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Vol. 12, No. 31

5 August 1977

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

AN INTERVIEW WITH VALERIE FRIESEN AND ANGELA LANGNER, EMPLOYMENT COORDINATORS

The imposing bulletin board in the office ofValerie Friesen and Angela Langner is covered withsome 80 index cards, each of which names a projector task that needs to be done, is in progress, orhas been completed. By reading the cards, one getsan idea not only of the great amount of work thatAngie and Valerie are undertaking, but also of thewide range of duties that they have as our employ-ment coordinators in the Personnel Office. Thefact that only six of the cards fall under the "done"category does not seem to discourage them. Valsays, "We see room for improvement in many aspectsof our employment policies and procedures. Manyof the changes we will be making will affect thestaff, and we welcome suggestions from them."

The position of employment coordinator wasadvertised recently for one full-time person or twohalf-time people applying as a team. Valerie andAngie, who had worked together for six years in thepersonnel department of United Bank of Denver,applied as a team and were hired a month ago.Valerie's face is already a familiar one to anumber of staff members because she has been our. acting employment coordinator since March. Bothshe and Angie agree that having known each otherand having worked together before makes sharing ajob like theirs much easier, especially during thefirst several weeks. "Our goal is to become organ-ized so that the two of us can act more or less asone," Val says. Angie adds, "We also get thebenefit of having two viewpoints about any problemand being able to talk together about possiblesolutions." Their job is one of several sharedpositions at NCAR; the others include securitysupervisor, security guard, secretary, employmentassistant, and switchboard operator.

As employment coordinators, Angie and Val areresponsible for the design, development, implementa-tion, and administration of our employment program.That program, they explain, should meet the needsof NCAR management and comply with equal opportunity,affirmative action, and other legal requirements,including recruiting, selection, transfer, andtermination procedures. Val and Angie also super-vise the employment unit in the Personnel Office,which will eventually include two employmentadministrators and an employment assistant. Theadministrators will be primarily responsible forcoordinating all efforts needed to fill vacantpositions, including recruiting, interviewing, and

Angela LcInneA (ZCe~t) and Vaie-de Fxiezsen di~cusstv-L~ion,6 iny NCAR's enipZoyment pu'c.dwteA. (Photo

by lRobe".t Bump" .)

selecting qualified applicants to refer to hiringsupervisors; the employment assistant will screenapplicants and manage the voluminous application-processing system. Marsha Hanson, who is nowassistant employment coordinator, is being promotedto administrator, and another administrator is beingrecruited. The employment unit is one of threeunits in Personnel; the other two are compensationand benefits and equal employment/employee relations.The entire office is under the supervision of BillCurtis, director of Personnel/Equal OpportunityPrograms.

Among the employment unit's top priorities areto streamline employment procedures; improve jobdescriptions for use in hiring, performance evalua-tion, setting salaries, and counseling; improve ourrecruiting program; devise an orientation program fornew employees; and devise a program for employeeswho are terminating, which would include exitinterviews, counseling, and out-placement assistancefor those who are laid off.

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This Week in StJ N.ote6...

An Interview with Valerie Friesen and Angela Langner Announcements Job OpeningsDelphi Questions and Answer Visitors Calendar Notes

2/Staff Notes/5 August 1977

Val calls herself a "personnel generalist." Shehas been involved in personnel work since obtaininga B.S. degree in business administration in 1963from the University of Colorado. In fact, her firstjob was with NCAR as a personnel assistant from1964 to 1968. In that position, she developed afiling system for job applications, interviewedapplicants, and helped develop a salary administra-tion program. For the next nine years, she was withthe personnel department at United Bank of Denver,first as an employment interviewer for six years andthen as a personnel consultant. Her responsibilitiesas personnel consultant ran the gamut from trainingadministrators in personnel management to keeping thebank's subsidiaries informed of the latest develop-ments in federal and state employers' regulations.

Angie also had a variety of responsibilities atUnited Bank of Denver, where she worked for six years.She began there in 1971 as a screening interviewerand was promoted to employment interviewer,

employment counselor, and finally personnelconsultant and affirmative action administrator forUnited Banks of Colorado, Inc., as well as forUnited Bank of Denver. Before joining the bank,Angie was director of religious education at OurLady of Fatima Catholic Church in Lakewood; inthat job she recruited, interviewed, and hired50 teachers and planned and directed programs fortraining teachers and teaching children. Beforethat, Angie taught in Catholic elementary schoolsin Colorado. She holds a B.A. degree in sociologyfrom Regis College.

Angie and Val will be alternating schedulesonce each month; one will work Mondays, Tuesdays,and Wednesdays, and the other will work Wednesdays,Thursdays, and Fridays. Their hours are 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.; however, the employment unit is openfor business from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. as usual.Their office is Mesa Lab room 150F (in the PersonnelOffice complex); the phone extension is 561. 9 LM

DELPHI QUESTIONS AND ANSWER

Q. I am distressed that the Employee ActivitiesCommittee (EAC) scheduled a hospitality evening atCoors Brewery while that company is struck and evenmore distressed that the announcement circulated tostaff and visitors makes no mention of that fact.I have been told by someone who obtained ticketsthat the tickets present the Coors company's warningof the fact and the Coors company's clear bias: thetickets inform ticket holders that they will have tocross picket lines and suggest that the ticketholders may be subject to "abuse or foul languagefrom the picketers.

Since the EAC is a semi-official body, thescheduling of a hospitality evening during thestrike could certainly look like NCAR is takingsides in a labor dispute. The EAC refuses to sponsorpolitical organizations at NCAR, and the ConferenceOffice will not permit political organizations touse NCAR meeting rooms. A labor dispute is anessentially political issue. There are people work-ing at NCAR who are opposed to unions and there arepeople working at NCAR who refuse to cross unionpicket lines, and there are all shades of opinion inbetween. Without a majority vote of the staff onpolitical questions, NCAR's staff representatives

Staff Nota is published weekly by the PublicationsOffice of the National Center for AtmosphericResearch, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307.

Editor: Lynne MesirowWriters: Merry Maisel, Lynne MesirowProduction Assistants: Jan Emery, Janis Romancik

Copy deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday for publica-tion on Friday. Office: Mesa Laboratory room 259.Phone: (303) 494-5151, ext. 644.

should not take upon themselves the authority torepresent NCAR as having a position on thosequestions, either directly or by inference.

At the opening of the GATE workshop, StanRuttenberg announced the evening at Coors andmentioned that the decision to cross or not to crosspicket lines would be an individual one. But thedecision to schedule the hospitality evening is notan individual decision. It is that decision withwhich I take issue. In effect, the EAC is sponsor-ing a political demonstration by those who wish tocross picket lines. With equal justice, thoseopposed to crossing lines might ask the EAC tosponsor a demonstration of some kind for their pointof view.

I would like to see this statement and an EACresponse published in Staff Note.

Q. I was very distressed to receive an announce-ment from the EAC about the tour they are sponsoringof the Coors Brewery.

As you may know, Coors is on strike, and it isnot a simple wage dispute. Among the issues thestriking workers are concerned with are some im-portant human rights/civil rights issues--likewhether or not the company has the right to requirelie detector tests as a condition of employment andcontinued employment. (For some more details onthese issues, see the current New Times magazine.)

Can't the EAC postpone its outing until thestrike issues are settled? Otherwise, it ispossible that some may construe NCAR's participationas an endorsement of Coors and its policies.

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3/Staff Notes/5 August 1977

Q. I heard that NCAR (through the EAC) wassponsoring a party at Coors Brewery, where, as iswidely known, some of the workers are on strike.Organizing a party at Coors, which by necessitywill have to go through picket lines, comes justshort, it seems to me, of actually ORGANIZING ABREAKING of these picket lines.

The argument that every person (visitor oremployee at NCAR) will choose for himself or herselfto go through these picket lines is misleading becausethe event is sponsored, organized, planned, andendorsed by NCAR. To go and visit Coors on thecompany-organized tours, as an individual, is onething. It is another matter to have a federallyfunded agency choose to organize an event which willbreak a picket line. By doing so NCAR, possiblyinadvertently, takes sides in a political-socialconflict--the side of Coors company.

A. The EAC began negotiations for a hospitalitytour of Coors Brewery over a year ago. The EAC doesnot feel that, because the evening happens to takeplace during a strike, NCAR is taking a position onthe issue. Accepting oAr declining the invitationat this point in time would be "choosing sides" intheir labor dispute, but this is not the EAC's

intent. We only wished it to be an enjoyable activityfor NCAR staff and visitors. The omission of Coor'sstrike conditions on a memo distributed NCAR-widewas an oversight. Since the EAC is not politicallyoriented, the strike was not felt to be a primaryconcern; it was assumed that most people already hadsome knowledge of it. Each person who expressed aninterest in attending, however, was informed of thestrike conditions upon receiving tickets.

The GATE Workshop's decision to plan an eveningat Coors should be considered separately, sincetheir activity, scheduled for 2 August, is in no wayrelated to the EAC's date of 30 July.

Empoyee Activities Committee

Editorial note: The EAC evening at Coors took place,as planned, on 30 July.

Quetions and suggestions tom the staf tomanagement may be submitted in conidence to theDephi Coordinator, Suzanne van Scotte. Questionand answeu o6 geneaat inteuet to the staf atesubmitted to Staff Notes by Suzanne unues thequestionea says she may not. They may be summaxizedand edited 6or eadabitity before publication. e

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SAFETY SHOE VAN

The safety shoe van will be at the Mesa Labora-tory's shipping and receiving area on Monday,8 August, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. In orderto obtain a pair of shoes, you will need a purchaserequisition approved by your supervisor.

PAINTINGS BY NATIVE AMERICANS DISPLAYED

Paintings by two Native American artists,Benjamin Buffalo and Rance Hood, are being exhibitedduring August in the second-floor exhibit area of theMesa Laboratory.

A member of the Southern Cheyenne Tribe, Buffalowas born in Clinton, Oklahoma. He has studied atthe Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe,New Mexico; the San Francisco Institute of Art;Southwestern State College, Weatherford, Oklahoma;and the University of Oklahoma. Buffalo usesphotographs as inspiration for his paintings; hecollects historic photos of his tribe and alsotakes his own photos at powwows and other socialgatherings. Buffalo's work has been accepted fornational competitive exhibitions of Indian art,and he participated in a touring exhibition ofalumni of the Institute of American Indian Artorganized by the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art

Sin Fort Worth, Texas.

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Hood is a Comanche and was born near Cache,Oklahoma. A self-taught artist, he uses methodsof both traditional and modern Indian artists, andhis works are often theatrical, surrealistic, andmystical. His paintings and sculptures are dis-played in many museums and private collections, andhe has won three grand awards at Indian art exhibitsin Oklahoma.

This exhibit was arranged by Melvyn Shapiro ofNCAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE CRAY

Tours of the Computing Facility machine room,including the new CRAY-1 computer, have begun andwill be given Monday through Friday at 9:00 and10:00 a.m. for the next month or so. The maximumtour group size is ten persons. Call the ComputingFacility receptionist at ext. 519 to reserve a place,or just show up outside the double doors at theentrance to room 29 in the first basement of theMesa Laboratory. The tour will take in all theequipment in the computer room.

Later in the summer an evening open house willbe scheduled for staff members and their familiesto tour the facility. The time will be announcedin Staff Note.

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4/Staff Notes/5 August 1977

WHO TO CALL FOR TEMPORARY CLERICAL HELP

Beginning Monday, 8 August, scheduling of NCAR'sfloating secretary; casual, will-call-as-neededsecretaries; and temporary clerical help from out-side agencies will be handled by Janice Osborne andAnita Vejil-Martinez of the employment unit in thePersonnel/Equal Employment Opportunities Office.Until now, Anne Garrelts, administrative assistantin Personnel, has had that responsibility. If youneed temporary clerical help, please call Janice orAnita at ext. 555 or visit them in Mesa Lab room 150.

UNCLAIMED MAIL

When mail is addressed to individuals at theNCAR address and the addressee cannot be locatedhere, it is brought to the Personnel Office.After two weeks, it is returned to the sender. Mailis now being held for the following people:

Russell R. DickersonKent GroningerW. KellerJohn KutzbachH. M. LedbetterGregg E. MarshallWilliam Moore Jr.Bryan WeareD. Randall

Mail for these people may be claimed fromMickey Romero in the Personnel Office, Mesa Labroom 150. Or, if you know the address or forwardingaddress of an intended recipient, please call Mickeyat ext. 552.

PHONE AND ROOM CHANGES

The following staff members have new phone and/or room numbers. Please correct your NCARVLtec-toMq.

Julia Bartram

William Curtis

Sylvia Darmour

Valerie Friesen

Marsha Hanson

Angela Langner

Mary Trembour

Mark Wharton

*New Computing Facilitynumber exists as yet.

DEPARTURES

Richard Allen

Charles Castillo

Michael Delaney

Dean Hyde

Yohsuke Kamide

Joseph Oliger

William Pennell

Roland Sweet

Mamie Waite

Ext.

450

550

450

561

569

561

450

Room

ML 150D

ML 150E

ML 150F

ML 150E

77-638 PSRB-3 281

visitor area. No room

17 June17 June5 August

22 July

31 July

19 July

25 July

5 August

22 July

PROMOTION

Jane Mayberry: from secretary with the ComputingFacility to administrative secretary with theAdvanced Study Program. ML room 520, ext. 402.

TRANSFER

Fuku Murphy: from secretary with the Aerosol Projectto data clerk with the Research Aviation Facility.ML room 120, ext. 336.

NEW STAFF MEMBERS

Susan Marshall: Electronics assembler with GAMP.PSRB-3 room 215, ext. 77-734.

Beverly Fresquez: Custodian with Plant Maintenance.ML room 043, ext. 341.

VISITORS

SHORT-TERM

Rainer Bleck, University of Miami. Field ofinterest: Numerical weather prediction. 27 July.ML room 314A, ext. 478.-- Melvyn Shapiro, Small-Scale Analysis and PredictionProject

LONG-TERM

Peter Noerdlinger, Michigan State University. Fieldof interest: Particle transport in plasmas.1 August-15 October. HAO room 223, ext. 381-65.-- Joseph Hollweg, High Altitude Observatory

G. V. Rao, St. Louis University. Field of interest:Tropical Meteorology; MONEX. 15 August-30 September.ML room 202A, ext. 236.-- Henry van de Boogaard, GATE

as of 3 August 1977

NCAR is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Women and minority applicants are encouraged to identify themselves.A copy of our Affirmative Action Plan is available for review.

Persons on lay-off status from the NCAR staff who wish to be consideredfor a position are encouraged to contact the &fployment Coordinatorimmediately. If qualified, these persons will be given preference bythe supervisors reviewing applications. Internal and external applicantswill be considered simultaneously for advertised job openings at NCARreceived as of 18 July 1977. For more information, please contact thePersonnel Office (ext. 555 or 569).

REGULAR (Full-time)

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: To provide secretarialsupport for the staff of the Field Observing Facility.Responsibilities include: typing correspondence and

scientific papers including symbols and equations;writing correspondence for supervisor's signature;

taking verbatim oral dictation; handling travel ar-rangements, authorizations and vouchers; maintainingadministrative files and correspondence logs; schedul-ing conference room; typing management, budget and

planning documents; opening incoming mail, reviewingand routing correspondence; act as receptionist; keepappointment calendar; and process purchase requisi-tions and vehicle usage reports. Requirements include:

thorough knowledge of modern office methods and pro-cedures; at least four years of progressive secre-tarial experience; usual office skill; thorough know-ledge of English, spelling, grammar, composition,and arithmetic; ability to establish and maintaingood working relations with people; and ability toeffectively interpret and communicate directives andprocedures. Secretarial/business education may besubstituted for one or two years of experience. Non-exempt range 19. Anticipated hire-in salary: $805-925/month. This position may be filled after 9August 1977. (new policy)

ARCHITECTURAL PLANNER (ENGINEER II): For the Plan-ning and Design Department to prepare documents andreports related to planning/construction of new and

remodeled facilities, including preparation of de-sign sketches, working drawings, specifications,cost estimates, construction inspection and otherduties normally associated with production in thegeneral practice of architecture. Requirementsinclude: B.S. in architecture or architecturalengineering; 4 years of experience under the super-vision of a registered architect; *and demonstratedcapability in the following areas: space planningworking drawings, specifications and cost estimat-ing. Also desirable are a background in remodel-

ing of existing structures and an architect regis-

tration by examination. Samples of applicant'swork may be requested at the time of the interview.Exempt range 56. Anticipated hire-in salary:

13,900-17,400/year. This position may be filledby an in-house applicant after 28 June 1977 orafter 12 July 1977 by an outside applicant.(old policy)

BALLOON TECHNICIAN I: For the National ScientificBalloon Facility in Palestine, TX to assist in thelaunching, tracking and recovery of scientific bal-

loons. Will operate special heavy-duty vehicles, rigparachutes and scientific gondolas. Will be expected

to fly in unpressurized aircraft as an observer. Ex-tensive travel (including trips to foreign countries)of several months duration may be required. Require-ments include: 2 years experience as a heavy vehicleoperator; basic mechanical skills; and ability to do

heavy physical labor and lift 100 pounds. Past exper-ience as a balloon technician is preferred. Hire-insalary: $4.52/hour ($4.75/hour after probation).This position may be filled after 9 August 1977.

(new policy)

ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN II: For the Field ObservingFacility to provide assistance in circuit and hard-ware layout and construction. General duties

include the construction, maintenance and operationof complex digitally-oriented data systems. Willinvolve analog, digital, RF and TV display circuitbreadboarding and testing using skills in drafting,documentation, selecting electronic components,

schematic and blueprint reading. Duties involvelaboratory and field work (away from Boulder asmuch as 4 months each year). Requirements include:3 years of electronic technician experience (aftertechnical training with general electronics) withthe last 2 years in the type of work described

above; good background in various aspects of digitaland microprocessor circuits; willingness to partici-pate in field work; and knowledge and experience inuse of instruments and equipment such as oscillo-scopes, frequency counters, frequency and pulsegenerators, frequency sweepers, spectrum analyzers,strip recorders and impedance bridges. Experiencein assembly language programming, especially onData General computers, is desirable. Educationcannot be substituted for experience. Non-exemptrange 18/19. Anticipated hire-in salary: $9,300-11,500/year. This position may be filled after 2August 1977. (new policy)

SECRETARY: For the Computing Facility to be respon-sible for secretarial support to the Computing Facil-ity staff; will report directly to the Administratorof the Computing Facility. Responsibilities includegeneral typing of letters, reports, invoices andpapers, answering a call director, distribution ofmail and preparation of mailings. Maintains acalendar for a staff of 90; maintains and distributesmanuals to NCAR staff and University visitors; main-tains and updates bulletin boards; and is respon-sible for the office supply room ordering and main-tenance. This person also handles travel arrange-ments for the Computing Facility staff. Require-ments include: knowledge of office practices andprocedures; ability to work well and deal effec-tively with a large, diverse staff in a situationwith constant interruptions; two years of secre-tarial experience with 60 WPM typing ability; andwillingness to learn technical typing. Non-exemptrange 18. Anticipated hire-in salary: $725-835/month. This position may be filled after 2 August1977. (new policy)

PhD. SCIENTIST (2): For the GATE Project. Thisproject is committed to a broadly based researchprogram leading toward improved physical under-standing of tropical convective and mesoscaleweather systems and their interactions with large-scale weather systems. Much effort centers uponthe aircraft data collected in GATE of which proj-ect members have special knowledge. On a longertime scale, this work will phase into and con-tribute to several of NCAR's major goals, includingimproved methods of parameterization of cumulusconvection and boundary layer processes into numer-ical prediction models, improved understanding ofconvective storms and improved understanding of therole of the tropics in climate. The incumbents willbe participating in the work of the GATE Project bydevising and performing original research consistentwith project goals. This research will likelyinclude, but is not limited to, observational anddiagnostic studies of GATE data. Requirementsinclude: PhD in atmospheric science or MS withequivalent experience as evidenced by publicationsand demonstrated capability to conduct originalresearch of high quality in research area encom-passing GATE project. One position is a 1-yearterm appointment that may be renewable for secondyear. Exempt range 58. Anticipated hire-in salary:$17,300-21,650/year. The second position is a 3-

year term appointment. Exempt ranges 58-60.Anticipated hire-in salary: $17,300-26,150/year.These positions may be filled after 16 August 1977.(new policy)

RECEPTIONIST-SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR: Forthe HighAltitude Observatory to serve as receptionist.Will handle distribution of mail, copying and dis-bursement of petty cash. Will maintain officesupply stockroom, file of office keys and coffeeand stamp funds. Will handle 50-station PBXswitchboard until the telephone system is trans-ferred to the NCAR switchboard (in about 6 months).Following this equipment changeover, telephoneduties will involve only transcribing recordedmessages for staff from automatic answering deviceand approximately -time will then be spent onclerical work--typing of letters, memos and reportsand doing filing. Requirements include: 1-2 yearsof clerical work; 50 WPM typing ability; verbalskills to adequately communicate with a widevariety of people; and a basic working knowledgeof grammar and punctuation. Non-exempt range 17.Anticipated hire-in salary: $665-765/month. Thisposition may be filled after 2 August 1977. (newpolicy)

WAGE AND SALARY ADMINISTRATOR: For the Personnel/EOP Department to develop, recommend and administerequitable compensation programs for exempt and non-exempt employees. This position reports to the Com-pensation and Benefits Coordinator. Responsibilitiesinclude: participating in and conducting wage andsalary surveys; interpretation of survey data and,based on analysis of such data, recommend appropriateadjustments to salary ranges and prepare necessarysupportive documents in justification of any rangeadjustments; review and monitor employees' perfor-mance appraisals to ensure consistency of appraisalswith salary administration guidelines; conduct indi-vidual/group meetings to discuss salary guidelines;interpret wage and salary guidelines and counsel andadvise employees at all levels on wage/salary matters;conduct special studies in the area of compensationand recommend revised policies and procedure whichwould improve compensation administration; maintainpertinent salary data and statistics for internaland external reporting purposes; conduct positionevaluations and recommend appropriate range assign-ments for exempt and non-exempt positions; and en-sure compliance with federal and state statutes, con-tractual agreements and equal employment opportunityregulations related to the wage/salary area. Require-ments include: at least 3 years experience in wageand salary administration; a working knowledge ofcompensation techniques and systems; and an under-graduate degree in business administration, personnelmanagement or equivalent. Good verbal and writtencommunication skills are also desirable . Samplesof applicants' work may be requested at the time ofan interview. An equivalent level of skill and know-ledge attained throughadditionalyears of experiencemay be substituted for degree requirements. Antici-pated hire-in salary range: $14,300-17,900/year.This position may be filled after 23 August 1977.(new pol icy)

REGULAR (Part-time)

CUSTODIAN (Half-time): For the Plant MaintenanceDepartment to dust, wash walls, wash and polish fur-niture, dump trash, wash ash trays and trash recep-tacles, and clean, wax and buff floors. Applicantsmust have the physical endurance to lift 5 gallonbuckets and must be able to operate 1,000 poundfloor cleaning machine and 20 inch buffing machine.Applicants must be available to work from 3:00 PMto 7:00 PM. Hire-in salary: $317.50/month. Thisposition may be filled after 16 August 1977.

SPECIAL PROJECT (Full-time)

METEOROLOGIST: Acting in a senior capacity with theUSA MONEX planning activity at NCAR, and to be assign-ed to the International MONEX Planning Group (IMPG),Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the latter group will consistof several senior meteorologists from countries parti-cipating in MONEX and a support staff. The IMPG willbe responsible for completing the scientific plan forMONEX (Winter Phase) and for developing the implementa-tion plan for the international field phase in whichthe activities of the participating countries will becoordinated to meet the scientific goals of MONEX. Tosupport the field phase, the IMPG will plan and makearrangements for: coordination of land-based opera-tions and research aircraft and ship operations; com-munications; and data collection and analysis to supplythe timely information needed for operational purposes.To support the post-field-phase research, the IMPG willplan and make arrangements for the collection of re-quired MONEX data and the assembly of the internation-ally-agreed-upon data sets including data validation.Minimum requirements include: MS in meteorology orrelated field and experience as a senior member of aresearch team or field experiment group or PhD inmeteorology or equivalent field; three years directpersonal experience in tropical research and planningpreferably in monsoon areas, including experience ina majority of the following--research in tropicalmeteorology, field analysis and forecasting operations,data management planning and implementation, evaluationof scientific plans with respect to required logisticaland operational support, planning for and implementa-tion of logistical and operation support, planning forand implementation of communications, planning for andcoordination of deployment of research aircraft andships. In addition, individual must be able to demon-strate skills at: use of mature scientific and manage-ment judgment; ability to operate at a senior stafflevel, including ability to make decisions independentlyand identify problems that need referral through appro-priate channels; ability to work with colleagues fromother countries; and ability to take initiative. Mustbe able to relocate to Malaysia, to devote considerabletime and effort during the field phase (December 1978to March 1979), to travel before and after field phase.This position is expected to be available September1977 through December 1979 with a possibility of exten-sion. Exempt range 60. Anticipated hire-in salary:$23,OOO-31,400. Travel and relocation expenses willbe provided. Housing allowance is approximately 30%

Sof base salary (approximately 25% without family) and

educational allowance is approximately $2200 per childfor grades up to and including 12th grade (not forcollege). This position may be filled after 23 August1977. (new policy)

TEMPORARY (Full-time)

BALLOON TECHNICIAN (3)-Palestine: For the NationalScientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, TX toassistin the launching and recovery of scientific balloons.Requirements include: basic mechanical skills; anability to drive heavy-duty vehicles; ability to doheavy physical labor; and ability to lift 100 pounds.These positions are expected to last 2 months andmay be extended another 2 months. Hire-in salary:$3.25/hour. These positions may be filled after 9August 1977. (new policy)

SECRETARY: For the UCAR President's Office to pro-vide general secretarial services to the UCAR Presi-dent, his assistant and the operations auditor. ThePresident's Office is a major interface with theUniversity community, Washington offices, UCAR Boardof Trustees and all NCAR divisions. Duties will in-clude: typing reports, correspondence and UCAR meet-ing minutes; filing; placing and receiving phone calls;greeting and dealing with a wide variety of people in-side and outside NCAR and carrying out general officeactivities such as copying, collating and use of trans-cribing equipment. This person will also assist the2 administrative secretaries in the office. Require-ments include: demonstrated competence in filing,use of transcription equipment and general officepractices; typing at 60 wpm; skill at handling avariety of tasks concurrently and dealing effective-ly with a wide range of people; and 2 years of ex-perience where these skills have been demonstrated.This position is full-time for 4 months. Non-exemptrange 18. Anticipated hire-in salary: $724-835/month. This position may be filled after 9 August1977. (new policy)

August 8 through August 15, 1977

MONDAY, August 8

o GATE Workshop

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily through August 12NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Main Seminar Room

Director's ConferenceRoom

Damon RoomFleischmann Building, Walter Orr Roberts

Seminar Room

TUESDAY, August 9

o ATD Computing Facility Seminar -- Well Posednessfor Hyperbolic Initial Boundary Value ProblemsJerry Browning, ATD

3:00 p.m.NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Cafeteria

WEDNESDAY, August 10

o ATD Computing Facility Seminar -- TerminalCommand Language, Jeanne Adams, ATD

1:00 p.m.NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Chapman Room

THURSDAY, August 11

Open

FRIDAY, August 11

o ATD Computing Facility Seminar -- The NCCComputer System, Dave Robertson, ATD

3:00 p.m.NCAR Mesa Laboratory, Cafeteria

MONDAY, August 15

Open

Calendar Notes announcements may be mailed toVonda Giesey, ML 252. Wednesday at 12:00 noon isthe deadline for items to be included in the Calendar Notes.