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Draft Agenda for ASAC Telecon Tuesday 9 November 2004

Conference Date: 2004-November-9 (Tuesday)

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

CALL TIME:  1030 am EST  or  15:30 UT    
CALL DATE:       9 November-2004  (Tuesday)

  DURATION:              1 hr

Agenda items:

Old Business

(1) Minutes of the last Meeting are unavailable.  Agenda of October meeting.
Agenda and Minutes of  telecons may be viewed at the ALMA Sitescape documentation site.

(2) ALMA Calendar 

New Business-

1) Project Update  ( Project Office) 

 2) Report to the Board (Schilke)

     * Board  -- Excerpt of Summary of Conclusions and Actions relevant to ASAC.
     * Report   Discussion wiki
     * Date/place for next ASAC face-to-face meeting

3) Science IPT Items (Wootten/Wilson)

      NRAO  Newsletter ESO Newsletter.   See ALMA Science IPT wiki page and Science IPT quarterly report.
 ALMA Science Specifications and Requirements (a Board document).  This has been reformatted substantially.
  System Design Description to be discussed.  Comment please.
  Communications  Newsletter
  PS job description...

4) Regional SAC Reports

        * ESAC (van Dishoeck)
        * ANASAC (Carilli) 
        * Invitation for pan-ALMA Science meeting.

5) Next meeting  --Telecon Tuesday, 7 December 15:30 UT

        If this were postponed one week some antenna contract news might be available.

Upcoming Meetings - Wootten

Dusty and Molecular Universe  27-29 October 2004, Paris NEW! Presentations online!

Massive Star Birth:  A Crossroads of Astrophysics 2005 May 16-20, Acireale (Catania), Italy

Astrochemistry throughout the Universe: Recent Successes and Current Challenges 2005 August 29 - September 2;  Asilomar, California

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