Well, I doubted from the start whether I would be able to post one blog a day for year. It lasted for one and half month. That is one month more than I expected. Yet, I am a bit disappointed.
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Many meetings again today. One of them was a discussion group about the staff survey that was conducted few months ago.
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Other than project planning (yep! not done yet), I met with two of my team members today. Well, I did not physically meet them. One meeting was by videoconference, the other was on the phone. They are both based in Chile.
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The end of the planning madness is still far but I am starting to see the light. The F2 plan is completed and I used it as a template for the NICI data reduction software plan. A couple more plans are done too. I still have several more to go, including two big ones, but still, I am pretty happy with the progress made.
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Wow! This blog is quite a commitment. No, I am not about to quit, though part of me wished I could. But I happened to be stubborn.
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Today I had a dinner party at a friend’s and colleague’s place. Before dinner, he received a call: it was the summit calling.
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Almost a whole day spent on a single project plan. And I am not completely done! I hope it pays off in the long run.
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Four and half hours of meetings. I would say that only one of those hours was useful, or at least useful to me. And we wonder why things do not get done.
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The day started with a seminar from a candidate for the Deputy Director position, followed by a science staff meeting with controversial topics. That was good fuel for a full day of water cooler discussions.
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Today I focused on catching up with the material we will present at the data reduction pipeline project PDR (Preliminary Design Review) later this month.
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