From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Jul 10 13:59:36 2007 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:59:36 -0400 Subject: [asac] Telecon 11 July 2007 1430 UT Message-ID: <4693C908.5020808@nrao.edu> Contact Information * 2007-July-11 14:30 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 Provisional agenda: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC9Jul07Agenda From awootten at nrao.edu Wed Jul 11 09:39:20 2007 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:39:20 -0400 Subject: [asac] Reminder: Telecon 11 July 2007 1430 UT Message-ID: <18068.56712.340163.228869@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> Folks, Contact Information * 2007-July-11 14:30 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 Provisional agenda: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC9Jul07Agenda Clear skies, Al From morita at nro.nao.ac.jp Wed Jul 11 10:15:31 2007 From: morita at nro.nao.ac.jp (MORITA Koh-Ichiro) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:15:31 +0900 Subject: [asac] Reminder: Telecon 11 July 2007 1430 UT In-Reply-To: <18068.56712.340163.228869@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> References: <18068.56712.340163.228869@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> Message-ID: <4694E603.1060105@nro.nao.ac.jp> Dear Al, Sorry, that I cannot attend today. I am currently staying at OSF now and I have another meeting here at same time. Koh-Ichiro ====================================================== Koh-Ichiro Morita ALMA Project, National Astronomical Observatory, Japan 2-21-2, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan Email: morita at nro.nao.ac.jp Phone: 81-422-34-3742 Fax: 81-422-34-3764 ====================================================== From awootten at nrao.edu Wed Jul 11 11:55:30 2007 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:55:30 -0400 Subject: [asac] Telecon today Message-ID: <18068.64882.716999.70234@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> Folks, The ASAC held its normal monthly telecon today. In his report, Tony Beasley said he would share details of the design of the new Santiago Central Office, for those of you who may be interested. He has put together a 23 MB file at: http://www.alma.cl/~tbeasley/IPdesign.zip for you to examine, if interested. Thanks for your continued interest and involvement in ALMA. It is my understanding that the ASAC Report is now public. It will be made available on the web soon. Thanks for your contribution to the construction effort. Clear skies, Al +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Alwyn Wootten (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/) | | Project Scientist, Atacama Large Millimeter Array/US | | Astronomer, National Radio Astronomy Observatory | | 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475, USA | | (434)-296-0329 voice (434)-242-4713 cell | | (434)-296-0278 FAX Help us build ALMA | +----------------------------------^-----^-----^-----^---+ From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Jul 17 14:10:44 2007 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:10:44 -0400 Subject: [asac] URGENT! ASAC face-to-fae meeting planning Message-ID: <18077.1572.267622.727387@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> Folks, As mentioned in the Wednesday telecon, the ALMA Board has charges to which it would like the ASAC to respond in a presentation at its 30-31 October meeting in Santiago. Such a schedule requires rapid organization, by the project scientists to provide you with supplementary information, and on your part, to ready a response. Activities in September already, for example the Project-wide external review 10-12 September, and the Community Day in Garching on 3 September and following workshop, limit options. I have attempted to put some of the remaining options on a wiki at: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/FtfDates Please visit this at your earliest opportunity to indicate your availability. The Board will need to concur with your decision on when to meet at its telecon on 26 July. The next ASAC telecon will occur on 1 August. I note that the ANASAC will be meeting face-to-face on 17 August and the ESO Community day will occur on 3 September; I'm uncertain on the EASAC schedule. The ASAC members attending these meetings could consider addressing the charges at those meetings, with a general meeting to mold the response occurring via telecon on a more convenient schedule; it is not required that the ASAC meet face-to-face. There will be a visit to the site after the external review for reviewers; it may be possible to include ASAC members who wish to visit the site if the meeting were held in Chile 15-16 September. In a nutshell (formal document not yet received) the Charges will be: 1- Software status for early science. review recommendations of recent software review and schedule 2- Revisit charge from Apr2007 on correlator requirements. Focus on Early science, which modes enable majority of science? What other capabilities are important? 3- Review calibration plan in conjunction with AIV and CSV activities. Clear skies, Al From doug.johnstone at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Tue Jul 17 14:20:05 2007 From: doug.johnstone at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Doug Johnstone) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:20:05 -0700 Subject: [asac] URGENT! ASAC face-to-fae meeting planning In-Reply-To: <18077.1572.267622.727387@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> References: <18077.1572.267622.727387@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> Message-ID: <538d6cd52fee29ae6b3ba0073a8cbbf0@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> Al, Just to be clear, the option for meeting at the end of August/start of September would be ESO. Correct? Doug On 17-Jul-07, at 11:10 AM, Al Wootten wrote: > > Folks, > > As mentioned in the Wednesday telecon, the ALMA Board has charges to > which > it would like the ASAC to respond in a presentation at its 30-31 > October > meeting in Santiago. Such a schedule requires rapid organization, by > the > project scientists to provide you with supplementary information, and > on > your part, to ready a response. Activities in September already, for > example the Project-wide external review 10-12 September, and the > Community Day in Garching on 3 September and following workshop, limit > options. I have attempted to put some of the remaining options on a > wiki > at: > https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/FtfDates > Please visit this at your earliest opportunity to indicate your > availability. The Board will need to concur with your decision on > when to > meet at its telecon on 26 July. The next ASAC telecon will occur on 1 > August. > > I note that the ANASAC will be meeting face-to-face on 17 August and > the ESO > Community day will occur on 3 September; I'm uncertain on the EASAC > schedule. The ASAC members attending these meetings could consider > addressing the charges at those meetings, with a general meeting to > mold > the response occurring via telecon on a more convenient schedule; it > is > not required that the ASAC meet face-to-face. There will be a visit > to > the site after the external review for reviewers; it may be possible > to > include ASAC members who wish to visit the site if the meeting were > held > in Chile 15-16 September. > > In a nutshell (formal document not yet received) the Charges will be: > 1- Software status for early science. review recommendations of recent > software review and schedule > > 2- Revisit charge from Apr2007 on correlator requirements. Focus on > Early > science, which modes enable majority of science? What other > capabilities > are important? > > 3- Review calibration plan in conjunction with AIV and CSV activities. > > Clear skies, > Al > _______________________________________________ > Asac mailing list > Asac at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu > http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/asac > -- Doug Johnstone National Research Council Canada Tel (250) 363-8108 Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Fax (250) 363-0045 5071 West Saanich Road doug.johnstone at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Victoria, B.C. V9E 2E7 www.hia.nrc.gc.ca Government of Canada Conseil national de recherches Canada Tel (250) 363-8108 Institut Herzberg d'astrophysique Fax (250) 363-0045 5071, chemin West Saanich doug.johnstone at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Victoria (C.-B.) V9E 2E7 www.iha.cnrc.gc.ca Gouvernement du Canada From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Jul 17 14:25:42 2007 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Al Wootten) Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:25:42 -0400 Subject: [asac] URGENT! ASAC face-to-fae meeting planning In-Reply-To: <538d6cd52fee29ae6b3ba0073a8cbbf0@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> References: <18077.1572.267622.727387@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> <538d6cd52fee29ae6b3ba0073a8cbbf0@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> Message-ID: <469D09A6.7080606@nrao.edu> Doug Yes, the bottom line lists the Venue. Clear skies, Al Doug Johnstone wrote: > > > Al, > > Just to be clear, the option for meeting at the end of August/start of > September would be ESO. Correct? > > Doug > > > On 17-Jul-07, at 11:10 AM, Al Wootten wrote: > >> >> Folks, >> >> As mentioned in the Wednesday telecon, the ALMA Board has charges to >> which >> it would like the ASAC to respond in a presentation at its 30-31 October >> meeting in Santiago. Such a schedule requires rapid organization, by the >> project scientists to provide you with supplementary information, and on >> your part, to ready a response. Activities in September already, for >> example the Project-wide external review 10-12 September, and the >> Community Day in Garching on 3 September and following workshop, limit >> options. I have attempted to put some of the remaining options on a >> wiki >> at: >> https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/FtfDates >> Please visit this at your earliest opportunity to indicate your >> availability. The Board will need to concur with your decision on >> when to >> meet at its telecon on 26 July. The next ASAC telecon will occur on 1 >> August. >> >> I note that the ANASAC will be meeting face-to-face on 17 August and >> the ESO >> Community day will occur on 3 September; I'm uncertain on the EASAC >> schedule. The ASAC members attending these meetings could consider >> addressing the charges at those meetings, with a general meeting to mold >> the response occurring via telecon on a more convenient schedule; it is >> not required that the ASAC meet face-to-face. There will be a visit to >> the site after the external review for reviewers; it may be possible to >> include ASAC members who wish to visit the site if the meeting were held >> in Chile 15-16 September. >> >> In a nutshell (formal document not yet received) the Charges will be: >> 1- Software status for early science. review recommendations of recent >> software review and schedule >> >> 2- Revisit charge from Apr2007 on correlator requirements. Focus on >> Early >> science, which modes enable majority of science? What other capabilities >> are important? >> >> 3- Review calibration plan in conjunction with AIV and CSV activities. >> >> Clear skies, >> Al >> _______________________________________________ >> Asac mailing list >> Asac at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu >> http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/asac >> > -- > > Doug Johnstone > > National Research Council Canada Tel (250) 363-8108 > Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Fax (250) > 363-0045 > 5071 West Saanich Road doug.johnstone at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca > Victoria, B.C. V9E 2E7 > www.hia.nrc.gc.ca > Government of Canada > > Conseil national de recherches Canada Tel (250) 363-8108 > Institut Herzberg d'astrophysique Fax > (250) 363-0045 > 5071, chemin West Saanich doug.johnstone at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca > Victoria (C.-B.) V9E 2E7 > www.iha.cnrc.gc.ca > Gouvernement du Canada From awootten at nrao.edu Mon Jul 30 10:39:28 2007 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Alwyn Wootten) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:39:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] ASAC telecon 1430UT Weds 1 August; Charges Message-ID: <33472.71.63.14.124.1185806368.squirrel@webmail.cv.nrao.edu> Dear ASAC members: There will be a telecon to discuss charges newly received from the ALMA Board (attached) and to discuss the plan of responding to them on 1 August, as planned. Contact Information * 2007-August-1 14:30 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 * Leader: Al Wootten Agenda: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC1Aug07Agenda Charges: *ASAC Charges for September, 2007 * *General Charge:* The ALMA Scientific Advisory Committee (ASAC) will provide advice on those major issues presented to the ASAC by the Project Scientist or the ALMA Board that affect the science capabilities of ALMA and require decisions to be made or priorities to be set regarding project tasks and resources. ASAC members represent an important communications link with the scientific community and should be actively and accurately communicating the progress of the Project back to their communities. Accordingly, the ASAC will be kept informed of progress and developments in ALMA through periodic reports and briefings provided by the Joint ALMA Office and shall meet in person at least twice a year, complemented by bimonthly telecons. ASAC members also have a responsibility to monitor scientific developments in the field and report back on those that have implications for ALMA. Reports of the ASAC?s deliberations will be made in writing to the Board by the Chairperson of the ASAC following each face-to-face Committee meeting, on a schedule specified in advance by the Board, and may include comments on urgent scientific matters other than those specifically charged by the Board. The Project Scientist serves on the Committee /ex officio./ *Specific Charges for September, 2007:* 1. Assess the preparation of the ALMA real time, observing, and off-line software for early science. In particular, review the impact of the recommendations of the recent software review and the schedule for the next two years. 2. Revisit the question from April, 2007 of important correlator requirements for early science operations. In particular prioritizing the order of development of software modes. Compare broad early science requirements to correlator modes. Which modes enable the majority of the science? What other capabilities are important? 3. Review the calibration plan and scientific aspects of Assembly, Integration, Verification testing and for Commissioning. Being mindful of the finite resources (human, financial) available, are changes necessary or desirable for scientific reasons to the plans being implemented? Looking to the future, the Board anticipates that ASAC will be asked when appropriate to consider, e.g., a) the progress of the ARCs and their plans for early science support. Is the planned level of readiness and support appropriate for non-expert users?; b) the Operations Plan as accepted by the Board following input of the external reviews and of the JAO; and c) when further work by the Science IPT is available, the imaging capability of ALMA in its three modes: 12-m array, ACA and full ALMA. SIPT will need to provide images with a full range of spatial scales to explore the scientific basis for choosing which of the three modes to use for a given project. From awootten at nrao.edu Tue Jul 31 17:22:34 2007 From: awootten at nrao.edu (Alwyn Wootten) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:22:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [asac] Telecon 2007-August-1 14:30 UT Message-ID: <4414.71.63.31.152.1185916954.squirrel@webmail.cv.nrao.edu> Folks, Telecon on 1 August. Contact Information * 2007-August-1 14:30 UT * Duration: 1 hr * USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919 * Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891 * Passcode: 185064 * Leader: Al Wootten Agenda: https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/ASAC1Aug07Agenda >From wikipedia: In English-speaking countries in the Northern Hemisphere, August 1 is Lammas Day (loaf-mass day), the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop. In many parts of England, tenants were bound to present freshly harvested wheat to their landlords on or before the first day of August. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, where it is referred to regularly, it is called "the feast of first fruits". Our fruits are Charges from the Board. Clear skies, Al