<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">David Volz</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:dvolz@ucr.edu">dvolz@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 8:38 PM<br>Subject: [Envisci-faculty] Update on David Lyons' position<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:envisci-faculty@lists.ucr.edu">envisci-faculty@lists.ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>Effective July 1, 2020, I took over as David Lyons’ direct supervisor, as Jim and I agreed that, moving forward, the department chair should fulfill this role since 1) the ESRL and David’s position serves the department and 2) David's salary and benefits are covered by the department (via our permanent budget) and Dean’s office, respectively.  With that said, over the last couple of weeks I have been working with David to clarify my expectations as well as address a handful of issues, including ensuring that his current responsibilities are aligned with his position description.  </div><div><br></div><div>As a full-time UC employee (Lab Assistant III), alignment of responsibilities with the position description is critical since David is represented by the TX union and any major revisions to his position description would require reclassification of his position (which we don’t have the budget to support).  <font face="ArialMT">Therefore, in addition to recent correspondence with David via email, I met with David via Zoom </font><span style="font-family:ArialMT">this afternoon </span><span style="font-family:ArialMT">to discuss minor revisions to his position description as well as my expectations moving forward.  </span></div><div><font face="ArialMT"><br></font></div><div><font face="ArialMT">Below is a list of expectations and </font><span style="font-family:ArialMT">immediate</span> <span style="font-family:ArialMT">changes that I have communicated to David via email and during our face-to-face meeting:</span></div><div><div style="font-family:ArialMT"><br></div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">- Maintain an active presence during ESRL business hours (7am-3pm daily from Monday through Friday)</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">- Communicate with me in advance about days needed for vacation or sick leave.</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">- Notify ESRL clients (e.g., via a “will return clock” hung on the lab door) when out to lunch and/or on breaks.</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">- Improve communication with all departmental faculty, staff, students, postdocs, and visiting scholars by utilizing a customer-oriented, service-driven approach.</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">- Treat all departmental faculty, staff, students, postdocs, and visiting scholars with courtesy, mutual respect, and dignity.</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT"><br></div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">In addition, effective today David will no longer serve as the lab safety officer for the department (nor serve on the departmental Safety, Space and Equipment Committee), as this responsibility was not included within his original position description and faculty are responsible for ensuring that their labs comply with EH&S safety guidelines via annual self-inspections.  EH&S will continue to conduct annual lab inspections, so EH&S can directly communicate with faculty about potential corrective actions if any are needed.  That way, David can exclusively focus on supporting the department via ESRL-specific activities.</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT"><br></div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">While David is a valued member of the department and his position is vital for continued ESRL operation and maintenance, my hope is that these changes will help improve his relations with you and your research personnel while also minimizing conflicts moving forward.  However, if you or your research personnel run into issues that can’t be resolved directly with David, please let me know immediately (via email) so I can intervene as his supervisor.  Likewise, I have told David to let me know if he has concerns about ESRL clients that do not treat him with respect and/or do not follow policies/SOPs established within the ESRL.</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT"><br></div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">Please let me know if you have any concerns and/or suggestions.</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT"><br></div><div style="font-family:ArialMT">Dave</div><div style="font-family:ArialMT"><br></div><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">-------------------------------------------------------------<br>David C. Volz, Ph.D.<br>Professor & Chair</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">University of California, Riverside<br>Department of Environmental Sciences<br>Riverside, CA 92521<br><br>Office: (951) 827-4450<br><a href="mailto:david.volz@ucr.edu" target="_blank">E-mail: david.volz@ucr.edu</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><a href="http://envisci.ucr.edu/faculty/volz.html" target="_blank">http://envisci.ucr.edu/faculty/volz.html</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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