MMA Imaging and Calibration Group

Agenda/Minutes for meeting Tuesday, 9 November at 4:00 pm EST.

Date: 9 November 2004

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

15 Nov -- AMAC & ASAC Reports due to Board
2 December -- ALMA Board Telecon -- ASAC Charges to be discussed.
5-7 Jan 2005 -- UNSC URSI Boulder meeting Commission J
11 Jan 2005 - ALMA Town Meeting, AAS San Diego; Agenda
27 Jan 2005 -- ALMA Board Telecon . Dates for 2005
24 Feb 2005 -- ALMA Board Telecon. Rebaselining to be discussed.
5-6 April 2005 -- ALMA Board Face-to-face meeting, Pasadena, CA.

LAMA Memo Series has inhabitants!

- Project news/updates (Al )
      * North American ALMA Science Center Wiki (Internal only; it has an external URL) and ALMA Science IPT Wiki (External)
      * ASAC Report
      * JAO Positions PS job description... (Wootten)

- Discussion Items - (Wootten, Holdaway, Mangum)
    - ACA 12m Antennas. New Document from Ukita.
    - LO Switching time. Darrel asks: Can we justify why the spec for LO switching time, in frequency switching mode, is as short(!) as 10 ms. I know we discussed this some time ago, but I couldn't remember the arguments that got us to 10 ms switching time. Can you remind me of the details, or point me to any document that discusses this?   See the Frequency Switching wiki.
    - Calibration
             Document Tree (Mangum)
    - Atmospheric simulations (Holdaway).
    - Commissioning and Science Verification at the ATF and beyond.
    - Communications Newsletter
    - ESO proto-communique
    - NRAO Newsletter ESO Newsletter. Science IPT quarterly report.
- ALMA Science Specifications and Requirements (a Board document). This has been reformatted substantially.
- System Design Description to be discussed. Comment please.
- Communications NRAO Biweekly Newsletter

Upcoming Meetings

Upcoming Meetings - Wootten

Dusty and Molecular Universe 27-29 October 2004, Paris Presentations now online!

2005 UNSC URSI Boulder 5-8 January 2005 University of Colorado, Boulder

Astrochemistry throughout the Universe: Recent Successes and Current Challenges 2005 August 29 - September 2; Asilomar, California

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

URSI General Assembly 23-29 October 2005; New Delhi, India; "Mm/submm Techniques and Science" session 25-26 Oct.

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Travel

Oh, always

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