ALMA Science Advisory Committee
Draft Agenda for ASAC Telecon Wednesday 3 December 2003
Conference Date: 2003-December-03 (Wednesday)
Here's the dial-in information for the telecon:
CALL TIME:
15:30Universal
Time or 1030am EST (Follow the link for times in other time zones as various
nations change to and from summer time)
CALL DATE: 03-December-2003
(Wednesday)
DURATION:
1 hr
- USA Number: 877-874-1919
- Outside USA Number: +1-203-320-9891 NOTE NEW NUMBER
- Passcode: 185064
- Leader: Al Wootten
Agenda items:
Old Business
(1) Minutes of the November Telecon
There are none linked. Did anyone take minutes??
Agenda and Minutes of recent telecons may be viewed at the ALMA
Sitescape
documentation site.
(2) ALMA Calendar
- 4 December -- ALMA Board telecon 2004
Board Meeting Dates
- 8 January -- AAS Town Hall
- 29 February -- ALMA System Review/mini-ALMA Week
- 30 March - 1 April AL:MA Board meets, Socorro, N. M.
- 24-25 May (tent) -- ALMA/NA Meeting, U. of Maryland
- 25-26 May -- ALMA Backend Review, Arcachon, France
- 22-23 June -- ALMA Board Meeting, Europe
(3) ASAC Report Circulated
New Business-
1)Project Update from JAO (Tarenghi)
*Tom Wilson officially at ESO now.
*Operations plan progresses
*Antenna--prototypes at ATF, production specs and
schedule
2) Board meeting (Mundy)
*Board telecon 4 December items -- Charges
Suggested
protocharges from Mundy/Wade/Hesser/Wootten
3) Science IPT Items (Wootten)
*Calibration plan
*DRSP
*Stability--gain and phase
*Upcoming meetings
EXPLORING THE COSMIC FRONTIER: Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st Century 18 - 21 May 2004 Berlin, Germany
Protostars and Planets
V 24 - 28 October 2005 Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island,
Hawaii
4) News from ESAC, ANASAC, partners
Europe: Appendix
C of ESAC Report September 2003
N. A.: Congress approves NSF Budget,
including ALMA. Still must be signed by President.
Chile:
Japan:
5) Any Other Business