New office

We encountered some delays in formalising a rental contact for our new office next to the office of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG), but in the end we signed a contract starting the 1$^{st}$ of October, which implied a 2 months longer stay in our old office. There were some delays in getting the proper permissions and get the work to prepare the new offices done in time, where in the end we moved to the new office towards the end of October, and we terminated the rental contract for the old office by the end of October. We are now permanently installed in the new office, but there is still some official paperwork pending. The main effect is that we have not yet installed a door physically connecting our office to that of the TNG, and the common coffee area in the TNG office has not been constructed yet. A significant effort was made in the physical move to the new office, and the arrangements needed to make the new office habitable. Some of our stuff remains in boxes and we are getting some new furniture to properly settle-in, but these are mostly cosmetic improvements.

As part of the move to the new office we have installed our computer servers in an air-conditioned area in the TNG office, while we also use the UPS of the TNG for our computers and have access to the internet through their office. An official agreement was signed with the TNG that covers these services, and includes having access to laboratories and storage space at the TNG, and have access to scientific journals. This agreement also includes the installation of the door physically connecting our offices, and the construction of the common coffee area.