Thursday, June 3, 1999
UCRS Board election has begun
Editor's Note: The University of California Retirement System (UCRS) Board is holding elections that started on Tuesday. Two Laboratory employees, Alfred L. Cucchiara of Health Physics Operations (ESH-1) and Verne W. Loose of Energy and Environmental Analysis (TSA-4) have been nominated as candidates for the single vacant position [see the May 17 Daily Newsbulletin]. All UC Laboratory employees are encouraged to participate in the election. Voting instructions for this phone-in election have been sent to employees' homes. Following is an announcement on the subject issued May 20 by the University of California.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (May 20, 1999)--Voting in the University of California Retirement System (UCRS) Board election begins June 1 at 8 a.m. and ends June 30, 1999, at midnight. The election is open only to active University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) members who are not in the Academic Senate. Eligible employees may call the toll-free or local number listed on the telephone ballot in their election materials at their convenience, day or night, during the election period. Any eligible UCRP member who does not receive a telephone ballot by June 10 may obtain one by calling UC HR/Benefits Customer Service at 1-800-888-8267.
Second draft of Labor Relations Policy posted to RevCom
Acting Deputy Laboratory Director for Business Administration and Outreach Warren F. "Pete" Miller announced in an all-employee memo (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) on Tuesday that the second draft Laboratory Labor Relations policy has been posted to RevCom for employee comment. University of California employees can comment on the new version of the policy through July 2 by logging on to RevCom at http://revcom.lanl.gov/.
In addition to the new draft policy, RevCom also includes a document that outlines the primary differences between the first version and the revised second version. The changes were made in response to comments received during the first comment period from Feb. 1 to March 12.
The following areas are among those that were changed in the second draft policy:
The Laboratory's Labor Relations policy has been drafted in response to a requirement made by the California State Legislature, which is contained in the 1998 State of California Budget Act passed last summer [May 12 Newsbulletin story].
--David Lyons
DOE is sponsoring a Y2K awards program
The
Department of Energy is sponsoring an awards program to recognize employees
or employee teams that have demonstrated extraordinary performance in year
2000 readiness and planning efforts across the DOE complex.
The department has allocated $100,000 to the Laboratory for the Year 2000 Award Program, said Diane Weir of the Computing, Information and Communications (CIC) Division and the Lab's Year 2000 Project Team leader.
Laboratory managers may nominate employees, either individually or as teams, for an award. The average award is expected to be $1,000, said Weir. The award is intended for individuals, working independently or as a team, who demonstrate extraordinary performance in year 2000 efforts. Examples of such accomplishments include
All current University of California Laboratory employees, Special Program participants and subcontract personnel are eligible for the Year 2000 Award. Managers, guests, visitors and members of the UC Executive Program are not eligible.
Weir said the dollar amounts for awards is based on the magnitude of the task and the obstacles overcome by the individual or team. She emphasized that the awards aren't intended for group or division leaders, but rather for individuals exhibiting extraordinary performance in year 2000 efforts.
She said up to 50 percent of the total award money is reserved for work on mission-essential year 2000 systems.
Awards are one-time cash payments and won't increase the employee's base salary, and employees will receive the award during the current fiscal year. Weir said the award should not be confused with merit increases (i.e., base-building pay increases that are given at the beginning of the fiscal year to recognize sustained performance).
To submit an employee or employee team for consideration, managers and supervisors can complete the Year 2000 Award nomination form. The employees' name, Z-number and group name should be included in the nomination. The nominator's name and title and justification specifying the efforts that exceed normal job requirements to accomplish year 2000 efforts based on the Year 2000 Award criteria, as well as the "breadth of impact" of the employee and/or team's work should be described in the nomination form.
Division and/or program directors approve nominations within their organizations. When interdivisional teams are nominated for an award, the division and/or program directors for each impacted organization must approve the nominations.
Nomination forms are due to Weir by June 25. They can be mailed to Mail Stop B260. The Year 2000 Project Office will form a selection committee to review the award nominations and make recommendations to CIC Division Director Charlie Slocomb, who has final approval for the awards.
Weir added that a master management memo at http://int.lanl.gov/memos/MasterManagement/MM1047_ADS1144.PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) announcing the award program and asking division and group leaders to serve on the committee is available.
Employees also will receive a certificate, said Weir.
More information about the awards program can be found on the Lab's Year 2000 World Wide Web page at http://www.lanl.gov/projects/ia/year2000/ online.
The nomination form also can be found at http://int.lanl.gov/projects/ia/year2000/docs/award.pdf online (Adobe Acrobat Reader required).
--Steve Sandoval
The snakes are out and about
The snakes are out. Biologists from Ecology (ESH-20) would like to remind all Laboratory employees that it is that time of year again when we will start encountering more snakes, including rattlesnakes. While there are two species of rattlesnakes commonly found in our area, the majority of snakes are nonvenomous. However, treat all snakes with the utmost caution. If a nuisance snake is located in your area, please contact Johnson Controls Northern New Mexico Pest Control for removal (7-8043). And remember, snakes keep the rodent populations down, in turn reducing the spread of hantavirus and plague. So please don't kill the snakes. If you have any questions about snakes, contact Tim Haarmann of ESH-20 at 7-5019. |
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