<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">CEER Folks:<div> </div><div>Per the note below, each unit on campus is supposed to have a policy to cover issues of weather related shutdowns. The key issues are easy for CEER. Please see below.</div><div> </div><div>Thanks,</div><div> ---jon---</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>===============================================</div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">Identify critical functions in your unit that must continue during a weather-related closing.</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">CEER does not have critical functions that must continue during a weather related closing.</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> </blockquote>Identify essential employees who need to work to sustain critical functions if MSU suspends operations.</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">not applicable to CEER</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">Identify how you will communicate work instructions to essential employees during suspended operations.</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">not applicable to CEER<blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> </blockquote></blockquote>Identify opportunities for general daily work to continue through telecommuting when appropriate</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">continue CEER work from your home as appropriate and as needed</blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> </blockquote></blockquote><div> </div>And one last point that was not raised in the memo from central admin. If there is a severe weather alert that comes up while we are still here in CEER, then please shut down the computers that are in the Center. The reason for this is the remote chance of getting a power surge of some sort should the weather cause the power to go out. Most of our computers would filter the surge, but I would rather not take risks if they can be avoided.<div> </div><div>=============================================== <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">· </blockquote></blockquote><div><div><div> <div>Begin forwarded message:</div> <blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">From: On Behalf of Sharon Butler <<a href="mailto:balksb@MSU.EDU">balksb@MSU.EDU</a>> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">Subject: Reminder of Weather-Related Policies and Practices </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">Date: November 7, 2012 9:14:12 AM EST </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">To: <a href="mailto:DEANDIRCHAIR@LIST.MSU.EDU">DEANDIRCHAIR@LIST.MSU.EDU</a> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;">Reply-To: On Behalf of Sharon Butler <<a href="mailto:balksb@MSU.EDU">balksb@MSU.EDU</a>> </div> Please see the attached memo from Terry Curry and Sharon Butler in regards to weather-related policies and practices. For your convenience, the memo text is pasted below: November 7, 2012TO: Deans, Directors, Chairs, Executive Managers HR Unit Representatives and SupervisorsFROM: Theodore H. Curry II, Associate Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources, and Sharon E. Butler, Assistant Vice President for Human ResourcesSUBJECT: Reminder of Weather-Related Policies and PracticesDuring challenging winter weather conditions, we ask that faculty, staff and students make every reasonable effort to get to and remain on campus for their regularly scheduled commitments so services can be maintained. At the same time, safety is very important, and all individuals are advised to always use good judgment about the risks of travel. As we head into the winter months, it is a good time of year to review your departmental practices related to winter weather emergencies. Though it is rare for MSU to suspend operations due to weather, all departments should have emergency plans in place that: · Identify critical functions in your unit that must continue during a weather-related closing.· Identify essential employees who need to work to sustain critical functions if MSU suspends operations.· Identify how you will communicate work instructions to essential employees during suspended operations.· Identify opportunities for general daily work to continue through telecommuting when appropriate.It also is a good time to review and encourage employees to review their preferences at MSU Alert. By visiting <a href="http://alert.msu.edu/">http://alert.msu.edu/</a>, members of the MSU community can sign up for alerts via landline phone message, text message and email. In the case of inclement weather (or any emergency), supervisors, staff and faculty are encouraged to monitor <a href="http://msu.edu/">http://msu.edu</a>, where information and updates will be posted. Finally, for those working during times of heavy snow, please remember that parking may be limited to MSU ramps, and drivers should use one of the following campus entrances: Shaw Lane at Hagadorn Road, Shaw Lane at Harrison Road, Collingwood Drive at Grand River Avenue or Mount Hope Road at Farm Lane. These entrances will be high priority areas for plowing.</blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>