UEC Monthly Meeting

Tuesday 26 Mar 2024, 13:00 → 17:05 US/Central

Jane Nachtman

UEC Monthly meeting on Zoom. See email announcement for link.  In person participants can meet in WH13SW The Disappearance Room

Live notes

1 Directorate

Speakers: Bonnie Fleming (Fermilab), Gregory Bock (Fermilab)

2 Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting

Speakers: Scarlet Norberg (FNAL), Scarlet Norberg (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez)

3 Report from GovRel

Speakers: David Yu, Kevin Pedro (Fermilab)

- DC trip
   - 71 total participants
   - Travel & hotel bookings ~done
   - Sent to print: folders, short packets, long packets, budget cheat sheet. Print jobs are done, boxes to be shipped this week to URA
   - Still to print: district letters
   - Executive branch meetings scheduled
   - Congressional meetings assigned
   - WHIPS updated to generate meeting invitation letters automatically
   - Last of 4 training sessions on Wednesday 
      - 1:
         - Introduction to HEP Advocacy (Kevin Pedro)
         - The D.C. Trip: What to Expect (Ashley Back)
         - WHIPS 1: Profiles & Connections (Fernanda Psihas)
      - 2: 
         - The US and DOE Budgeting Process (Gina Rameika)
         - 2023 P5: What's New? What's Not? (Hitoshi Murayama)
         - "The Ask" (Leland Cogliani)
      - 3: 
         - WHIPS 2: Meetings & Grant Letters (Justin Vasel)
         - How To Set Up Meetings (Rob Fine)
         - Updated Materials + Wiki Resources (Kiley Kennedy)
      - 4: 
         - WHIPS 3: Secondaries & Reports (Justin Vasel)
         - How To Run A Meeting (Breese Quinn)
         - Best Practices in Science Communication (Kirsty Duffy)
         - Final Reminders (David Yu)
 

4 Report from Washington

Lewis & Burke Associates

Speakers: Josh Harder, Leland Cogliani (Lewis-Burke Associates)

DOE HEP Snapshot March 2024.pdf

5 Report from FSPA

Speakers: Adam Quinn (Fermilab), Elena Pinetti (Fermilab), Ishanee Pophale (Lancaster University), Michael Balcewicz (Fermilab), Thomas Murphy

6 Report from QoL

Speaker: Thomas Carroll (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

7 Report from EPE

Speaker: Barbara Yaeggy (University of Cincinnati)

14:55 Break

8 Users Meeting

Speakers: Mary Anne Cummings (Cummings), Mary Anne Cummings (Muons, Inc.), Prabhjot Singh (Queen Mary University of London, UK), Sophie Middleton (Caltech)