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Updated
February 24, 2005
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Some
suggestions for being involved in our local, state and/or global community:
Tsunami
Aid
Lifesaving supplies are now reaching children in the tsunami
disaster that struck coastal regions across South Asia on December
26. Learn more and donate now to support relief efforts in this
unprecedented emergency
http://www.unicefusa.org/
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More
Tsunami Aid
Google has created a page with links to a few sites already
set up to provide information and handle donations for victims
throughout the region.
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Yes,
we do have homeless people in Vermont. Volunteer your time or
donate to COTS (the Committee on Temporary Shelter)
www.cotsonline.org/home.html |
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Send
a letter, small gifts (lip balm, baby powder and wipes, hard candies,
gum, games, etc.) to a soldier overseas (regardless of your politics
and whether or not you believe they should be there, they are
there and it's not a fun place to be!)
www.anysoldier.us/ |
Volunteer
time or make a donation to the Vermont Foodbank to help someone
less fortunate www.vtfoodbank.org/ |
There are
a lot of organizations in Vermont (and all over the world!) that are
doing much good work for those in need. Find one that works for you--it's
the best gift you can give yourself.
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SUBMIT YOUR TIMESHEET ONLINE
We have a web-based
Electronic Timesheet system timesheet to assist all of us in the process
of submitting timesheets for payroll processing. Please utilize this system
each time a timesheet is due. If you haven't yet used the system,
please see the instructions before submitting your first timesheet. Thanks!!
--Dana Paull, Director of Finance and Personnel
PLEASE NOTE:
We will be removing
this link in the near future, as the VI Timesheet can be accessed via
a link in the Shared Folder in First Class. Open the Shared Folder, then
click on VI Timesheet.url.
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THE INTRANET IS HERE! Click
here to visit the VI Intranet
EMPLOYEE
RESOURCES
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Resource
Page--featuring personnel information for exiting staff; employment
resources; tips and articles related to dealing with a layoff. Information
on health insurance premium co-pays for continuing staff can also
be found on this page. This area is password protected. If you have
forgotten your username and/or password, please contact Tracey Pearson
(via e-mail or 802-828-0447) or Richard Campbell (via e-mail or 802-828-0448).
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To view the VI
Personnel Manual (updated February 2004), please select desired format:
PDF or MS
Word document. 
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 Wilson
Alwyn Bentley was the first person to successfully photograph
snow crystals, which are commonly known as snowflakes. A brilliant,
unique individual—largely self-taught—Bentley was
born in a Vermont farmhouse which remained his lifelong home.
Through remarkable determination and vision he became a gifted
and pioneering scientist and photographer, passionately dedicated
to capturing and sharing nature’s beauty, mystery, and
magnificent design as seen in snow crystals. Check out the collection
of his work, located at the Buffalo Museum of Science, at this
address: http://informatics.buffalo.edu/faculty/abbas/bms/.
With many thanks to Penny Nolte for sharing the information
and link!
Luckily, for those of us who haul laptops around, they
were a little off on the size projection . . .
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THE
BEST OF HUBBLE
Check
out this Flash production of photos (with accompanying music)
taken from the Hubble Space Telescope. It takes a little while
to download, but it is well worth it--these pictures are amazing.
Thanks to Carolyn Jones for contributing the link.
http://wires.news.com.au/special/mm/030811-hubble.htm
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Web-based
E-mail
Access
your e-mail from anywhere! You will need your account name and password.
If you don't have this information, please contact the Technology
Program and they will be happy to give it to you (for a small fee,
naturally).
- Open your Internet
browser and go to: fc.vismt.org (NOTE,
no WWW!)
- Click on the "Desktop"
icon (second from left), and type in your e-mail address and password
as prompted
- Click on "Mailbox"
Speaking of e-mail,
when you are away from the office for any length of time you can automatically
have a vacation message sent to everyone who e-mails you in your absence.
How
to Set a Vacation E-mail Message:
- Open your Internet
browser and go to: fc.vismt.org (NOTE,
no WWW!)
- Click on the "Desktop"
icon (second from left), and type in your e-mail address and password
as prompted
- Select "Preferences"
from the menu at the left of the screen (the choices are very difficult
to read--black letters on a dark gray background--so look carefully!)
- Scroll down until
you see "Messaging" options. Choose "Yes" for both
boxes to "Automatically reply" to local mail and Internet
mail.
- In the box marked
"Reply Text," type in your vacation message, for example:
"Please note that I will be out of the office from xx/xx/2004 - xx/xx/2004
and will reply as soon as I return," or something of along those lines.
- Scroll all the
way down to the bottom of the page and choose "Save." Then
when anyone sends you mail, your vacation message will be sent to them
automatically and their mail to you will be sitting in your mailbox
for your review upon your return!
- One note from the
voices of experience: if you belong to any ListServes, as your vacation
message will be returned to the list every time you receive a message
from the list, it might be a good idea to check with the List Manager
to see if you can temporarily suspend your enrollment--especially if
it is a list with a lot of activity.
Last updated:
February 24, 2005
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