MPI-CBG LMF short strategy points
From BioDIP
WARNING!!!! ...no official policy here.... just Dan thinking about stuff....
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Facility Aims
- Enable better quality and higher output of science than if did facility did not exist
- Cutting edge tech - well trained staff - extract max potential from tech
- A facility not a service
- Equal access to all
Problem - Coming Situation
- Increasing equipment/staff ratio = decreased user response time and inequality of service
- SAB says Services and Facilities should not increase in size.
Food queue analogy: Equipment/Users = those in queue. Staff = Cooks. Even with more fancy ovens, cooks only push out food so fast. If more queuing items -> queue gets longer -> slower response time = user frustration and service inequality
Recharge Mechanism
- Shows where demand is.
- Resources should follow demand
- Resources are limited and must be allocated according to demand and other criteria (eg?)
Conundrum
SAB says no more staff in services and facilities - but recharge mechanism and equipment/staff ratio indicate requirement for more staff.
Solutions
- Retire older - less used - LMF equipment
- Reduces equipment/staff ratio
- Support for some systems is lost.
- Use staff resources more efficiently
- Wiki to share/retain info for staff and users
- Share user project information within the team (UP: emails to lmf and ipf)
- internal training to increase bus number
- more small group teaching
- Find a way to hire more staff
- SAB report suggests against this
- resources are limited
- but when directors want something - they find ways to make it happen.
- Redefine LMF responsibilities
- teaching and training
- research of new technology.
- only or also support new or old technology
- Do or Don't get involved in user projects at the experimental design / equipment choice level