ALMA Science Advisory Committee

Draft Agenda for ASAC Telecon Weds 3 July 2002

Conference Date: July-3-2002 (Wednesday)

Here's the dial-in information for the telecon:
 CALL TIME: 10:30 AM EASTERN TIME 1430 Universal Time (Follow the link for
times in other time zones as various nations change to and from summer time)

 CALL DATE:         JULY-03-2002  (Wednesday)
  DURATION:              1 hr
 USA Toll Free #:
International #: +1-
PASSCODE:
LEADER:  Al Wootten

Agenda items so far include:

Old Business

(1) Please approve the minutes of the June   Telecon.
(2) The plan for the next face-to-face meeting is:
 Friday Sept 6: Visit Vertex antenna pm  The Vertex antenna is being
assembled, see the webcam where the backup structure is just hidden by
packing crates to the right of the crane.
  Sept 7-8, meeting
  Sept 9 fly out to next meeting or home
  New Business

(1) Status Report and summary of the meetings which were held in June: (P.
van den Bout, M. Terlenghi, R. Kurz, M. Rafal.)
  ACC teleconference;
  AMAC meeting;
  Chile meeting (site issues)

(2) Charges from the ACC to the ASAC and discussion/organisation
(Guilloteau; Booth and Yun Configuration liaisons)
  - Site evaluation and stringency - N. Evans

 - Long Baseline Y+ configuration -  See draft recommendation

 - Enhancements to the baseline ALMA instrument -   S. Yamamoto, P. Cox

 - Early Science - P. Cox

(3) Software: Status Report  (Glendenning)

(4) Draft agenda for and organisation of the ASAC  face-to-face meeting.

(5)The next teleconference is nominally 7 August 1430 UT