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[Gustaaf Brooijmans <gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu>]

Hello all,

An update:
-6.4.1 and 6.4.3 look good to me.  Please file 6.4 asap, should now be easy.

-6.6 and 6.6.1: For sMDT the report does not seem to have anything to do 
with the variance.  The variance is the $389k in positive cost variance, 
but there's no word on that in the report...

-6.8 looks good

Thanks,

Gustaaf


> On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 6:00 PM Gustaaf Brooijmans 
> <gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu <mailto:gusbroo AT nevis.columbia.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>     Hello all,
>
>     A friendly reminder that March variance reports are due!
>
>     Here are some comments:
>
>     -6.4: nothing yet!?
>
>     -6.5: typo do => due; (other comments are in L3 parts below)
>        *6.5.1: the cumulative SV is below $100k, so no need to comment on
>     that (and we generally only comment when required); for the corrective
>     action I would replace "The variance will be corrected " with "The
>     accruals will be corrected "
>        *6.5.3: it's perfectly ok to copy from previous months, but is "The
>     pre-MREFC phase of the project is now nearing completion. " still
>     accurate?
>
>     -6.6 and 6.6.1 are missing
>        *6.6.3: what does the irradiation have to do with the cost variance?
>     "We did not hire an engineer and most design/test work was done by our
>     students. " is very problematic: to explain the contribution from
>     scientific labor, iit had to be made clear that there are two
>     *distinct*
>     categories of work: one done by engineers and techs, and one done by
>     physicists, and these do not overlap.  If the students in question are
>     engineering students we're ok, but in any case we cannot write that.
>     Also, does that amount to $140k?
>        *6.6.5: maybe explicitly say September 2021 and November 2021?
>
>     -6.8 and 6.8.2 are missing
>        *6.8.3: NSF doesn't want it, so no need to put it in IPD, but can
>     you
>     comment by email on the positive cost variance?
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Gustaaf
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