[asac] ACC and Japanese Participation in ALMA

[Al Wootten]

I think all members of the ASAC do not receive 'almanews' so I forward this
for your Friday reading.

The ALMA Home Page has been updated with current news on the Japanese
Participation in ALMA.  

                             Abstract

At the meeting of the ALMA Coordinating Committee (ACC) October 13, 2000
Mr. Takayoshi Seiki, Director of the Research Institutes Division of the
Japanese Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (MEESC,
popularly known in Japan as Monbusho from the phonetic pronunciation 
of this acronym) was invited to address the ACC.  Mr. Seiki distributed 
a prepared statement, reproduced below, in which he formally records the
interest of Monbusho in being a third, equal, partner in the ALMA
Project.  His statement that Monbusho will use its best efforts to
secure funding for ALMA is identical to the status of the commitments
made so far by the US and Europeans.

For the full report please see:  http://www.alma.nrao.edu/japan.html.



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