ALMA Science Advisory Committee TeleConference 3 March 2004

ALMA Science Advisory Committee

Draft Agenda for ASAC Telecon Wednesday 3 March 2004

Conference Date: 2004-March-04 (Wednesday)

Here's the dial-in information for the telecon:

CALL TIME: 15:00 Universal Time or 1000 am EST
CALL DATE: 03-March-2004 (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 February Telecon
Agenda and Minutes of recent telecons may be viewed at the ALMA Sitescape documentation site.

(2) ALMA Calendar

26 February -- ALMA Board telecon 2004 Board Meeting Dates
1-5 March-- ALMA System Review/mini-ALMA Week, near Munich. Critical System Review Documents. ALMA Week Agenda.
3 Mar -- ASAC Telecon. Agenda.
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 Agenda
25-26 May -- ALMA Backend Review, Arcachon, France
22-23 June -- ALMA Board Meeting, Europe

New Business-

1)Project Update (Tarenghi)

* Project News--Chile status, ATF status
     * minimini ALMA Week in Japan
     * ALMA Week and System Review
     * Operations Group and the Operations Plan

2) Board meeting (Mundy)

   *Board telecon 26 February items --
               charges from the Board
     * Face-to-face Meeting
               Logistics
      * Strawman Agenda for Face-to-face Meeting

3) Science IPT Items (Wootten/Wilson)

         * Calibration Plan --
- Draft Bandpass Calibration Memo. from Bacmann and Guilloteau
                  - Very drafty Calibration plan.
    - The Calibration Specs and Reqs August 03 Version(Wootten) now in almaedm as a Change Request for PB Chapter 3
                      Note that this is a major component of our miniALMA week activity
            - Plan for further tests of amplitude calibration devices

4) Regional SAC Reports

        * ESAC (Cox)
        * ANASAC (Carilli)
             ALMA Workshop 14-15 May 2004. Agenda

5) Next meeting -- Wednesday, 7 April 15:30 UT

Upcoming Meetings - Wootten

Astronomical Polarimetry - Current Status and Future Directions March 15-19, 2004. Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Hawaii.

ALMA Workshop May 14-15, University of Maryland

Exploring the Cosmic Frontier: Astrophysical Instruments for the 21st Century 18-21 May 2004 Berlin, Germany

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

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

Dusty and Molecular Universe 27-29 October 2004, Paris

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