Dear Group,

Thanks to everyone who helped tidy the lab today.  We got rid of some of the crap, now sitting in the hallway to be picked up.  Please continue the housecleaning and maintain the tidiness since next Fri 5 Feb will be the Lab Open House.  The event will be from 3-5pm and we'll have champagne, fruit, cheese and the like.  The entire faculty are invited, as well as Facilities, the Cohen/Heller/Shakhnovich groups, Tony Shaw and Allen Aloise.

Oh, you might as well pretty up for the event since we'll be taking the group photo after the party.  And last but not least, we have 9 chair races to run (I'll have sweat towels and first aid kit on hand).

-Anna

P.S.  There's still plenty of pizza, rolls and some salad left in the big office, so you have a reason to work over the weekend.  :)


On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:12 PM, Anna B. Shin <anna@chemistry.harvard.edu> wrote:
Dear Group,

Just a reminder that tomorrow Fri 29 Jan is our Lab Housecleaning event.  It shouldn't take us long to clean/unpack/organize our individual desk space (if you haven't already), as well as the common areas in each office/bay.  We need volunteers for the latter.  We should decide collectively where to store/place specific group items/equipment.  For instance, the PCs/scanners might be moved to another desk space depending on where the new fridge will be placed.  Please start as soon as you get in, ideally finishing before 3pm group meeting so we can have pizza afterward.

A few things:

We have a labelmaker (I think Sigi has it now) to label the file cabinets/shelves that hold the group items, office and computer supplies.  We should also label the phone handsets (if haven't already) with the new lab phone numbers.

I have Sharpies to label the group reference books if haven't already done so.  We should organize them by first author.  :)

We also got a poster storage file to keep our posters neatly organized.  It's the large box in my office.

The coffee machine and cups/supplies are quite dirty too so that should be cleaned.  We should have a sponge and Ivory dish detergent somewhere.

Shopping list:

We ordered 5 poster travel tubes w/ carrying straps to use when you present at conferences.  They're a little pricey so we need to keep track of them.  If you lose one, I will request partial compensation for the replacement ($20) and put the money towards the fund we use for tequila.  :)

We have 2 new computers that are still in their box.  Ask Alan if you need to replace your current machine.

If you didn't get one of the new monitors and want one, then please let me know.  If you need a connector/card/power source/etc, please let me know.  It would be ideal to buy everything in a single run to Microcenter.

Any news on the fridge?  Where are the group copy cards?  I need to fill them or get replacements if lost.  How about the laser pointer and wireless presenter?  I have a couple more laser pointers.  Let's locate these items and put them in a safe place.

What else?

Thanks!
Anna


Anna B. Shin
Laboratory Administrator
Aspuru-Guzik Research Group
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
12 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

617.496.9964 office
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