That's a great idea! We are a small facility, and have plastic tubs in the break room/kitchen area for people to keep their food in. That break room is one of three areas in the facility where food is allowed. Last year we had a detailing curator who did a short all-employee IPM seminar and gave out travel mugs with sealing lids at the end. She also ordered a bunch of variety-pack stickers so we could personalize them. There were enough of those tumblers that we could offer them to our volunteers, too. I think it was successful as far as staff buy-in. I rarely find food wrappers in the food-forbidden spaces anymore.
Dani On Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 6:14:55 PM UTC-7 rachaelarenstein wrote: 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 < pest...@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:* pest...@googlegroups.com <pest...@googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *Todd Holmberg *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2024 3:32 PM *To:* pest...@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+u...@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+u...@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/6ff86d47-67ff-442c-aa72-02548d4e96d1n%40googlegroups.com.
