[Nhcoll-l] looking for advice on a (possible) wet collection move

[Douglas Yanega]

On 5/21/26 12:50 PM, Laura Porturas wrote:
> obviously if the idea moves forward, EHS, facilities folks, and local 
> fire officials would be the ones actually deeming what renovations are 
> necessary

In my somewhat limited experience, this right here - bureaucratic as it 
may be - can be crucial. No idea is a good idea until and unless both 
the EHS and Fire folks are okay with it, and they ideally need to be in 
the same room at the same time, having the conversation with you.

Our case in point: something we were doing raised the eyebrows of our 
EHS folks, and they were fully prepared to say no, but the Fire official 
was standing right next to me and said they saw no real problem - so the 
EHS folks said "If they're good with it, then we're good with it". 
Everything was fine, despite a close call that would almost certainly 
*not* have gone our way if the group meeting had not taken place.

Peace,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314    phone: 951-827-4315
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