Todd, you are remembering a presentation by staff at the Museum of Natural History, London. They include a basic introduction to IPM as part of the onboarding for all staff. That, combined with the swag you mentioned, is a great way to emphasize that everyone's actions play a role in the success of preventing infestations. Best, Rachael MuseumPests Working Group co-chair.
On Wed, Dec 11, 2024, 5:38 PM 'Anderson, Gretchen' via MuseumPests < pestlist@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi Todd – > > > > We use a similar approach, although we do not give out a container and > also discourage keeping food in the desk. I have requested that the > different departments discourage eating at the desk (and if people do it, > it is on them to clean up crumbs etc.) but allow for a central place for > eating. Food is to be kept either in a refrigerator or a sealed box in a > central area. The trash cans have covers on them and it is the > responsibility of our maintenance people to empty them every night. If > this is impossible I ask people to take all food trash out of the offices > themselves – like they are camping. It is about housekeeping. > > > Gretchen > > > > *From:* pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf > Of *Todd Holmberg > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2024 3:32 PM > *To:* pestlist@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [PestList] IPM Protocol > > > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > the content is safe. > > Hello Pest list- > > > > I feel like I saw a webinar long ago where a person mentioned their museum > gives out a "tightly sealed container" to all new staff as a welcome basket > type thing. In this container was a bunch of "welcome to the museum type > stuff", but the container itself was for the staff member to keep food in > at their desk. > > > > I am wondering if anyone else remembers that webinar, and if any other > institutions are doing some sort of program like this. If your institution > does something like this, would you say overall it's a good or bad > direction to head down? It seems like there can be different angles on it. > > > > Interested to hear people's thoughts. > > > > Thanks, > > Todd > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BiO8DC4m6D7pqZ87Bq1op%2BK1O2LR3d69LbQ724Yeony%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fgroups.google.com%2fd%2fmsgid%2fpestlist%2fCAMxAh%252BiO8DC4m6D7pqZ87Bq1op%252BK1O2LR3d69LbQ724Yeony%252Bg%2540mail.gmail.com%3futm_medium%3demail%26utm_source%3dfooter&c=E,1,YXYbS_WpbiRZIscZLd3SeilmA4x41ykVCCR9Pnv8xRKxMV5Co3mWlOa5B_k3ru9cgcc2f4SJ0DZgSoML1OKSmnI-bI12wxyhoA1yqo2fA4CW_PWxNmoQQQ,,&typo=1> > . > > > > The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended > only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, > this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views > expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CH2PR02MB6949667C037C06BEBDB1FE24BC3E2%40CH2PR02MB6949.namprd02.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CH2PR02MB6949667C037C06BEBDB1FE24BC3E2%40CH2PR02MB6949.namprd02.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAGxav5LKENpvQec6FDEyUt_BNJEYmqc9eMtORQh0WOr1EBLmoQ%40mail.gmail.com.
