BIWEEKLY CALENDAR OF THE ALMA PROJECT at NRAO

                            Feb 16 - 29, 2004


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A contingent of ALMA Managers and IPT leaders will visit Tokyo this week
to plan integration of Japan contributions into the ALMA Project.

NRC President (and ALMA friend) Arthur Carty appointed to new post of national 
science advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Martin, effective 1 April.  In
unrelated Canadian news, Lewis Knee has assumed the position of Canadian
ALMA Project Manager formerly held by Lorne Avery, who has retired.

The ALMA Design Reference Science Plan may now be reached via: 
http://alma.nrao.edu/science/
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General Happenings

Santiago     ALMA/NRAO Construction Manager Eduardo Donoso begins work.
              He will provide day-to-day management of contractors and on-site
              inspection of works, in addition to other duties.

Chajnantor   Finishing and roofing work for ALMA camps to begin 2004-Feb-16
              continuing for three months.  Temporary power plant and permanent
              sewage treatment plant installed
                         
ATF          The first ALMA images, of planets at both 3mm and 1mm, have been
              obtained.  Holography measurements of the AEC antenna were
              completed 2004-Feb-02.  The holography transmitter was repointed
              to the Mitsubishi antenna.                    

Socorro      Eight fiber optic receiver modules received from Jodrell Bank.
              First 2nd LO synthesizer module complete.

NTC          Prototype two antenna correlator was shipped to Socorro; 
              installation and checkout this two week period.  A change
              request seeking implementation of the tunable filter bank has
              been submitted.

DAILY CALENDAR
 Mon 16 Feb All day event: NRAO Holiday
 
  Tue  17 Feb 
10:30-12:00: JAO / IPT Teleconference
15:00-16:00: Front End Group Meeting
16:00-17:00: NAScienceIPT teleconference (open to all interested parties)
                        (434)296-7082m
                        Agenda: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/
                          Go to meeting date (last of five years of agendas) 
  Wed  18 Feb 
All day event: ALMA Japanese Discussions
  Thu  19 Feb 
All day event: ALMA Japanese Discussions
08:30-10:00: JAO Teleconference
  Fri  20 Feb 
All day event: ALMA Japanese Discussions 
Mon  23 Feb 
13:00-14:30: NA DH Teleconference
  Tue  24 Feb 
15:00-16:00: Front End Group Meeting
16:00-17:00: NAScienceIPT teleconference (open to all interested parties)
                        (434)296-7082m
                        Agenda: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/
                          Go to meeting date (last of five years of agendas)  
  Wed  25 Feb 
 
  Thu  26 Feb 
08:00-09:00: ALMA Board Teleconference
08:30-10:00: JAO Teleconference
  Fri  27 Feb 
15:00-17:00: ANASAC Teleconference 

	 
****************************** UPCOMING EVENTS ******************************
#ALMA Calendar  

    * 18-20 February -- Selected IPT Leads attend meeting in Japan
    * 26 February -- ALMA Board telecon  2004 Board Meeting Dates
    * 1-5 March-- ALMA System Review/mini-ALMA Week, near Munich
    * 11-12 March -- AMAC Meeting, Charlottesville NTC
    * 30 March -- 1 April  ALMA Board meets, Socorro, N. M.
    * 10-11 May -- ASAC Face-to-face meeting, Cambridge, England
    * 14-15 May  -- ALMA/NA Meeting, U. of Maryland
    * 25-26 May -- ALMA Backend Review, Arcachon, France
    * 22-23 June -- ALMA Board Meeting, Europe


******************************* TECHNICAL NEWS *******************************
ALMA MEMO #480 Thermal Properties of subsurface layer at Pampa La Bola 

Seiichi Sakamoto (NAOJ) and Hideharu Ishizaki (NAOJ) 

For a pdf copy of this memo, please visit:
http://alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma480/memo480.pdf

ALMA MEMO #486  Characteristics Of Lightning Discharges Over AOS  

T. Watanabe (Gifu University), N. Takagi (Gifu University),D. Wang (Gifu University), 
L. Liu (Gifu University), M. Kamata (Gifu University), S. Sakamoto (NAOJ)

For a pdf copy of this memo, please visit:
http://alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma486/memo486.pdf
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