ALMA Science Advisory Committee
Draft Agenda for ASAC Telecon Friday 19 January 2001
Conference Date: January 19-2001 (Friday)
Here's the dial-in information for the telecon (last of the millenium):
Conference Date: Jan-19-2001 (Friday)
Conference Time: 10:15 AM EASTERN TIME=15:15 UT
Conference Duration: 1 hr
Service Level: STANDARD
Call Type: MEET ME/DIALOUT
USA Toll Free Number: 1-800-593-0692
Non-USA Number: +1-712-257-2491
PASSCODE: ALMA
Conference Leader: Mr Al Wootten
Agenda items so far include: Old Business
(1) Please approve the minutes of the December Meeting.
New Business
(1) The Proposal for the Feb 23-24 Proposed Face-to-Face ASAC Meeting. -- Walmsley, Local Organizing Committee
You have made your
Reservation. Now is too late!
The List of Participants is available.
Other dates during the timeframe:
Feb 15-16 MMA Oversight Committee meeting in Washington
Feb 19-20 receiver PDR in Tucson
Feb 25-26 Configuration PDR in Grenoble
March 1 & 2 SSR Meeting in Grenoble:
Mar 5-11th Meeting on Cosmic Masers (Rio de Janeiro)
April 5-6 ACC meeting in Tokyo
Proposed face-to-face meeting agenda items from Ewine, not in priority order necessarily:
Wolfgang has proposed he report on (as above):
(2) Connection of SSR Chair to ASAC - Proposal from Glendenning
and Raffi
Given the importance of software to ALMA, and the impact of ASAC
decisions on software plans, I propose that we add the SSR chair -
Robert Lucas - to the ASAC, perhaps in an ex-officio capacity. This
would give a direct "conduit" between the SSR and the ASAC. While this
request was prompted by a particular event (the incorrect reporting of
the software group's opinion about fringe tracking during OTF
interferometry), I think it's a good idea on general principles. Robert
agrees, although he's able to restrain his enthusiasm about the prospect
of another phone meeting.
(3) Project Book - Emerson
There is an entry
for all chapters in the project book. Please see
The
Project Book and comment. Chapter 5, on receivers, front end and
WVR is of special interest.
(4)Calibration - Guilloteau Please read the
draft of an ALMA memo on receiver calibration by Guilloteau and Moreno.
(5)The 3-way ALMA project: Budget Boundary Constraints -- Brown Please read the document circulated to the asac list
on 18 January 2001 by Carolyn White.
(6) Next Teleconference - After face-to-face meeting?
---New time? On Mondays Christine Wilson is unavailable from 10:30-11:30 EST
and 1:30-2:30 EST. Is Friday at 1515UT agreeable?
According to one calculation, the time zones relevant are now (1515 UT):
so this change would affect our three west coast members and Japan
(where the meeting falls on Saturday) most severely
Other possibilities include different days.