ALMA Science IPT Telecon Phone Meeting 2003-August-13

Connection Details

• Call date: 2003-August-13 (Wednesday)
• Call time:  15:00 UT 1100EDT 0500CET
• Duration: 1 hr
• USA Number: 877-874-1919
• Outside USA Number: +1-712-934-1791
• Passcode: 185064
• Leader: Al Wootten

Old Business

- Action items from before the  previous meeting:
- Calibration
Action -- MH to consider Science losses in continuum images.  Please note ALMA Memo No. 466. Status: In draft.
ACTION -- AB: Standing wave, bandpass memos to be distributed for comment at next Science IPT meeting. Status: Standing wave memo available.
ACTION -- BB: Calibration reference document is not available outside the Science IPT.  This should be linked on ALMAEDM for reference purposes.This has been distributed to the calibration group.  Telecon  21st of   august (a thursday).  1500 UT.

- SSR
Action -- Comments in to Richer by 20 May; revised data rate report due 16 June. Done.  See SSR agenda.

- Operations/Design Reference Mission working group (someone from WG)
Action -- Design reference mission needs to get off ground.      This is well along.
 

ACTION items from 10 June:

   - MILESTONES: all leaders of level 3 milestones with upcoming deadlines to report on status.  The Milestones, with project number, are available updated
for June 10.

New Business -- Agenda

Calendar

• 26 July--Level 1 Milestone reached--construction begins in Chile
• 25 August ANASAC face-to-face meeting, Chicago O'Hare
• 1 Sep--ESAC face-to-face meeting, Madrid
  
• 5-6 September ASAC Meeting  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Charges
  
• 17-19 September, Charlottesville.  Mini-ALMA Week.
  
• 13 October  AMAC Meeting proposed, Europe Dwingeloo?
  
• 3-4 November ALMA Board,  Santiago
• 6 November    ALMA Groundbreaking

Reports from Subgroups

    -2 Calibration (Butler)

      -  Calibration plan and milestones (Bryan)
      -  bandpass (Aurore, Stephane)

     -3.Design Reference Science Plan (Ewine, Stephane)
             Status of progress on  plan of action   circulated by Ewine

    -4. SSR (Lucas)

       - Report on SSR activities (Robert)
 
   -5. Configurations (Conway)

• Extended Array   (Holdaway)  Document ALMA-90.02.00.00-002-A-SPE submitted.
• Move Sequence (Conway) Antenna Configurations - Specifications and Requirements, ALMA-90.02.00.00-001-F-SPE  APPROVED.
• ACA feedback from Science IPT needed. (Hasegawa)

         - report on activities (Frederic)
         - simulations gain stability (Mark)
         - note by Richard Hills (Richard)

    -7 Site (Nyman)

         - report on activities
                    RFI report  available?  (Lars-Ake, Simon)

-8 Others (outreach, ...)
        New PR IPT to be formed.

 Date of next phone meeting According to the schedule the next one should be on: 2003, September 16  15:00 UT
 

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