Trip encumberment

I spoke with Natasha Roth regarding trip reimbursement / encumberment. She stated that I can apply for a trip reimbursement through the Procurement System, and that whenever she does so prior to the trip occuring, she is called by the final approver and told to instead re-do it once the trip is completed. I still will need to fill out an "Application to Attend a Conference" form and have it signed by the Chair. But then afterwards, upon return, I will apply for reimbursement.

Human Resources and Leave Time

This is probably pretty late in the game to be figuring this sort of stuff out. But here it is for my own reference. I accumulate as a FT CLT 1 2/3 days per month sick leave, an can hold up to 160 days. I receive 4 unscheduled Holidays per year that can't be held over, they expire within the year. I also receive 1 1/4 days of annual leave per month, which comes out to 15 days a year. No more than 45 days can be held or carried over a year. A year runs from September 1st through to August 31st. This is per Ms. Rosanne Scalice in HR (6525).

NAGT Meeting

Prof. Christensen told me about this National Association of Geoscience Teachers meeting up at Lamont-Doherty in Pallisades.

http://stevekluge.com/nagt/

http://www.nagt.org/

Sounds like it will be useful. I will present our KBCC Summer Program results as a poster there. Prof. Christensen noted that the field trips look the most promising. There is one to a location where you can collect flourescent minerals, and another to an old mine where you can collect magnetite from the tailings. There will also be a talk by Wally Broecker, a wisened one who gave a talk at The Oralando OSM 2008. Should be plenty good. Prof. Christensen said that she will be at Lamont running samples that weekened anyway. I will apply for trip expenses through the department.