How a Research Lab Operates

1.1. [U] Weekly meetings

General rules of weekly meetings:

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  Before the meeting, review the project status and formulate meeting agenda in the TPS report (see example later).
  
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  Do not be late. It destroys the atmosphere and makes logistics more difficult. For example, important announcements are often made in the beginning of the meeting. If you are late, get an update from someone on what you missed and send a note of explanation and apology to the person in charge of the meeting.
  
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  Bring pen and paper (or your favorite PDA) to keep track of discussion.
  
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  Bring the folder and/or the lab notebook in which you record, accumulate, and sort everything related to the project.
  
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  Tasks are assigned during meetings. Once assigned a task, it becomes your responsibility to remember it and see it to completion – without reminders from the advisor and project leader.
  

1.2.[U] Weekly reports

Memo
Date: June 22, 2003

From: Alexander Mamishev, SEAL Director

Re: New Cover Sheet for TPS Reports
Dear SEAL students:
This memorandum prescribes a specific format for the SEAL Technical Progress Status (TPS) reports. The weekly reports are due at 6 pm on the day before the corresponding weekly meeting. Not submitting the report will result in six bosses visiting your cubicle, among other things. The format follows:
TPS Weekly Report

Date: 01/01/01

Meeting participants:

Joe Doe (management role), John Doe (management role), Dow Jones (management role)

Tasks of the past week:

Task	Assigned to	Status
Receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry	Joe Doe	Nominated
Something else	Alex Mamishev	Completed

Tasks of the next week:

Task	Assigned to	Status
Achieve World Peace	John Doe	Sent to negotiate with world leaders

Meeting agenda:

Discussion items:

1. Measurements

2. …
Manuscripts in progress:

Conference papers, Journal paper, Progress reports (authors, titles, targets)	Submission deadlines, current status
Nanotechnology conference paper	Version 3.2 completed, needs further proofreading

Applications due in the next 3 months:

(awards, scholarships, proposals)

Group member performance:

Name	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	…
John	3	5	2	1	fired
Judy	3	4	5	5	5	2	5	4	5

Miscellaneous:

Miscellaneous items.

Directory: research
research -> Charter School Enrollment Data Annual Report
research -> Lyra Viol Composers
research -> Geographies of Race and Food
research -> Author (s) title
research -> The Media and Intercollegiate Sports
research -> Project Title: Research and Development for goes-r risk Reduction Principal Investigator
research -> Why Everyday Life Matters: Class, Community and Making Life Livable Les Back
research -> Ecocritique and the Materialities of Animation

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