Number 2 15th April 1998
Merger Implementation Group report
1. Agreed to discuss any new posts in either institution in the MIG before advertising
3. Agreed that a space Working Party was needed for St Thomas's, but this would await appointment of the site manager in the new structure
4. Noted that some financial devolution was desirable for 1998/9 but this might be conditioned by how the budget was in the end allocated
5. DL to prepare a paper on central ISS staffing for next meeting
6. DL to set up meeting with FG, CH,PW re King's approach to NHS access. The Regional NHS wished to discuss funding access for NHS staff. Once there was an agreed position discussions would be held with IoP on how they might be involved, given the special circumstances of their collections.
7. The Computer Centres will have to do a census of equipment to be moved
8. EAB confirmed that the reclassification of stock was moving ahead to plan.
9. Noted that Professor Eddleston was bidding for additional medical student numbers on behalf of the "new" clinical medical school. These to be trained at Canterbury.
10. EAB confirmed that discussions were going on with John Beaumont of Heery International, the College's advisors, re moves.
11. AB,DC,DL to prepare report for Heery on unhappiness with the
Pinacl Report commissioned by Heery's on network issues.
The Principal has set up a group to look at space planning for the Strand after Life Sciences leaves in 1999. 3000m2 of space will be released and there is a budget of £3.5 million for refurbishment. We need to develop an ISS position and Andrew Byerley has been asked to chair a small working party of Hushang Balyuzi, Jane Lucas, Vivien Robertson, Pete Sudell and Harold Short to recommend our stance. While they will develop a set of questions and issues, at least the following will be considered.
a) what is our total space need in the light of the strategic plan
b) should we extend the information centre concept to the Strand and if so should all workstation rooms be incorporated in that space
c) if so do we need one centre or two (in practical cost terms I suspect two based on the Old Library and the Strand Building is the only affordable model). If two, what is the required space balance between the two.
d) again if so do we need a separate Computing (operations) Centre. Should it be based at the Strand or south of the river
e) where should focused staff be housed
Nominally the Principal's group has to report by end of May.
Ideally our group will report by end of April, but in reality
both dates may have to slip by a month.
The College and the Unions have not yet reached agreement on the
procedures for "slotting in" staff in the merged College.
We await further advice on how quickly we can proceed to make
appointments.
Both Birmingham and Sheffield Hallam have agreed to hold a seminar/workshop at King's on their experience of convergence. Likely dates are either 18th or 20th May. Although not everyone will be able to attend it is hoped that we can get as wide a cross-section of staff as possible to attend.
Further details asap.
Corrections.
Administrative Computing is not to move to Capitol House at London
Bridge. It appears that this was a proposal rather than a decision.
The current proposal is that the Estates Department will move
there.
There will be no more graphics of our bright new buildings as
these overload the system