NSSL and SPC Employees Association ( NSEA ) is a U.S. " non-profit organization which provides social interaction for employees from the National Severe Storms Laboratory ( NSSL ) , the Storm Prediction Center ( SPC ) , and the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies ( CIMMS ) , and their families and friends , and provides a better working environment for employees at NSSL , SPC , and CIMMS " . It is not affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA ) . It operates an on-site member-operated convenience store which sells snacks , drinks , and other food . This , and other " concessions stands " such as a clothing and a weather photography stores which sell to the public , fund the organization . In serving in its members , it sponsors annual events such as a Winter Holiday dinner , a Halloween party , the NSEA Chili Cookoff , a July summer picnic , and an October golf tournament ; as well as sends flowers to hospitalized employees and members of their immediate families , donates money to charitable organizations or plants for funeral services in memory of passing NSSL/SPC/CIMMS employees and members of their immediate families , as well as members of the Norman meteorological community , purchases framed pictures for the hallways and appliances for the use of all employees , and constructed a memorial in front of the NSSL/SPC building to honor the federal workers killed in the Murrah Building bombing in Oklahoma City . NSEA also recycles various paper and metal products produced as waste from our lab , and uses the money to plant trees around the building ( NSSL , SPC , and CIMMS moved with several other meteorological organizations to the National Weather Center on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in September 2006 )
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