EN-GMS Group Meeting S. Prodon –
CERN News (General) New structure 2016
CERN News (General) MTP approved Reduction of contributions by 60 MCHF in 2015 to compensate for the impact of the CHF SHIP, TSR and HIE Isolde Phase 3 not included Cut 10% in fellows budget Brochure & video «Doing business with CERN» New Grey Book (approved experiments & projects) : Pakistan as associated member state Applications from India & Azerbaijan
CERN News (General) New policy for posters (approval process, time limits, defined places) Recall campaign for gas bottles (up to 30-sep-15) Lync is becoming “Skype for Business” (upgrade mid-October) Financial and reputational risks for illegal use of software T. Cass is replacing Ph. Lebrun as chairman of SAPOCO LS2 Days on Sep 15
CERN News (scientific matters) AD : In a recent Nature article, the BASE collaboration reported the most precise comparison of the charge-to-mass ratio of the proton to its antimatter equivalent, the antiproton The LHCb experiment at CERN has made the first measurement at a hadron collider of decays of B mesons that have already shown possible deviations from the predictions of the Standard Model in earlier studies at an electron-positron collider. LHCbStandard Model Start-up of the AWAKE equipment installation phase
CERN News (scientific matters) Additional event recorded in OPERA (5 in total vs 10 expected) LHC machine : 3 to 4 fb -1 delivered to experiments in 2015 instead of 10 fb -1 CMS magnet cryo-system problem fixed for the moment. Major intervention in the end-of-the- year technical stop
CERN News (HR Matters) Indefinite Contract Review exercise in progress VIA selection will start this week 5YR: proposals from the Management to be presented at the TREF on 30-oct-15 HR meeting on 1-oct-15
EN-GMS News Evacuation Pavillon 112: new roof to be installed for January Car fleet : new GPS tracking system Smartphones < 200 CHF under Group responsibility but order through EN Desktop Support GS consolidation plan : Group feed-back before end September Procedure for small purchases (agreement procurement service beforehand) except for entertainment expenses (see rules in e-guide)
EN-GMS News Next visits: MEDICIS with operational robots (November) Microcosm new exhibition (December)