Transfer Parners--A Welcoming Program

Date: Fri, 15 Dec 95 17:04:34 MST

          December 15, 1995
          
          To:  All Employees
          
          From:  
          
          Subject:  Transfer Parners--A Welcoming Program
          
          On January 22, 1996, 154 employees from the Bureau of
          Mines will arrive for their first day of work as employees
          of the U.S. Geological Survey.  To help ease this transition, a 
          program called Transfer Partners is being developed to assist
          the new employees in getting oriented to their new surroundings.
          
          We need your help!  All employees are invited to become Transfer
          Partners or to help with other orientation tasks (such as hanging 
          signs, data collection, etc).  Transfer Partners will be assigned
          one to two new employees and will be available to answer
          questions, guide them around the building, and help them 
          learn about the Credit Union, IDRA activities,  USGS clubs 
          (Geostriders, Photography, Toastmasters, etc.), and the general 
          culture of the Survey and working in Reston.  We will also need
          people to make signs and post them around the building to help
          orient the newcomers.  Those of you who had fun volunteering 
          for the USGS Open House last spring will enjoy this opportunity 
          to meet new people and lend them a helping hand.
          
          If you are interested, please fill out the attached form.  This
          information will be used to help match you with Bureau of Mines
          employees of similar backgrounds.  Please return the form
          to Elizabeth Koozmin at MS 903 or return via e-mail at 
          EKOOZMIN@gccmail.er.usgs.gov.  Please be sure to get permission
          from your supervisor for volunteering up to three hours a 
          week for two weeks between January 22 and February 2.
          
           YES!--I  would like to be a Transfer Partner
          
          NAME:
          
          PHONE:
          
          EMAIL:
          
          ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT:
          
          POSITION:
          
          
          If you have any ideas on how to make this transition a success, weOd
          like to hear them.  Please add your thoughts below: