[lm-announce] please read me

[sswift]

Hi,

I've had a few reports about dirty microscopes and unused bookings (on 
the LMF spectris in particular but this applies to all microscopes).  
Most of you are just fantastic people, but to avoid us having to come 
round with a baseball bat and hurt those of you who aren't, could I 
take this opportunity to remind you all to -

1.  sign into the booking calendar with your email address and 
extension number so that you can be contacted
2.  if you are unable to use the time you've booked a) delete your 
entry b) email the person who is on after you to let them know the 
microscope is available sooner
3.  Clean the objectives and eyepieces with lens tissue and clean 
anything you've spilled on the stage.  If you're unsure about the best 
way to do this, just ask.  Sometimes the microscope gets a bit too 
filthy for mere lens paper to clean.  When that happens, just let me or 
Calum know and we'll sort it out.  Please don't try to clean anything 
with solvents, mr muscle, high pressure sand blasters etc, you could do 
some real damage.

Finally, we have a few ongoing problems with the 2nd floor spectris and 
CRUK DV.  Replacement parts have been ordered but may take a little 
time to arrive.  Thanks for bearing with us on this, we'll let you know 
as soon as they're up and running again.  We also had some problems 
with storage space on Zeus which have now been more or less resolved, 
so for all intents and purposes please consider it fixed.

Thanks!
Sam