[asac] URGENT! ASAC face-to-fae meeting planning

[Al Wootten]

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
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