MMA Imaging and Calibration Group

Minutes for meeting Mon, 6 December 1999 at 4pm EST.

Date: 6 December 1999

Time: 4:00 pm EST (2:00 pm Socorro, 2:00 pm Tucson)

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

Past minutes, etc on MMA Imaging and Calibration Division Page

Minutes

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News - Wootten

From the Division Heads meeting.

ALMA ImCal Cost Estimates due tomorrow--any changes from the baseline plan?

FY2000 Budget due. Any input?

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ALMA SW-SSR Group and Exploder - Glendenning

The next meeting will be on Monday Dec 13th 17h UT for members only please.

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Configuration PDR - Min, Butler, Wootten, Radford, Kogan

No word from Europe, and Min is ill. Simon reports that the Plaza is available on 21-22 Feb 1999 so that is the target date.

Linking with Mark Gordon's development plan.

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SAC Meeting - Wootten

Second Joint ALMA Science Advisory Committee Meeting 13 Dec 1999.

SAC members have been appointed.

Agenda:

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ALMA Science Advisory Committee Meeting

Date: 13 December 1999

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Agenda for SAC Meeting

None yet folks!

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Action Items 15November99

DECISION: Configurations--where are we? Feb meeting plans...

DECISION: 183 GHz or 22 GHz phase correction?

DECISION: Is a nutating secondary necessary?

DECISION: What is the effect of 1/f noise in the HEMT amplifiers of SIS receivers upon our ability to combine total power and interferometric images into a faithful representation of the sky?

MEETINGS: SAC meeting 13 December 1999 for members only.

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Travel

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