-----Take Part and Give to United Way Last week was the start of UCAR/NCAR 's annual Boulder County United Way Campaign. You should have received United Way literature and a pledge form from your campaign representative. If you did not, refer to the 16 June issue of Staff Notes for the names of the United Way Campaign Representatives. If your division or program does not have a representative, please contact Kay Miloshevich (COMET) or Rachel Ames (RAP). In keeping with its theme of participation, the campaign committee encourages staff to support United Way or other charitable organizations within the community. This can be provided with your time or with a monetary donation. Those who benefit from your participation are friends, neighbors, and even coworkers. Here 's more about this year 's campaign: Fill out your pledge card and return it with the raffle ticket to Kay (FL3) or Rachel (FL2). Regardless of your choice to make a monetary donation, please consider volunteering some time. Note the information in your packet regarding the Volunteer Connection, an agency that matches volunteers with non-profit organizations. In addition to the end-of-campaign drawing, there will be weekly raffle prize drawings. Look for the winners in Staff Notes in the weeks to come. Some of the prizes include NCAR shirts and sweatshirts, movie tickets, restaurant gift certificates, $100 cash, gift certificates for local merchants, and free massages. The campaign committee has made special preparations with the EAC for the upcoming inaugural family picnic to be held this Saturday, 25 June. Look for balloons and face painting for the little ones. Don 't miss future articles featuring staff members who have volunteered for or who have been helped by United Way - funded agencies, as well as information about how to volunteer your time to a nonprofit agency. The United Way Campaign Committee extends its thanks for your participation in this year 's fund-raising effort and in supporting your community. -----UNICOS Orientation Introduces Programming Tools The UNICOS Orientation Class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 29 June, at the Foothills Lab and repeated on Wednesday, 21 September, at the Mesa Lab. This class introduces UNIX/UNICOS programming tools and the NCAR computing environment and requires a good understanding of basic UNIX. Topics covered include make and makefiles, shell scripts, NCAR hardware and access methods, Mass Storage System commands, CFT77 and CF77, library and segldr considerations, fmgen, the NQS (Network Queueing System) batch system, job accounting, graphics facilities, and debugging with cdbx. To register, send e-mail to scdinfo@ncar.ucar.edu or call ext. 1225. -----Still Time to Volunteer The Outreach Program seeks volunteers to serve on the Art Advisory Committee, which selects artists whose work is displayed in the Mesa Lab gallery and cafeteria. The committee is made up of three NCAR staff members, each appointed by the NCAR director to serve two-year terms, and two professional artists from the local community to serve as advisers. Twice a year, the committee examines samples submitted by local artists and selects artists to display their work for one month each in the gallery and for two months in the cafeteria. The next judging will be held 11 August. If you would like to serve, please call Milli Butterworth, ext. 8601, for an application by 30 June. The final selection from the list of volunteers is made by the Director 's Office. -----Paul Rotar Retires Paul Rotar of the Scientific Computing Division will be retiring after 31 years at NCAR. There will be a reception for him Wednesday, 29 June, at 4:00 p.m. in the west end of the cafeteria. Paul 's friends are invited. -----Take Advantage of Development Courses All staff should have received a 1994 Staff Development Catalog through interoffice mail earlier this month. The catalog lists courses developed by Human Resources to address the needs of UCAR employees as identified by the Divisional Equity Committees and the Institutional Equity Committee. All courses listed are available at no cost to employees. To enroll in a course, please contact Jodi Wiemer, employment and staff development administrator, ext. 8717. -----No SN the Week of 4 July Due to the Fourth of July holidays, Staff Notes will not be published on 7 July. Any material that needs to appear before 14 July should be submitted by the regular deadlines for the 30 June issue. If you have questions, contact Bob Henson, ext. 8605, e-mail bhenson@ncar.ucar.edu. -----Correction Loretta Quinn was listed in last week 's New Hires as being an administrative secretary with JCP/PO. She actually is with UCAR/GLOBE. -----What 's Cooking in the Cateteria MONDAY, JUNE 27 Bear River Barley Soup Chicken Cordon Bleu Sandwich/Grapes Tacos - Meat or Bean Hungarian Goulash with Wide Egg Noodles and Vegetable Start off the week with a Root Beer Float! (regular or diet) TUESDAY, JUNE 28 Sopa de Maiz Soup BLTT - Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Turkey Tuna Melt with Fresh Veggie Sticks Super Nachos (meat or vegetarian) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29 4TH OF JULY - HOLIDAY SPECIAL Connecticut Corn and Bean Soup Dandy Dagwood Spicy Tofu Cheeseburgers/Chips Barbecue Ribs, Baked Beans, Fresh Corn on Cob Firecracker cake and ice cold watermelon complimentary with meal! THURSDAY, JUNE 30 Tomato Rice Soup German Sausage , Sauerkraut, and Grated Swiss Cheese Sandwich Pizza - Sausage Alfredo or Artichoke Alfredo Chicken Tenders and Honey Mustard Dip with French Fries and Cole Slaw FRIDAY, JULY L HAPPY JULY 4TH HOLIDAY! Luncheon Winners: FL - Michael Booth ML - Dave Trimble ************************************************ VISITORS Abdalrhani Boucham, Belgian Institute for Space, Brussels. Interest: Atmospheric chemistry. 1ÊMarch - 31 August. ML room 569, ext. 1874. Juan Garrido, Universidad de Extremadura, Bajadoz, Spain. Interest: Stochastic modeling of precipitation. 27 June - 30 September. FL2 room 2019A, ext. 8374. --Richard Katz, ESIG Martin Gorst, Pinewood Productions, London, England. Interest: TV series on wonders of weather. 20 - 22 June. --Joan Frisch, UCAR Chuck Leith, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. Interest: Climate. 26 June - 5 July. ML room 402C, ext. 1329. --Joseph Tribbia, CGD Daniel Martin, Center for Weak Radioactivity, Cedex, France. Interest: Atmospheric chemistry and instrumentation. 9 - 10 June. --Brian Ridley, ACD Masashiro Murakami, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. Interest: Inland seas. 22 - 23 June. FL2 room 2023, ext. 8117. --Michael Glantz, ESIG Joseph Sanak, National Center for Scientific Research, Yvette, France. Interest: Atmospheric chemistry. 9 - 10 June. --Brian Ridley, ACD Rudolf Shterk, Boulder. Interest: Central Asian irrigation management and climate. 15ÊJune - 15ÊAugust. FL2 room 2023, ext. 8117. --Michael Glantz, ESIG Mark Stoelinga, Pennsylvania State University. Interest: Simulation of mesoscale weather systems. 1 June 1994 - 31 May 1995. FL3 room 3002, ext. 8148. --Bill Kuo Yukari Takayabu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Interest: Large-scale modeling. 27 - 29 June. ML room 220, ext. 1351. --Roland Madden, CGD Donna Tucker, University of Kansas. Interest: Orographic roots of MCSs on Great Plains. 18ÊJune - 15 July. FL3 room 3080, ext. 8914. --Bill Kuo and Peggy LeMone, MMM Ilana Wainer, Cicade Universitaria, Brazil. Interest: Oceanography. 15 June - 15 September. ML room 602, ext. 1720. --William Holland, CGD