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      ALMA Science Advisory Committee Telecon
                 March 3, 2004

Participants: Lee Mundy, Ewine van Dishoeck, Peter Schilke, Diego
Mardones, Leonardo Testi, Momose, Jean Turner, Chris Wilson, Chris
Carilli, Pierre Cox, John Richer   later: Al Wootten

Old Business:

(1) Minutes of the February Telecon

    Given on webpage with agenda. No comments. Minutes accepted.

(2) ALMA Calendar

    Immediately relevant items were
    (A) ALMA Board Telecon February 26 -- discuss next
    (B) ASAC Face-to-Face May 10-11 Cambridge -- discuss little later

New Business:

(1) ALMA Board telecon (Mundy)

   Results from ALMA Board's team visit to Japan: 
      Talk between ALMA partners and Japan are still in progress.
      The details of collaboration are not yet understood.
      The end goal of a full three-way partnership is the intention of everyone.
      There will be further discussions in the coming month.

(2) Logistics of Face-to-Face Meeting (Richer)
 
   Overall logistics of the meeting are set. Most, but not all participants,
   have communicated their plans to John. He has sent out email
   with logistics information.  We need to have information for
   Non-ASAC members so they can have places reserved.
    
(3) Strawman Agenda for Meeting (Mundy and all)

   Al posted a straw agenda for the F-2-F.
   We worked on attaching names to various presentation areas.
      Tarenghi (not available: Santiago), Wilson, Laing, Wootten, Lucas.
      Brian or Gianni (both not) or Debra as backup. 
      somebody from calibration group: ask Al who is best (Al, Jeff Mangum?). 
      Emerson and/or Silva for Ops plan
      Somebody to present configurations (Al or Tom),  
      Simulations for stability (Project Scientists or Mark Holdaway), 
      Early Science (should be included in operations plan), 
      Review of prioritization of SSR Requirements -- IPT person? D. Shephard?
          Glendenning deserves a break. We have significant expertise in this area 
	  on the ASAC.
      Japan (Hasegawa or Kawabe [probably] on ACA), 
      
   Since we are in Cambridge, we will see of John Credland or Richard Hills
      can present something on atmospheric phase correction.

   Need work to do for charges?  Polarization simulations? Holdaway? 
   DRSP polarization programs? Lee will ask Shih-ping Lai to do some work;
           Robert Laing is looking into specs: (got input from Jane Greaves) 
	   Hogerheidje at Leiden is helping with sorting out early science
	   from DRSP and updating the DRSP.
	   Ewine will be sending out a memo to ask DSRP PI's about the calibration
	      accuracy requirements of their projects.
   Ask Al to see if Mark Holdaway can do simulations.

*** Al joins. ***
   
(4) Project Update  (Wootten)

   System review meeting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is happening 
   Reports to JAO and IPT leads (only details).  
   Few worrying items (not ready on time), some coordination problems 
      [not adhering to standards],
   Things generally look very good.

   Calibration Plan drafty stage: holes, but critical parts are there.

   AMAC meets next week in Charlottesville, Production Antennas and
   Schedule, Projection control system.

(5) Science IPT Items (Wootten/T.Wilson)

  Al can put Cal plan presentation on web

  Bandpass Calibration Memo has been received

  Configuration: Proposal for early science configurations: Conway,
      Antenna location positions

  Operations plan version G handed over to Executives, version H will be
      released to ASAC end of March. We should be set to review the ops
      plan at our F-2-F.

  Friday presentation on Science Commissioning by Robert Laing

(6) Regional SAC Reports

   * ESAC (Cox, vanDishoeck)

      Telecon: Community meeting September 24 in Garching. Discussed regional
                   science center and early science.

      Ewine: Face-to-Face March 16 in Garching, report on RSC working group to
      report on additional functions (non-core functions), has been active since 
      start of year, has to produce report by today. 

      Tom Wilson chair: re-revised report, send around to working group, then
      to EAB, then to ESAC.  Appendix: possible contributions from individual
      countries.  Chris W.: can it be sent to NA?  Tom W.: prefers verbal
      presentation at next ASAC meeting (telecon).

   * ANASAC (Carilli)   

     Had 2 telcons, one for community meeting, one for ANASAC.  Missed latter
        one, but got briefing from Al.

     Two main issues:
        new chairman: Min Yun.  Main charge: get better definition from NRAO for
                       ANASAC
        Workshop in Maryland, SOC has been defined, web page. 1.5 days, first half day 
	   science talks and project introduction, along the lines of DRSP organization,
           Afternoon break out sessions,  then get-together

     Maybe ANASAC meeting on second half of second day

(7) Next meeting  -- Wednesday, 7 April 14:30 UT

    We agreed to keep the meeting at the same local time in Europe and US. Since
    daylight savings happens before the next meeting, our next meeting will
    be at 14:30 UT rather than 15:30 UT.