NPPS Leadership Team

[Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com>]

Hi Gene,

Thanks. As I said, we are not in a position to offer a plan on Monday. I sent the statement I gave them which I think should be what we say in the meeting, if we're actually called on to say something. If they say in response that they need an actual plan with FTEs/yr for 5 years by July 1 or something, that's fine, we can give an estimate then, which as you say will still be imprecise as we're just getting started.

  Torre

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 10:53 AM Van Buren, Gene <gene AT bnl.gov> wrote:

Hi, Torre

I'm at BNL on Monday. I usually have a 1pm meeting but could skip it for this (oddly enough, my normal 1pm meeting is weekly in room 1-0224, so there seems to be a room conflict).

Sending this out 1 work day before the meeting seems rather short notice to prepare a 5+ year plan! At the minimum as I understand it, we (NPPS) have the intent & interest to obtain 2 FTEs at the postdoc level through either LDRD or PD which we can pencil in for 3 years, and I would suggest to retain that level through all 5 years, unless we have some topic(s) for which we could increase that number. Suggestions? It's quite possible that members of the group come up with additional LDRD/PD-fundable projects, but I'm unaware of anything else on the drawing board right now.

-Gene


> On Jun 21, 2019, at 10:32 AM, Torre Wenaus via Phys-npps-mgmt-l <phys-npps-mgmt-l AT lists.bnl.gov> wrote:
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> with the interesting attachment...
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> On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 10:17 AM Torre Wenaus <wenaus AT gmail.com> wrote:
> I cannot attend this, I'll be running a meeting at NYU. Gene can you attend? The message I gave them is
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> "I cannot attend, I will be running a meeting at NYU. I will have someone attend in my place, our message will simply be we are a new group and are developing our plan now, including seeking program development support for our priority new activities of DUNE and sPHENIX+EIC.
>    Torre"
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> Background info on it (this is all I have):
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> This message is being sent on behalf of: Berndt Mueller:
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> RE:  Information on the June 24th, investment meeting
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> The Lab is holding a Strategic Planning Workshop for the science directorates on July 2. The workshop will be attended by members of the Policy Council, Science Chairs, and various Business Office staff. The objectives of the workshop include identifying the BNL Science direction in the current fiscal environment, boundary conditions for anticipated FY20/21 budgets, as well as discussion of the prioritized list of areas for research investment and on mission support focus areas needed to advance the Science strategy.
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> In order to prepare for this workshop, we first need to update the NPP priorities for investments in our science program for FY 2020, with an outlook of at least 5 years. You should bring into the Monday meeting a list of your group’s investment needs and priorities for the next five years with a rough estimate of the required investment by year. All investment items should be accompanied by a rough estimate of the amount and time scale of the expected ROI. The latest version of our 5-year investment file is attached for your information. You should not feel bound by this, but it may be useful as a starting point. One aspect to consider is that Instrumentation Division will not be considered as a part of NPP this year.
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> Berndt
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>   Torre
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> From: Capasso, Frances <capasso AT bnl.gov>
> Date: Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 8:35 AM
> Subject: Investment Plan to align w/DOE's vision
> To: Davoudiasl, Hooman <hooman AT bnl.gov>, Raju Venugopalan <raju.venugopalan AT gmail.com>, Wenaus,Torre J <wenaus AT bnl.gov>
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> Hi,
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> Please come prepared to discuss your long term investment needs that aligns with DOE’s programmatic vision.
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> If you are unable to attend, kindly designate an alternate to come prepared with same.
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> Fran
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