[Alma_na] please distribute the following to NA IPT leads

[Fred K. Y. Lo]

Dear colleagues,

As you may know, to address the remaining technical concerns for the 
antenna procurement, there is going to be further additional tests on the ALMA 
prototype antennas.

The person coordinating the logistics for the tests will be Victor Gasho, 
and the testing will be carried out by a reconstituted AEG headed by Jeff 
Mangum, all in coordination with Dick Sramek as SE/SI IPT lead and 
overseeing the ATF.

The tests will impact significantly the other work in ALMA, especially in 
the areas under the responsibiilty of the NA ALMA team.
 
Because resolving the antenna procurement in as short a time scale as 
possible is imperative to the success of the ALMA project, the tests will 
take the highest priority in the next couple of months.

However, we also need to document the additional incurred 
costs of the testing program, and the cost and schedule impact 
on the NA ALMA project by these tests.  So, for those of you 
involved in the tests somehow (and I am sure Victor, Jeff or Dick) please 
make a list of such impacts and send them to Victor who will collate them for 
the NA ALMA Project.   The Project Office will assess the impact and work 
out the details with the JAO.

Thanks,
KYL
Fred K. Y. Lo
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory

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