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<font face="Baskerville">Dear TRIUMF Users & Experimenters,<br>
<br>
For information regarding the Molecular & Materials Science
Experiments Evaluation Committee (MMS-EEC), please read the
attached memo. Please note that the MMS-EEC meeting will take
place on Monday & Tuesday, July 15th & 16th, 2013.<br>
<br>
Some important points regarding this meeting and future meetings
are below:<br>
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1) The committee will only accept new or continuation proposals
for muSR experiments using surface muons or betaNMR. No proposals
involving the M9B beamline will be accepted until we have a better
idea as to its availability. The EEC will allocate shifts
commensurate with the rate at which they are currently being used,
specifically 300 muSR shifts and 45 betaNMR shifts per MMS-EEC
meeting.<br>
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2) Continuation proposals will only be considered if they are
directly related to the original proposal. A new experiment number
should be requested if this is not the case. If you have any
questions about whether a new experimental number is necessary
please discuss the matter with the head of the MMS-EEC (Stephen
Nagler) and the Scientific Secretary (Iain McKenzie).<br>
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3) The MMS-EEC would like all experiments performed on the CMMS
beamlines to be at the forefront of scientific research. In order
to guarantee this goal the committee has decided to examine muSR
experiments using surface muons and betaNMR experiments that have
shifts allocated but that have not been reviewed by the MMS-EEC
nor received beam time since January 2011. <br>
- Experiments with two shifts or less of allocated beam time will
be automatically closed. <br>
- Experiments with medium, medium-low and low priority will be
automatically closed. <br>
- Researchers with high or medium-high priority experiments must
submit a progress report if they wish to keep the previously
allocated shifts. The MMS-EEC will evaluate the progress reports
and decide to either preserve the allocation or close the
experiment. If no report is received the experiment will be
closed.<br>
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4) In order to ensure that shifts are used in a timely fashion and
to maintain a balance between shifts allocated and shifts used we
are proposing that allocated shifts will automatically disappear 2
years after being awarded if they have not been used. Shifts
allocated at a July MMS-EEC meeting will expire at the end
spring/summer schedule two years later and shifts allocated at a
December MMS-EEC meeting will expire at the end of the fall
schedule two years later. Shifts allocated to already approved
experiments will expire at the end of the spring/summer schedule
in 2015. Previously allocated shifts on the M9B beamline will be
exempt from the proposed automatic expiry until the beamline is
fully operational. <br>
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If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Niki
Martin at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="mailto:sciencediv@triumf.ca">sciencediv@triumf.ca.</a><br>
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All the best,<br>
Niki Martin<br>
for Iain McKenzie, MMS-EEC Scientific Secretary<br>
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Miss Nicole (Niki) Martin
Administrative Assistant, Science Division
TRIUMF
Accelerating Science for Canada | Un accélérateur de la démarche scientifique canadienne
4004 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3 Canada
Tel: 604-222-7438 | Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nmartin@triumf.ca">nmartin@triumf.ca</a>
Experimental Program webpage: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.triumf.ca/experimental-program">http://www.triumf.ca/experimental-program</a>
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