Email from LSST:UK Board Chair, Tim Naylor, dated 31st January 2017]
Dear All,
further to my request in December last year I am pleased to announce that we have two interim “Ombudspersons” with whom members of the consortium can discuss any aspect of the behaviour of a consortium member that they think may be inappropriate. They are
Albert Zijlstra aDOTzijlstraATmanchesterDOTacDOTuk
Kathy Romer romerATsussexDOTacDOTuk
Let me emphasise that you can also approach any post-holder within the consortium if problems occur, but that it is sometimes useful to have senior astronomers outside the “management structure” in the role Albert and Kathy have kindly agreed to take.
As you will recall we are currently in the process of creating a code of conduct, and so anyone who has a concern may like to consult the Dark Energy Science Collaboration’s code of conduct (http://www.lsst-desc.org/sites/default/files/DESCProfessionalConductPolicies_v1_1.pdf) for guidance ahead of our own code being complete.
Best Wishes,
Tim