagues has been leading this heroic effort to win back some useful storage space for the Observatory. But there is still long way to go with identifying, tagging, and disposing of equipment and material that has not seen the light of day for many years. As progress is made with the reorganization and management of the warehouse Paul and Tom and Dale and Bruce and their colleagues will continue to need the support and cooperation of the Lamont community.

Next week, the Lamont Campus Computing Oversight Committee will release the 2004 Computer User Survey. If you recall, the committee conducted a similar survey in 2001. This year, the intended audience is broader, encompassing all personnel on campus, from the Observatory's Directorate and Science Divisions, Central Administration, CIESIN and the IRI. The intent is to understand your computing habits and requirements better, and to elicit your opinions and concerns about the way we do computing here on campus. Your feedback is extremely important for sensible strategic planning for improvements and upgrades to computing services here on campus. The survey will be available on-line, and it should take you only 20 minutes or so to complete. Please take the time to complete the survey, your participation is very important

I spent a long and sticky day down at NSF this past Wednesday talking with many of the usual suspects in the Ocean Sciences Division – Mike Reeve, Dolly Dieter, Larry Clark, Sandy Shor, Dave Epp, Don Rice about a myriad of issues. I am back to DC over the weekend to participate in a State Department workshop – I am scheduled to return home Tuesday night.

Monday of next week will be an historic day – the JOIDES Resolution will sail from Astoria Oregon on the inaugural expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. IODP was born at a meeting that I attended in Leiden, The Netherlands on April 29th 1997. Seven years later commitments exist to allow its growth to an international science program of unusual magnitude and breadth, substantially exceeding $100M per year in operational costs. It remains the best example of why we should never lack ambition (and patience) in planning our science programs!

– Mike
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