From cwhite at nrao.edu Mon Nov 12 08:44:57 2001 From: cwhite at nrao.edu (Carolyn White) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 08:44:57 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] ALMA US Division Head Meeting Message-ID: <3BEFD259.70504@nrao.edu> There is no ALMA US Division Head Meeting today. However, we will have the meeting on Tuesday, November 13 at 1815 UT. Please dial 434-296-7082. Thanks, Carolyn From cwhite at nrao.edu Tue Nov 13 11:37:48 2001 From: cwhite at nrao.edu (Carolyn White) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:37:48 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] ALMA Email Exploders Message-ID: <3BF14C5C.9000804@nrao.edu> We have set up four new email exploders for use in the ALMA Project. The exploder name and email addresses are listed below. If you have additions, corrections, etc., to the email address, please send them to cwhite at nrao.edu. Thanks Carolyn --------------------------------------------------------- ALMA_US awootten at nrao.edu bglenden at nrao.edu bporter at nrao.edu cwhite at nrao.edu dsramek at nrao.edu ehardy at nrao.edu hliszt at nrao.edu jkingsle at nrao.edu jpayne at nrao.edu jwebber at nrao.edu jmangum at nrao.edu mrafal at nrao.edu rbrown at nrao.edu rsimon at nrao.edu mbrooks at nrao.edu ldaddario at astro.berkeley.edu pgray at nrao.edu aperfett at nrao.edu ALMA_E dhofstad at eso.org graffi at eso.org guillote at iram.fr jbaars at eso.org lnyman at eso.org b.n.ellison at rl.ac.uk rkurz at eso.org torben.andersen at astro.lu.se wild at astro.rug.nl ghtan at eso.org ALMA_J chikada at optik.mtk.nao.ac.jp tetsuo.hasegawa at nao.ac.jp ukita at nro.nao.ac.jp noguchi at nro.nao.ac.jp sekimoto at nro.nao.ac.jp ishiguro at nro.nao.ac.jp sokumura at nro.nao.ac.jp morita at nro.nao.ac.jp kotaro at nro.nao.ac.jp seiichi at nro.nao.ac.jp kawabe at nro.nao.ac.jp ALMA_C simon.lilly at nrc.ca wilson at physics.mcmaster.ca charles.cunningham at nrc.ca david.crampton at nrc.ca peter.dewdney at nrc.ca lorne.avery at nrc.ca david.schade at nrc.ca From cwhite at nrao.edu Fri Nov 16 15:50:02 2001 From: cwhite at nrao.edu (Carolyn White) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:50:02 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] ALMA September 2001 NSF Report Message-ID: <3BF57BFA.4040909@nrao.edu> The September 2001 NSF Bi-Monthly Report are available at: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~cwhite/almaus/mr/ Please contact cwhite at nrao.edu if you have trouble with the files. From cwhite at NRAO.EDU Mon Nov 19 08:58:22 2001 From: cwhite at NRAO.EDU (Carolyn White) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:58:22 -0500 (EST) Subject: [alma_na] ALMA Joint Teleconference Minutes - 2001-Nov-05 Message-ID: ALMA Joint Teleconference - 2001-Nov-05 Attendees: Kurz, Brown, Wootten, Simon, Radford, White, Webber, Baars, Ellison, Mangum, Kingsley, Baudry, Guilloteau, Rafal, Raffi, Payne Review of Meetings in Washington, DC ------------------------------------ Kurz explained the situation in Japan as we understand it. They are unable to get funding for FY2002 for construction. The Japanese will however receive monies to build a prototype antenna. With the new government, the Japanese expect to receive approximately 2/3 of the 1/3 full partner level, but not until FY2004. With this information, the ACC had no option but to proceed with the Project as a bi-lateral project. The ACC set the ALMA baseline as 64 12 meter antennas with four receiver bands at an amount of $552.4 million FY2000 U.S. dollars. Due to the timing of the signing of committed funds in the U.S. and Europe, we intend to plan for Phase 2 to officially start July 2002. The EACC will next meet a year from now. The EAEC has ceased to exist. The ACC has reinstituted the ALG (ALMA Liaison Group) to keep the Japanese informed. The ALG will meet in approximately six months. The ACC also stated that the ASAC will carry the Japanese as observers. Only the bi-lateral partners will serve as Chair and Vice Chair the ASAC. The AEC is charged to provide a complete bilateral Phase 2 plan, including an updated Project Book, to the ACC by 1 February 2002. A plan for producing the updated plan will be sent to the Division Heads/Team Leaders by 19 November. At the ACC Meeting, talks were presented on the Chilean negotiations. There is a meeting with Chilean officials and ALMA members today. The ACC agreed with the structure of the proposed Management Plan but deferred further discussion. The next face-to-face ACC Meeting will be 17-18 April 2002, possibly in Venice. ALMA week will be moved to Europe, probably Granada. There is the possibility of an AMAC meeting in Washington, DC January 23 - 24. AEC will ask that this meeting not be before February so that the AMAC can review the new bilateral project plan due 1 February. The next ALMA Bilateral Project Teleconference will be November 26, 2002 at 15:30 UT. From cwhite at nrao.edu Mon Nov 19 11:02:14 2001 From: cwhite at nrao.edu (Carolyn White) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:02:14 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] ALMA US DH Meeting Message-ID: <3BF92D06.3040205@nrao.edu> The ALMA US DH Meeting will be today at 1800 UT. Please dial 434-296-7082. Thanks Marc From cwhite at nrao.edu Mon Nov 26 08:11:26 2001 From: cwhite at nrao.edu (Carolyn White) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:11:26 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] ALMA Bi-Lateral Meeting Message-ID: <3C023F7E.9030008@nrao.edu> The ALMA Bi-lateral Meeting is scheduled for today, Monday, November 26, at 1530 UT. Please dial 434-296-7082; if you have trouble, try 804-296-7082. From cwhite at nrao.edu Mon Nov 26 09:03:47 2001 From: cwhite at nrao.edu (Carolyn White) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:03:47 -0500 Subject: [alma_na] Memo From AEC Message-ID: <3C024BC3.9060103@nrao.edu> Memo to the ALMA Division Heads and Team Leaders: Japanese Participation in the Baseline Bilateral ALMA Project 26 November 2001 In expectation that ALMA construction will be approved for year 2002 in both the U.S. and Europe, the ACC has instructed us (the AEC) to develop a complete plan for construction and operation of the "baseline bilateral ALMA". The baseline project is 64 antennas of 12m diameter and four receiving bands (bands 3, 6, 7, and 9). The plan we are developing assigns the responsibility for all of the tasks of the baseline project to either North America or Europe. Once approved by the ACC, the scope, schedule and division of effort between the two partners is the project for which we are responsible. There is no formal participation by Japan in the tasks or management of the baseline bilateral project. Meanwhile, NAOJ continues to work with their funding agency to secure sufficient funds in 2002 to construct a prototype 12m antenna, and to secure approval to join the project in 2004. It is clearly in our interest, and the interest of the community of ALMA users, to support the efforts in Japan. But we have to find a way to provide that support that does not cause us to compromise or impede efforts on the baseline bilateral project. Clearly there is the prospect for a conflict here. We believe the conflict can be avoided if we take steps to assure that Japan is fully informed of the status, plans and progress of the baseline bilateral project, but all these activities are wholly developed in North America and Europe. A few specific examples may serve to illustrate the approach being proposed. 1. The ASAC will retain its Japanese representatives on the committee in observer (non-voting) status; 2. Japanese representatives will be invited to attend as observers all the ALMA design reviews (PDRs, CDRs); 3. If the Japanese prototype antenna is funded in 2002 the Japanese will be invited to participate fully in the activities of the Antenna Evaluation Group (AEG); 4. The ALMA team leaders in Japan will be invited to participate as observers in the monthly DH/TL teleconferences. Unquestionably, this is an awkward situation now, and it will remain so until the decision to fund ALMA construction is made in Japan. However, the strongest argument that can be made in Japan to support a positive decision is that the initial baseline bilateral ALMA project is a success. It is therefore in the interest of everyone that Europe and North America proceed expeditiously on the baseline bilateral project and demonstrate early that we have the ability to carry the project to a successful and satisfactory conclusion.