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Chapter 17
Appendix 1: General organization of
LAOG
17.1 Management structure
The present management structure of LAOG has two levels, the Executive Committee [Comité de Direction]
and the Advisory Board [Conseil de Laboratoire]. Their respective roles and composition are in part defined
by legal texts. They are detailed in the LAOG internal by-laws [Règlement Intérieur], which were written
after elaborate internal discussions involving the Advisory Board and an ad hoc working group, and have been
officially approved by CNRS in 2005.
In brief, the LAOG management structure is the following:
Executive Committee
The Executive Committe is in charge of running LAOG in all its aspects (scientific activities, human resources,
administration and financial matters, safety, etc.). It meets on a weekly basis. Its composition (see the general
organigram in Figure 1.3) of the Executive Summary is as follows.
• Director (C. Perrier until Dec. 31, 2002, T. Montmerle thereafter)
• Deputy Director (P.-Y. Longaretti until Aug. 30, 2003, J.-L. Monin thereafter)
• Technical Director (P. Kern, since Sep. 30, 2002)
• Head of Administration (F. Bouillet)
• Computing Resources Manager (G. Duvert)
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is composed of elected members and members nominated by the Director. Its composition
reflects all personnel categories of LAOG. The key structure of LAOG (i.e., the four scientific teams and the
technical group) is also represented. PhD students have two representaives, elected every year.
The Advisory Board meets regularly, on average every two or three months, more often if necessary. Usual
topics are: general organization, implications of scientific decisions, priorities in hiring young researchers on
permanent positions (in general, temporary collaborators like post-docs and visitors are selected after discussions
between the four team leaders only), or any topic of general interest as proposed by any LAOG member. PhD
student representatives do not participate in the discussions about priorities in hiring young researchers, but
they participate in all the other meetings.
In addition to the Director and Deputy Director, the current list of members is as follows.
• Elected members
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