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22LESSONS LEARNED By: Stanley Trujillo & Justin Dexter Lessons Learned CommitteeI always look forward to autumn, as it represents change and transformation.%u00a0 I love the vibrant colors of the leaves in the mountains and always welcome the cooler temperatures.%u00a0 It%u2019s also a time for reflection and letting go, just as the trees shed their leaves.%u00a0 It%u2019s a reminder to let go of things that no longer serve us and reflect on the last year.%u00a0 The beginning of fall this year has been extremely rough for our neighbors in the southeast.%u00a0 Hurricane Helene%u2019s destruction path went through some of our AGS family%u2019s cities and towns, including the Savannah River Site.%u00a0 We at AGS hope that the impact on our society%u2019s friends will be minimal, and we hope for a strong recovery for those who were hit hard.This summer was also rough for quite a few of us trying to make it to Boston for the July 2024 AGS Conference.%u00a0 On July 19th, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty update, causing widespread problems for Microsoft Windows computers running the software.%u00a0 We had over thirty people miss the conference due to this interruption.%u00a0 What can we learn from this?%u00a0 Maybe we shouldn%u2019t be so dependent on one software platform, or we should have alternate solutions if something happens.%u00a0 This is applicable in many aspects of our lives, and we have become dependent on many things.%u00a0 But, like my dad always told me %u2013 Always have a Plan B.For those of us who made it to the conference, it was an amazing event, especially from a lessons-learned standpoint.%u00a0 There were so many quality presentations with amazing content with quite a few focusing on good practices and lessons learned.%u00a0 We also had the U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters attending and presenting.%u00a0 Maria Dikeakos, DOE Corporate Operating Experience and Lessons Learned Program Manager and Colette Broussard, Director, Office of ES&H Reporting and Analysis (EHSS-23).%u00a0 They presented on DOE OPEX & Lessons Learned: Your Role in Organizational Learning.%u00a0 Maria discussed the importance of the OPEXShare website and challenged the society to get more involved by uploading lessons learned or examples of best practices.%u00a0 We hope to see many more updates on the website by the 2025 Conference.Our lessons learned committee met in October and again in November to discuss what the committee could work on and present at the convention in Lake Tahoe in 2025. A few ideas were discussed to include: Bridging the gap between experienced glovebox industry workers and those just starting. We must find a way to capture this experience before folks retire from the glovebox industry and transfer it to those new to the industry. This is one of the founding principles that the AGS was built upon: %u201cpromote communication and disseminate knowledge in the field of glovebox technology.%u201dWe plan on having a lessons-learned breakout session/panel discussion where panelists discuss glovebox-related issues that have occurred within the glovebox industry over the past year. This may include things that went well (e.g., new tools, equipment, and process innovations).%u00a0 We hope to hear from the audience, especially with some %u201cbest practices%u201d stories.If you would like to join the lessons learned committee, please contact the AGS front office.Also, please note the new link and website for OPEXShare, if you haven%u2019t already updated your bookmarks %u2013 https://doeopexshare.doe.gov/I look forward to seeing everyone again next summer in Lake Tahoe! v