WEEKLY STAFF NEWS | 06.21.2021
What You Need to Know
Vaccine Second Dose Onsite
As a reminder, employees, docents, volunteers, contract staff, and family members who received their Pfizer vaccine through Curative on site at the Getty Center on June 7 have a second dose scheduled for Monday, June 28, 8-9 a.m. The vaccines will again take place at the P1 level of NEP. Please be sure to bring photo identification, your medical insurance card (if you have one), and your COVID-19 vaccination card to your appointment.
Vaccine Verification or COVID-19 Test
Details about how and where to have your COVID-19 vaccine verified are included in the attached document. Please be sure to pre-register here for vaccine verification and have your QR code available before visiting the nurse station. Please also be sure to have your verification with you. If your vaccine cannot be verified, you will be required to have a weekly COVID-19 test and continue to wear a mask. If/when you get a new Getty ID badge, you will receive a new verification sticker and will need to bring the QR code and your proof of vaccine again. The attached schedule provides days/times for each Getty location through July.
Return to Work FAQs
As more staff prepare to return to Getty workplaces, many of you have questions about parking, transportation, food service, and other topics. Attached is an FAQ that was circulated to all staff last week (attached in both English and Spanish), along with information about vaccine verification (also attached in both English and Spanish) and the Getty Digital checklist. All information will be posted to Getty GO.
Juneteenth National Holiday
We are pleased to see that Juneteenth is now a recognized federal holiday. In response to questions about Getty’s observation of this holiday, we want to share that Getty considers all federal and state holidays when determining which 11 will be observed by Getty. Getty carefully reviews its holiday schedule each year, to ensure equity for employees whose off-Friday falls on a holiday, ensure staff on work schedules 1 and 2 have the days between Christmas and New Year’s as planned holidays, and make certain that all staff receive the same number of holidays, regardless of their work schedule. Holiday schedules may be found on GO under Holiday & Payroll Schedules. The schedule for FY22 is posted and the schedule for FY23 will be posted sometime in January or February.
July Opportunities to Meet with Jim
Jim Cuno invites any staff member who has a topic they would like to discuss in one-on-one meetings to sign up for informal 10-minute conversations. His availability for the month of July is listed below. The 10-minute meetings will be filled first-come, first-served, and will be conducted via Zoom. Please contact Piedad Garcia to schedule.
- July 21, 9-10 a.m.
- July 29, 2-3 p.m.
Library Curbside Service
The next Getty Library Curbside Service is June 22–24. You can still make an appointment in Reservio, our self-scheduling reservation system, to pick up items that you requested from May 13–June 16, or to return items that you have at home. Instructions for making an appointment are in the Getty Library Curbside Service appointment information and Reservio instructions document attached. Curbside service dates and related information are also listed on the Getty Library at Home guide’s Circulation Curbside Service page.
Please note that curbside service hours are now 10 a.m.-2 p.m., with five-minute appointment times. Please park at the designated location and walk over to the labeled book cart on the sidewalk to pick up your books.
Take advantage of the June curbside service to return books that you have at home, to ease your transition to working back on site.
June 15 All-Staff Update Video on GO
The English and Spanish video recordings of the June 15 All-Staff Update are now available on GO for staff to stream. For staff who do not have access to GO, the English version of the All-Staff is available online with password: reopening. The Spanish version of the All-Staff is available with password: reabrir.
News
Museum Acquires Pastel
The Museum purchased a pastel by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, one of the leading women artists in 18th-century Europe. Portrait of Madame Charles Mitoire with Her Children (1783) depicts a fashionably dressed woman breastfeeding her son. Though it was not the first French portrait depicting a well-to-do mother breastfeeding, it was unlike anything that visitors to the Paris Salon of 1783, where the pastel was first exhibited, had ever seen: a formal portrait of a named sitter openly nursing her child. Read more about the Adélaïde Labille-Guiard acquisition on the Iris.
Getty Archivists Support Racial Justice
GRI archivists describe their ongoing effort to reexamine thousands of records to create better and more equitable archives. Their work was catalyzed by the worldwide unrest following the murder of George Floyd, which compelled them to ensure that the voices of oppressed communities are accurately represented in the historical record. Read more about the archivists' efforts on the Iris.
L.A. Pride at the Getty Center
Watch the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles perform “We Shall Be Free,” by Stephanie Davis and Garth Brooks, from the steps of the Getty Center. The performance was the finale of the “Thrive with Pride Celebration” that aired Saturday, June 12, on ABC7/KABC-TV.
Events
Prepare Your Technology to Return Onsite
Join Getty Digital on Zoom to prepare to return to work on site:
- Computer updates to enable before you return
- Checking equipment when you arrive at your desk
- Storing/backing up data for transfer and collaboration
The first drop-in session will be June 22 at 10 a.m. on Zoom.
We will review this Return to Site checklist and answer questions. For additional sessions, see the Getty Digital Class Schedule.
Unconscious Bias Workshops
Goal #2 of Getty’s DEAI Plan is to “confront and eliminate racism and discrimination in the workplace,” and one of the action items is to “strengthen and expand anti-racist and unconscious bias training.” In addition, one of the top priorities of the DEAI Council is to hold mandatory anti-bias and anti-racism training. Getty continues to work with the JONES team to provide Unconscious Bias in the Workplace sessions, which are typically offered a couple times a month. Please be aware that we consider this training required, and if you haven’t participated yet, we encourage you to sign up. For July, the dates and times are as follows:
- July 7, 3-5 p.m.
- July 27, 3-5 p.m.
Please use this SurveyMonkey link to sign up for either session.
Staff Spotlight
Getty Anniversaries This Week
Five Years
- Doris Chon, Publications, GRI
10 Years
- Amanda Maddox, Photographs, Museum
30 Years
- Carl Gordon, Security Operations
Comings and Goings: June 1–15, 2021
Arrivals
- Anil Dsouza, Getty Apps and Project Management, Getty Digital
- Nancy Rivera, Publications Administration
- Patrice Eguchi, Human Resources
- Cole Calhoun, Communications, Trust
- David Martino, Development
- Adam Nguyen, Security Operations
- Anthony Kho, Security Operations
- Carlos-Alberto Encalada, Security Operations
- Keith Wentzell, Security Operations
- Kenneth Mason Nabua, Security Operations
- Louis Garcia, Security Operations
- Michael Gutierrez, Security Operations
- Naquitta Wallington, Security Operations
- Nicholis Sassoon, Security Operations
- Nikolas Sigloch, Security Operations
Departures
- Mark Barbarino, Maintenance
- Tiffany Talavera, A.P. and Payroll Services
- Cesar Balderas, Security Operations
- Madhav Lalla, Security Operations
- Veronica Leute, Human Resources
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