[mmaimcal]ALMA Configuration CDR

[Al Wootten]

Dear Division Heads, Team Leaders and Others,

The ALMA Configuration CDR will be held in Socorro, N. M. on 24-25 January
2002.  Details will be forthcoming at a later date.  As you know, Division
Heads are invited to attend a CDR, so please let me know if you wish to attend.

We are in the process of forming the committee, and details of its membership
will also be forthcoming,  A campaign is underway now on the site to 
evaluate pad positions resulting from the work of John Conway (OSO),
Adrian Webster (ROE) and Frederic Boone (Meudon).  Next week, several
engineers will examine access to the proposed pad positions, which center
on Chajnantor-S and extend out from there to the 14km ring around Chascon.
Any concerns which might benefit from exposure to the engineers or the site
team should be addressed to Simon Radford asap.

Chajnantor-S is located at:
627807 E, 7453229 N

Coordinates, etc.
http://www.tuc.nrao.edu/alma/site/Chajnantor/maps/coordinates.html

Maps, etc.
http://www.tuc.nrao.edu/alma/site/Chajnantor/maps/

Mask
ftp://ftp.aoc.nrao.edu/pub/staff/bbutler/newmask5-new.FITS.gz

Clear skies,
Al
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