ALMA/US Imaging and Calibration Group

Minutes for meeting Tuesday, 15 May 2001 at 4:00pm EST.

(Agenda in black, comments from notes on meeting (minutes) in blue.

Date: 15 May 2001

Time: 4:00 pm EDT (2:00 pm Socorro, 1:00 pm Tucson)

Phone: (804)296-7082 (CV SoundStation Premier Conference phone).

Past ImCal minutes, etc on MMA Imaging and Calibration Division Page

ALMA - Tom Lehrer

The loveliest girl in Vienna
Was Alma, the smartest as well.
Once you picked her up on your antenna,
You'd never be free of her spell.

Her lovers were many and varied
From the day she began her - beguine.
There were three famous ones whom she married,
And God knows how many between.

Alma, tell us,
All modern women are jealous,
Which of your magical wands
Got you euros and dollars and yens?

The rest.

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Agenda

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News -- Wootten

AAS Meeting -- I will be there Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Brochures and a new display will be there. I am still trying to find pieces of ALMA for display.

News - Paris, EIE, etc.

The charge from the EACC to the EAEC is: "Prepare a draft recommendation on the definition of the three-way ALMA, for discussion at the next EACC meeting 12-13 June 2001. The recommendation should define a three-way project with a value per partner for Phase 2 of 220 M USD (FY2000). The recommendation should also consider what could be accomplished with an additional 10 percent funding."

Our (Science and Imaging) budget is purely people and travel, with very little for the site monitoring. The goal at the meeting is an increase in our funds for the total project by 1.5.

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ASAC The next ASAC meeting will be held 17 May at 1415UT. The proto-agenda has links to documents. We will discuss them also.

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Calibration -- All

The deadline for the reservations for the calibration meeting has passed. Time to start assessing where we are and getting documents.

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Site News - Butler, Radford

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ALMA Conference Proceedings, Synergy meeting 22 May in DC

Publication is expected September 2001.

The synergies of ALMA with the GSMT Conference will be in DC on 22 May

Andrew Blaine

Geoff Blake

Todd Boroson

Bryan Butler no

Chris Carilli

John Carpenter

Arjun Dey

Alyssa Goodman

Mark Gurwell yes

Michiel Hogerheijde no

James Lowenthal

Jeremy Mould

Joan Najita

Luis Rodriguez no

Jeff Valenti

Dave Wilner no

Min Yun

We would like to invite you to participate in a one-day workshop at the AURA Headquarters. The workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 22nd from 9:30am to 4:30pm. The goals of the workshop are:

(1) delineating potential synergies between ALMA and a 30-m O/IR telescope (The Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope, GSMT, described in the decadal survey)

(2) defining issues for more detailed studies aimed at deeper understanding/quantification of those synergies

(3) planning a broader community-based workshop to be held in winter, 2001. The workshop will be small (fewer than 15 invitees), informal, and focused on defining next steps rather than reaching definitive conclusions

Travel information and instructions will be forwarded in an email from Kathy English sometime this week. NOAO will reimburse travel and incidental expenses for all participants.

To ensure a successful and scientifically stimulating meeting, we are asking each participant to prepare and circulate 5 days in advance of the meeting a BRIEF presentation summarizing from her/his perspective a key science problem for which joint GSMT and ALMA observations would significantly enhance solution. Specifically, we would like you to summarize:

-- the goals of the science programs (broadly stated)

-- key objectives

-- key measurements: with ALMA; GSMT

-- potential complementarity with NGST; SIM; other space facilities

-- identification of ALMA/GMST synergy

-- issues for discussion or study

We very much hope that you will be able to participate. Please indicate your availability both to us and to Kathy English (kenglish@noao.edu) at NOAO. Kathy will be coordinating the meeting.

Comments?

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Action Items 1 Feb2000

DECISION: Configurations--PDR upcoming?

DECISION: Implementation of 183 GHz WVR? 22GHz at OVRO, VLA?

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Travel

  • Wootten - 14-113 Feb MMAOC
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