January 2024 - Plants-staff - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

FW from Pawanpuneet: Autoclave cycles
by Bev Godard 30 Jan '24

30 Jan '24

From: Pawanpuneet Rehal <Pawanpuneet.Rehal(a)umanitoba.ca> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 9:22 AM To: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca> Subject: Autoclave cycles Importance: High Good morning Bev, Could you please circulate the following to all the technicians? Hello all, The autoclave installation is done. I am attaching list of temperature cycles already installed. Please discuss with your lab members and let me know Pawanpuneet.Rehal(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Pawanpuneet.Rehal@umanitoba.ca> if you need to add more cycles with different parameters. Thank you Pawanpuneet Rehal, MSc. Room 017, Plant Science,Agriculture Building University of Manitoba,Winnipeg,MB, R3T 2N2

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FW: Forwarded from Doug - Precision Planting's Winter Conference in Brandon (Jan 23, 2024)
by Alina Skorobohatova 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

From: Doug Cattani <Doug.Cattani(a)umanitoba.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 3:18 PM To: Alina Skorobohatova <Alina.Skorobohatova(a)umanitoba.ca> Subject: FW: Precision Planting's Winter Conference in Brandon (Jan 23, 2024) Alina, Please send to all technicians. Doug D.J. Cattani, PhD. From: Justice Zhanda <Justice.Zhanda(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Justice.Zhanda@umanitoba.ca>> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 3:09 PM To: Doug Cattani <Doug.Cattani(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Doug.Cattani@umanitoba.ca>> Subject: Precision Planting's Winter Conference in Brandon (Jan 23, 2024) Hi Doug, I have been invited to attend a Precision Planting conference in Brandon on January 23 and am planning to send Sheldon if I cannot make it. The event is being offered by NVP2 Precision Planting, which has a dealership in Carman. If there are other Techs interested, I can add them under my invitation, or they can register on their own. It is free. Would be great to carpool if anyone is interested. Winter Conference | Precision Planting | Upgrade Your Farm Equipment<https://www.precisionplanting.com/events/winterconference> Thanks. Justice Zhanda, MSc., P. Ag. ________________________________ Research Station Manager The University of Manitoba Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences Ian N. Morrison Research Farm Carman and Region Research Facility Carman, MB R0G 0J0 Email: Justice.Zhanda(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Justice.Zhanda@umanitoba.ca>; zhanda.justice2(a)gmail.com<mailto:zhanda.justice2@gmail.com> O: 204 - 745 3944 C: 204 745 8642

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FW from Pawanpuneet Rehal to Technicians: Cultures in seed storage room 016
by Bev Godard 09 Jan '24

09 Jan '24

From: Pawanpuneet Rehal <Pawanpuneet.Rehal(a)umanitoba.ca> Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 1:18 PM To: Bev Godard <Bev.Godard(a)umanitoba.ca> Subject: Cultures in seed storage room 016 Hello Bev, Could you please forward the email to monthly technician group. Hello all, This email is to inform that, I will be transferring cultures from the seed storage to the 4-degree fridge in the basement by the end of this month. Thank you, Doug, for allowing me to use the fridge 😊 Thank you Pawanpuneet Rehal, MSc. Room 017, Plant Science,Agriculture Building University of Manitoba,Winnipeg,MB, R3T 2N2

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DC minutes Jan 3
by Rebecca Dueck 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Hello, Please see below for minutes from January Dept Council meeting. Next meeting is Feb 7. If you have anything you would like for me to bring up at that meeting, please let me know. Thanks, Becky BUSINESS ARISING 1. Plant Science Student Employment Pay Scale Manitoba Provincial Minimum wage increased to $15.30 October 2023. The proposed April 1, 2024 Plant Science Student Pay Scale was reviewed and discussed. MOTION: Fernando/Duncan moved to increase the Plant Science Student Pay Scale to 2024 values. Carried 2. Plant Science Graduate Student Stipend Increase The Plant Science Graduate Studies Committee will meet to review the current graduate student stipends. The committee decision will be brought forward at the next Department Council Meeting. 3. Safety Committee - Security Issue - Door Locks Required Becky Dueck brought forward the safety issue of no door locks on basement rooms: ladies' washroom, the freezer rooms, and the storage room. These rooms have attracted uninvited overnight guests. Action Item: Contact Physical Plant to determine type/install locks. CORRESPONDENCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Academics to update their HOME page website. Dr. Cattani reminded Academics to keep their HOME webpages up to date. COMMITTEE REPORTS The Point Facility Transitions Committee Dr. Lawley presented the following: * This is a new sub-committee formed at the last Department Council meeting. * Academic members are Drs. Cattani, Gulden, Lawley, and McCartney. * Technician members are Mary Meleshko, Jonathan Rosset, and Mel Kaufmann. * Academic members of the committee met with Dean Scanlon on December 22nd to discuss the new PCSRC building and the poultry barn as possible sites to relocate some of the Point activites, the timeline to relocate, and the funding options available. * At the Jan 4 technicians meeting, 3 dates will be selected for inclusive technician planning meetings. All academics are invited/welcome to attend. REPORTS Graduate student report * Some PSGSA members will be attending the 39th Annual Graduate Student Symposium at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Travel barriers will be non-existent for international students as the symposium is within Canada. PSGSA will be approaching the department to discuss funding opportunities for the road trip. * PSGSA is enquiring if there is a possibility of a gender inclusive washroom in the building. Ms Paulusma responded that the Dean's office has identified a spot for the gender inclusive washroom. NEW BUSINESS 1. Lab Equipment Committee MOTION: Stasolla/Fernando moved to implement user fees in 2024 to recover the new autoclave maintenance fees. Carried Ms Paulusma said the fees will be directed to a new dedicated fund for this purpose. 2. Program Reviews 3 Dr. Entz brought forward that the External Reviewers Report received by the Department Head and Program Chairs is available for review. An Academic meeting has been scheduled for 8:30am, Friday, January 12, 2024, in 218 Plant Science Seminar Room, for discussion of the report. Dr. Entz also brought forward that the Ian N. Morrison Research Farm was not visited during the review. 3. Plant Science Seminars Dr. Entz brought forward the lack of student attendance at the Thursday Advanced Plant Science Seminars. There was discussion as to how the lack of attendance should be addressed: compulsory attendance tied to the student's curriculum, Academics need to set an example and show up for the seminars, the possibility of combining the Master's and PhD seminar courses, changing the time of the seminar presentation, all virtual presentation/attendance. It was suggested that the Department Head should take the lead in communicating with the graduate students and developing a strategy for increased seminar attendance. 4. Academic Retreat The Academic Retreat will be held in either April or May 2024. Items for discussion will be the seminar courses, as well as the declining enrollment.

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Plant Field Station Shutdown
by Bev Godard 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Physical Plant are in the process of installing the new electrical meters for the parking lot AC, necessitating an electrical distribution shutdown lasting 1-2 hours. Please be aware that this shutdown, which will impact the Plant Field Station building, was supposed to happen today, but the contractor did not show up. The shutdown is now planned for tomorrow, January 5th. Contractor staff will be there to do the work at 8am. , the power will be back on no later than 10am. Please let me know as soon as possible, if there are any issues with this shutdown tomorrow. Thanks, Bev

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