MMA Imaging and Calibration Group

Agenda/Minutes for meeting Tuesday, 22 June at 4:00 pm EDT.

Date: 22 June 2004

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

Phone: Phone: (434)296-7082 (CV SoundStation Premier Conference phone 3rd floor). No Video planned.

Past minutes, etc on MMA Imaging and Calibration Division Page

Agenda

Notes from the meeting are in this font!
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Science IPT Items - Wootten

ALMA Calendar

22-23 June -- ALMA Board Meeting, Munich
8-10 July -- Software IPT CDR2, Denver Colorado
20 July -- Science IPT Telecon
24 September -- ALMA/EU Meeting, Garching
11-12 October -- AMAC, Florence Italy

LAMA Memo Series has inhabitants!

- Project news/updates (Al )
      * Operations Plan H2 status
      * Project Scientist, Safety Officer positions open. Still trying to discover PS job description...
    * News: Proposed reorganization of the Science IPT.
      * ALMA Science Workshop Meeting 14-15 May 2004. Presentations ANASAC status.
      * The next CCB meeting will occur 25 June. Possibly on the agenda are three change requests of Science interest, and several Doc approval requests:
              Change Cold Multiplier Ratio in Band 9 from X5 to X6 (ALMA-40.10.04.00-001-A-CRE)
              Request to extend upper frequency limit on band 7 (ALMA-40.02.07.00-003-A-CRE)
              Inclusion of 90d phase switching in the ALMA first LO (ALMA-56.00.00.00-001-A-CRE)
             ATF - Monitor and Control (M&C) Points and Documentation Convention (ALMA-70.35.00.00-001-A-STD)
             ICD between Front End and Computing/Control Software (ALMA-40.00.00.00-70.35.25.00-A-ICD)
             ICD between Front End/Cryostat and Computing/Control Software (ALMA-40.03.00.00-70.35.25.00-A-ICD)
             ICD between Front End/Water Vapour Radiometer and Computing/Control Software (ALMA-40.07.00.00-70.35.25.00-A-ICD)
                The Science, System, Front End and Back End spec previously announced for this CCB are postponed pending a special telecon to resolve issues.

Discussion Items - (Wootten)

* CIPT CDR2--documents secret.
* SSR See question from Testi on calibrator choice. The Science IPT should make the recommendation, not the SSR itself.
* Calibration Group (Mangum) Telecon 8 July

- Communications Newsletter

Upcoming Meetings

Upcoming Meetings - Wootten

From Spitzer to Herschel and Beyond: The Future of Far IR Space Astrophysics 7-10 June 2004 Pasadena, California

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy 59th Meeting - - June 21-25, 2004

Cores, Disks, Jets & Outflows in Low & High Mass Star Forming Environments: Observations, Theory and Simulations July 12-16, 2004 Banff, Alberta, Canada

ESO ALMA COMMUNITY DAY 2004 September 24 Garching Germany

The Cool Universe: Observing Cosmic Beginnings 2004 October 4-8 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

New Windows on Star Formation in the Cosmos 2004 October 11-13 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Dusty and Molecular Universe 27-29 October 2004, Paris
Astrochemistry throughout the Universe: Recent Successes and Current Challenges 2005 August 29 - September 2; Asilomar, California New!

Protostars and Planets V 24 - 28 October 2005 Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island, Hawaii

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Travel

Oh, always

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