[asac]ASAC: Board Response to May report & Charge for September meetin g

[Hesser, Jim]

Dear Dr. Schilke:

 

At today's meeting of the ALMA Board, the two documents attached were
approved for distribution to ASAC.  I am providing them to you directly.  I
am also attempting to distribute them to the entire ASAC via the NRAO alias
(with which I have no experience); you may wish to ensure that all members
have received this email.

 

I would like to add two observations.

 

1.	The Board's intention is to bring the timing of ASAC meetings into
more appropriate phase with its face to face meetings, such that ASAC's
written report will be available sufficiently in advance of Board meetings
(say, about 1 month) that the Director has time to offer brief written
reactions to the Board.  The intent is to enable the Board at its meetings
to take reasoned decisions based upon your thoughtful input.  This time,
because your September meeting is only ~5 weeks before the Board meeting in
Chile, we are requesting your written report by 15 November, but would be
delighted were you able to submit it prior to the Board meeting.
2.	The charge includes a general statement (based upon language in the
Bi Lateral Agreement) that we expect to remain stable in future charges,
plus specific requests for the upcoming meeting.  Some of the specific
charges, particularly number 2 if you choose to address it, may require more
time than is available for the next meeting, in which case a progress report
would be appreciated.  I believe your committee has a good sense of the high
value to the project your timely responses on the other items will have.

 

We remain very grateful for the carefully considered responses that ASAC is
providing to the ALMA.  We wish you a very good discussion in
Charlottesville and look forward to your oral and written reports.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jim Hesser

 

 

James E. Hesser | Tel/Tél: (250) 363-0007 | Fax: (250) 363-6970
jim.hesser at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 

Director | Directeur 

Dominion Astrophysical Observatory | Observatoire fédéral d'astrophysique
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics | Institut Herzberg d'astrophysique
National Research Council Canada | 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria BC V9E
2E7 Conseil national de recherches du Canada | 5071, chemin West Saanich,
Victoria (C.-B.) V9E 2E7 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada

 

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