[ISP] ISP Update from Peter Backlund

[Terri Cantrell]

Dear ISP team members,

I wanted to provide you with a brief update on key developments over the 
last few weeks.


First, and most importantly, I am pleased to announce that Paula 
Robinson has accepted my offer to become a Program Specialist in ISP.  
Paula will serve as the ISP Administrator, managing ISP's budget 
processes, and will work with all of us and our partners in the NCAR 
laboratories on program planning, development, and implementation.  She 
is currently the Executive Administrator of the GLOBE program in UCP, 
and before GLOBE held a variety of positions in JOSS.  She has extensive 
experience in program management, budget and administration, and in 
project and event management.  Paula's official start date is today, but 
she has already begun providing me with valuable advice on various 
aspects of ISP activities.  Her office will be in Tower B of the Mesa 
Lab.  I think we are very fortunate that Paula decided to join ISP, and 
I am sure that you will all enjoy working with her.

 
Second, as announced by Marion Hammond and Helen Moshak on November 2, 
the space allocation process for the Mesa Laboratory has been 
completed.  Things turned out well for ISP in this process.  Our 
headquarters will be located in Tower B of the Mesa lab.  It includes a 
suite of offices and a conference room on the south end of the 5^th 
floor and a large collaboratory space on the 6^th floor.  Paula, 
Michelle Rangel, and Terri Cantrell will each have an office on the 5^th 
floor.  We also have 3 interior office spaces that are available for use 
by ISP staff, along with the conference room and the collaborator 
space.  We will be working to furnish and set up set up the offices, 
conference room and collaboratory over the next few weeks.  I expect 
them to be "operational" in January. 

 
Third, we have begun our FY11 budget planning. Over the next several 
months, Paula and I will be working with the leads of all the ISP 
long-term projects to identify their priorities and plans, establish a 
limited set of overall ISP priorities for the NCAR Annual Budget review, 
and develop an overarching ISP strategic plan.  We will be working 
closely with our NCAR laboratory partners throughout this process.

 
Finally, we have decided to defer our first big ISP social gathering 
until early January.  I very much want to get everyone together, but it 
seemed like the best option for a big turnout was to avoid conflicts 
with the many NCAR holiday parties that are coming up, AGU, and 
everyone's personal holiday plans.  We will announce a date and venue soon


Peter

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Terri A. Cantrell
303-497-8281

http://www.isp.ucar.edu
Acting Administrator


NCAR
Integrated Science Program
P.O. Box 3000
FL1-2024
Boulder, CO 80307-3000

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