The second edition of the open discussion between CERN staff and the Directorate took place on 19 March. For those who were unable to follow the event, the recording is available here.
Below is a list of the fifteen questions that received the most votes, the first three of which were dealt with during the session.
The topics that you consider important and that could not be discussed during the session will be addressed by internal communication in the coming months.
There were a total of 1479 voters. Find below the three questions that received the most votes:
| How is CERN's infrastructure coping with the increase in the number of people on site and in particular in the restaurants? | 61 |
| What is the strategy for sustaining CERN's funding to fulfil its mission? | 59 |
| How does CERN compare FCC and CLIC to China's CEPC? | 57 |
Here are the following twelve questions in terms of number of votes:
| How can CERN mitigate daily traffic jams at the border? | 46 |
| Could CERN review the staff LD and IC model, in terms of costs and knowledge retention? | 42 |
| What is planned for the maintenance of old buildings and the optimisation of safety? | 42 |
| How is CERN tackling the administrative burden versus time to work on science? | 40 |
| How does CERN justify the increasing atmosphere of access control, policing and restrictions on social areas such as the BBQ site? | 39 |
| How could CERN enhance career evolution and sustain motivation? | 38 |
| Is CERN considering measures to adapt workload to available resources? | 36 |
| How does scientific governance evolve with the increasing number of Member, Associate Member and non-Member States? | 31 |
| Visible wearing of access cards on-site is not really enforced, is that an issue? | 30 |
| Could CERN offer multi-storey parking? | 29 |
| How is CERN improving IT tools and optimising services as a cutting-edge technology organisation? | 28 |
| How is CERN addressing the difference in CERN personnel statuses and the associated conditions? | 28 |
Feel free to give us your opinion on the session by email so the Directorate can take this onboard for the future.