Re: Lab Bins and Lockers!

Hi Mary,

Happy new year.  I am so glad that the lab is open now.  Great job by the team to have many tools functioning when the lab reopened.  As I was covering fro another colleague of mine who had to go on leave of absence, I was unable to help out during the transition.  I will be able to do some work going forward.  Please let me know if you need any help.

I would like to keep the bin I have in the litho area.  Mihir also has lab bins and we would like to retain those under Intermolecular account as we have other users from Intermolecular (Ludwig & Aleta and Xuena).  I will fill out the paperwork when you post the link. 

Regards,

Usha

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Mary Tang <mtang@stanford.edu> wrote:

Dear labmembers --

We know this is a subject that is dear to your hearts:  storage bins.  We have had two problems with bin management that we hope to address this year.  First, there never seems to be enough bins.  Actually, with 300 bins in the lab, there should be enough to supply one for every labmember who spends more than even just 5 hours/month in the lab.  The issue has been staying on top with labmembers who are not very active or who have left.  Second (and actually a more serious problem) is that unless a bin subscription is actively canceled or transferred, we may continue to bill expired accounts.  Although it's not a lot of money, it creates some really serious accounting problems.

So, starting this year, we will be requiring each labmember to actively renew their bin or locker subscriptions each month.  It will be a simple online procedure, but you have to verify that you are still using the bin or locker and that you are accepting this charge on your project. Bins and lockers that are not renewed may be reassigned.  And you can transfer your bin assignment to a labmate, if you like.  As before, bin and locker assignments are subject to availability -- and active lab use by the individual labmember, as defined by equipment enabling.

We will begin assigning lab bins on Wednesday, Feb. 22.  In general, priority will be given to labmembers who capped in Oct/Nov before shutdown; those who are actively using the lab right now (i.e., enabling tools for hours, as opposed to minutes); and those wonderful souls who helped with the lab shutdown and startup.

In the meantime, if you are working in the lab this weekend, you may bring your personal items into the lab and place them temporarily in one empty bin, provided you leave a note clearly showing your Coral ID and contact info.  Be aware, though, that bins will be assigned randomly so that you should move/remove your belongings by Wednesday when assignments begin.

Thanks for your patience and cooperation as we work on this new system --

Your SNF staff