ALMA Science Advisory Committee

Draft Agenda for ASAC Telecon November 13, 2000

Conference Date: November 013-2000 (Monday)

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

Conference Date: Nov-13-2000 (Monday)

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: 888-566-5780

Non-USA Number: +1-712-271-0566 PASSCODE: ALMA

Conference Leader: Mr Al Wootten

Please approve the minutes of the October Meeting.

Agenda items so far include:

Old Business

(1) Please approve the minutes of the October Meeting.

(2) Report on the ACC Meeting - Kurz, Menten, Guilloteau

New Business

(1) The Proposal for the Feb 23-24 Proposed Face-to-Face ASAC Meeting. -- Walmsley, Local Organizing Committee

Malcolm has placed an 'option on a meeting room in the "Convitto della Calza" which is an old convent (dating from the 14th century) near the Porta Romana. They also have reasonably priced rooms and it seems to me a good deal but we should close on it as soon as we can.'

Other dates during the timeframe:

Feb 19-20 receiver PDR in Tucson

Mar 5-11th Meeting on Cosmic Masers (Rio de Janeiro)

April 5-6 ACC meeting in Tokyo

(2) NOTES ON PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BAND 3 TO LOWER FREQUENCIES (by L. D'Addario) - van Dishoeck and Blake, Receiver Liaisons

Please read the NOTES distributed on 9 Nov by Larry D'Addario for discussion.

(3)SCIENTIFIC MERIT OF THE ENHANCED CORRELATOR (A memo prepared by Tetsuo Hasegawa, Naomasa Nakai, and Satoshi Yamamoto) - Bachiller and Scoville, Backend Liaisons

Please read the NOTES distributed on 9 Nov by Tetsuo Hasegawa for discussion. Also review the minutes from the meeting on ALMA future correlator plans in Europe and Japan held right after ASAC at Berkeley.

(4) Site Issues - Wootten, Brown, Bronfman (Site Liaison)

(5) Next Teleconference - Monday, December 11, 2000 at 15:15 UT?

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