ALA/TLA Reminder

Greetings,

This is just a quick reminder to all staff that if you wish to attend ALA (June 24-29, 2010 in Washington D.C.) or TLA (April 14 -17, 2010 in San Antonio) the deadline for submitting the relevant sheet of questions is this Friday (2/19/10). These need to be submitted to your supervisor and to the Chief of Central Services. Thus far, I have only seen one request. While money is very limited, there are some funds to assist with financing these trips.

The original e-mail with the attached questions was sent out by Paty on 1/29/2010. I will resend this today so that everyone has easy access to these.

Thanks,

Mike VC

Overtime Opportunities at HMRC

Overtime Opportunity!

As many of you know, HMRC is in the midst of moving their collections into the new wing. They have received permission to pay overtime to 5 staff members to work on Saturday, February 6. The hours will be from 9 - 6. Types of duties include:

• Shelving bound journals and books on carts in preparation for move to new wing;
• Sorting maps by county, size, and year;
• Moving lightweight materials into the new wing;
• Applying labels on shelves in the new wing;
• Securing barcodes and labels that are in danger of falling off;

This overtime opportunity is open to non-supervisory staff in pay grades 13 and lower.

Please contact Kemo Curry before noon on Friday. Email her at kemo.curry@cityofhouston.net or call x31662 to submit your name if you are interested in working overtime this Saturday. She will get back in touch by 2 pm as to whether or not you have been selected.

Thanks,

Mike Van Campen
Chief of Central Services

A Huge Thank You to CEN Staff and Managers

Greetings,

I apologize for not posting recently to this blog and for being seemingly non-existent at Central. I just wanted to write a quick post thanking you all for the incredible work you continue to do day to day. I know that things are tough and that you face difficult situations daily. I personally am beyond impressed with the grace and courtesy with which these difficulties are handled. Thank you for that.

I also wanted to thank the Central managers. They have really been asked to step up in my absence and have done a wonderful job.

I really miss meeting with staff at all levels on a regular basis and hearing feedback, concerns, and ideas from front line staff. Some time in the next few weeks, I would like to set up meetings so that I can chat openly with all staff and you can share feedback with me. Be watching this space for more information on this. In the meantime, again, I extend a thank you and my appreciation for your hard work.

Thanks,

Mike Van Campen