[asac] ASAC Follow up

[Richard Hills]

Dear All,

So sorry for long silence from this end.  As you can imagine things are 
pretty busy here.

We really do need to get all the arrangements for the Face to Face 
meeting sorted out now.  Obviously I was much too vague about visits to 
the site in my previous message.  I was basically saying that we could 
arrange this to suite people and I was hoping that you would tell us 
what you wanted to do.  This has resulted in a rather sparse response, 
to say the least.  Let me try the opposite approach:

*There will be a visit to the site for ASAC members on 11th and 12th of 
October.  Travel up will be on LA 154 (leaves SCL at 15:55 on Monday 
11th Oct) which means you will get to the OSF about about 20:30 in time 
for dinner.  Accommodation will be at the OSF and there will be chance 
to see "observing" in progress in the control room.  In the morning you 
will be able visit the high site, and come down in time for lunch and a 
tour of the OSF before returning on the bus leaving at 15:00 to catch 
the LA 155 from Calama arriving in Santiago at 20:30 on Tuesday 12th Nov.*

This tour will be taking place while the Operations Readiness Review is 
going on in Santiago, which means that many of us will be tied up there. 
  We will however makes sure that there is somebody with you who can 
answer your questions, remind you to keep breathing, etc.

Please let us know right away if you plan to join this tour.

It is still true that if this itinerary does not suite you we can 
arrange for visits at other times.  In particular there will be a visit 
arranged for the people attending the Operations Review on the 9th and 
10th (Saturday and Sunday) - basically the same schedule as the above - 
and I sure that it will be fine for ASAC members to come on that.

Also if there are any people who would like to visit the site after the 
ASAC meeting, e.g. on 15/16th, that can be arranged too.

Please make your travel reservations as soon as possible.  Remember that 
the strong preference is for you to get all your flights reserved at the 
same time and to get the admin people at your local executive to make 
those arrangements.  Let us know of you plans as soon as possible so 
that we can confirm the accommodation and local travel arrangements.  If 
there are problems with flights then let us know that too - we may be 
able to help.

  Best Richard

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