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   - Once the date is settled, the seminar committee chair will send an official email to the speaker (here is [[nssc:​Typical Speaker Confirmation Email|an example]]) confirming the date, letting the speaker know about the level the talk should be at (described [[https://​wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/​nssc/​doku.php?​id=public:​guidance_for_speakers|here]]),​ and starting the process of getting travel arranged with the admin. Generally, travel is arranged so that the speaker arrives on a Tuesday, visits the lab on Wednesday, and then travels home on a Thursday but this is flexible. ​   - Once the date is settled, the seminar committee chair will send an official email to the speaker (here is [[nssc:​Typical Speaker Confirmation Email|an example]]) confirming the date, letting the speaker know about the level the talk should be at (described [[https://​wikihost.nscl.msu.edu/​nssc/​doku.php?​id=public:​guidance_for_speakers|here]]),​ and starting the process of getting travel arranged with the admin. Generally, travel is arranged so that the speaker arrives on a Tuesday, visits the lab on Wednesday, and then travels home on a Thursday but this is flexible. ​
   - Please be sure to cc: the admins on all travel/​logistical emails with the speaker. The email addressess to cc: are: Hannon, Bethany hannon@frib.msu.edu and FRIB Nuclear Science Seminar NuclearSeminar@frib.msu.edu   - Please be sure to cc: the admins on all travel/​logistical emails with the speaker. The email addressess to cc: are: Hannon, Bethany hannon@frib.msu.edu and FRIB Nuclear Science Seminar NuclearSeminar@frib.msu.edu
 +  - Ask the speaker to suggest a revelant paper for the pre-talk journal club, suggest email text is here:
 +<​blockquote>​Attending the Nuclear Science Seminar is expected for
 +our graduate students if their schedule permits.
 + 
 +In order to increase attendance of the Nuclear Science Seminars,
 +we have organized a weekly pre-talk journal club.
 + 
 +I would be super grateful if y’all could identify an
 +approachable and/or relevant paper that could provide
 +historical, theoretical,​ and/or popular background to
 +your seminar and send it to me by Date.
 + 
 +This will give us a chance to prepare journal
 +club discussion notes for our students before your visit.
 + 
 +Host - could you identify a postdoc or senior student
 +in your group who could lead the discussion? (Tuesdays @ 16:00 in room 2025)
 + 
 +FYI: the target audience for these journal clubs are
 +1st/2nd year graduate students who have taken:
 +quantum mechanics at the level of Sakurai
 +classical mechanics at the level of Goodstein
 +classical electrodynamics at the level of Jackson
 +statistical mechanics at the level of Pathria
 + 
 +We are looking forward to your visit and Beth will be in
 +touch with you directly about the travel arrangements.</​blockquote>​
  
 **Starting the week or so before the speakers visit:​** ​ **Starting the week or so before the speakers visit:​** ​
   -  First, give the admin a list of people who want/need to meet with the speaker. For NSAC members, etc., make sure that Lab Director and Chief Scientist are given the opportunity to get meeting slots. If there are still spaces left, let the Admin know to open the signup list to a broader audience (e.g. the whole Accelerator Group, Nuclear Theory postdocs). Make sure enough people sign up to meet with the Speaker so that they have a good experience.   -  First, give the admin a list of people who want/need to meet with the speaker. For NSAC members, etc., make sure that Lab Director and Chief Scientist are given the opportunity to get meeting slots. If there are still spaces left, let the Admin know to open the signup list to a broader audience (e.g. the whole Accelerator Group, Nuclear Theory postdocs). Make sure enough people sign up to meet with the Speaker so that they have a good experience.
-  - Organize a tour of the facility (FRIB) ​led by a faculty member.+  - Organize a tour of the facility ​if requested and allowed: 
 +    - Make sure that the Admin checks the "​export control"​ status of the Speaker - some areas of the Lab are inaccessible if it requires an ACP 
 +    - Make sure that you have taken or refreshed yourself on the "​Perform tours of the Laboratory"​ competency on Intra Enterpise 
 +    - Make a list of the proposed tour stops (the FRIB Linac areas are usually off limits - either it is delivering beam or maintenance is being performed) 
 +    - Check with Area Coordinator [[https://​enterprise.frib.msu.edu/​SpaceManagement/​Area/​Summary|Area Coordinators Managers]] if there is any potential problems for an escorted tour of their space 
 +    - Submit a WCP with all tour stops listed (set all values to 1 and only send the notice to the Area Coordinators) 
 +    - Show up at the 08:00 AM meeting on the morning of the tour and answer any questions about the tour 
 +    - Coordinate with Zach about doing a radiation survey on the tour route on the morning of the tour
   - Organize a place for Speaker to sit (with computer, if needed) if there are gaps in the schedule.   - Organize a place for Speaker to sit (with computer, if needed) if there are gaps in the schedule.
   - Let the Speaker know that they will be having lunch with just the graduate students (~10).   - Let the Speaker know that they will be having lunch with just the graduate students (~10).
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   - **Greet the Speaker when they arrive at FRIB @ 09:00, give them a printed schedule, and show them to their first appointment.** ​   - **Greet the Speaker when they arrive at FRIB @ 09:00, give them a printed schedule, and show them to their first appointment.** ​
   - Take the Speaker to the seminar room at around 15:30 and help them setup their computer. The seminar chair will also be there to help if there are any problems.   - Take the Speaker to the seminar room at around 15:30 and help them setup their computer. The seminar chair will also be there to help if there are any problems.
 +  - Mute the room microphone (red lights) now just to make sure that zoom doesn'​t accidentally record a private conversation happening in the audience. Unmute as necessary only to make sure you can communicate with Admin for logistical reasons.
   - Wrangle everyone into the Lecture Hall and start the Seminar at 16:10 sharp. The Admin will make an announcement that the seminar will start in 1 minute. Then, exactly at 16:10, if the Speaker has agreed for the seminar to be recorded, Zoom will broadcast audibly "​Meeting recording started."​   - Wrangle everyone into the Lecture Hall and start the Seminar at 16:10 sharp. The Admin will make an announcement that the seminar will start in 1 minute. Then, exactly at 16:10, if the Speaker has agreed for the seminar to be recorded, Zoom will broadcast audibly "​Meeting recording started."​
 +  - Unmute the room microphone (green lights) just before the beginning of the seminar just to make sure that zoom doesn'​t accidentally record a private conversation happening in the audience.
   - Introduce the Speaker at the beginning of the Seminar.   - Introduce the Speaker at the beginning of the Seminar.
   - Lead the discussion/​questions at the end of the Seminar. Ask the Zoom/​virtual audiences if they have questions first, then turn it over to the in-person audience. Gently prod the Speaker to finish by 1705 at the latest.   - Lead the discussion/​questions at the end of the Seminar. Ask the Zoom/​virtual audiences if they have questions first, then turn it over to the in-person audience. Gently prod the Speaker to finish by 1705 at the latest.
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       - The Host pays for food and non-alcoholic drinks, and gives an itemized receipt to the Admin together with a list of the names of the participants and then the Host will be reimbursed. ​       - The Host pays for food and non-alcoholic drinks, and gives an itemized receipt to the Admin together with a list of the names of the participants and then the Host will be reimbursed. ​
       - Note that the alcohol is not normally reimbursed - possibilities to deal with alcohol includes separating checks, or, MSU people split the alcohol bill. Alcohol may be reimbursed if pre-approved by the Lab Director.       - Note that the alcohol is not normally reimbursed - possibilities to deal with alcohol includes separating checks, or, MSU people split the alcohol bill. Alcohol may be reimbursed if pre-approved by the Lab Director.
 +    - [[https://​portal.frib.msu.edu/​sites/​dcc/​pages/​dcclink.aspx?​WBS=S10201&​Sub=MA&​SN=005092|How-To Helpsheet: How to Request Reimbursement for a Hosted Meal​]]
    
  
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