[mmaimcal] ALMA Biweekly Calendar, for comment before distribution...

Tue Apr 19 19:06:33 EDT 2005

                        BIWEEKLY CALENDAR OF THE ALMA PROJECT at NRAO
                             April 11, 2005 - April 25, 2005

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A JAO phone directory has been issued and is available at 
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/JAOphone.pdf
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Antony Davies has been selected as NRAO ALMA Controller.
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ALMA-JP Project Manager Tetsuo Hasegawa will visit the NTC during the
20 April - 22 April period.
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E. Rudolf, G. H. Tan, C. Cunningham, S. Claude and others will be visiting 
NTC for Front End IPT talks.
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The Report of the ALMA Science Advisory Committee to the Board is available:
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/asac/ASACReport-February2005.pdf
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K. Long attending SysAdmin workshop, CV.
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Past issues of this Calendar may be viewed at 
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/ALMACalendars.html
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General Happenings
Santiago: Alejandra Araya has begun her duties as the Director's Personal
Assistant, email aaraya at alma.cl, phone +56-2-467-6121.  Ann Edmunds has
begun her duties as Executive Secretary of the JAO, email aedmunds at alma.cl,
phone +56-2-467-6141.

OSF: Release of tender information for the construction of OSF Technical
Facilities to bidders will occur April 2005.  A contract for extension of
the ALMA Camp to 30 beds has been signed with completion 2005-June-03.  26
persons are working on the site.

AOS: The contract for AOS Technical Building Foundation work has been
approved by NSF.  Construction will begin August 2005.

Tucson: Production nutator design specifications and requirements discussions
are occurring. 

ATF: Joint Antenna Testing Group report finished and submitted.  Computing 
IPT installing software, followed by antenna maintenance period.  Martinez 
and Heinz visiting ATF.

AOC: Pipeline heuristics regression test passed.  Mosaicing and total power
data combination aips++ tests begun.

NTC: Beam pattern measurements for Cartridge No. 1 in the cartridge test system 
nearly complete.  Testing in RAL cryostat No. 1 begins next week.  
SIS wafer No. 7 accepted.  Central Variable Reference review was held.
First two populated correlator racks now operate error-free in extended testing.
TFB card review was held 14 April with representatives of ALMA-J and Altera.

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DAILY CALENDAR (Times EST )
Mon  11 April 	
9:30 AM-10:30 AM: NA Project Office Staff Meeting
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: JAO IPT Telecon
11:30 AM-12:30 PM: NA DH telecon
 Tue  12 
4:00 PM-5:00 PM: NAScienceIPT teleconference (open to all interested 
                                 parties) (434)296-7082
             Agenda: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/ 	
 Wed  13 	
11:00 AM:  SSR Telecon
 Thu  14 	
9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Management IPT Teleconference
11:00 AM: Calibration Group Telecon
 Fri  15 	
 Sat  16 	
 Sun  17 	
Mon  18 	
9:30 AM-10:30 AM: NA Project Office Staff Meeting
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: JAO IPT Telecon
11:30 AM-12:30 PM: NA DH telecon
Tue  19 
10:00 AM-11:00 AM: ALMA Science IPT Telecon
11:00 AM-12:00 AM: ASAC Telecon	
 Wed 20 	
 Thu 21 	
9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Management IPT Teleconference
11:00AM: CCB Meeting
 Fri 22 	
 Sat 23 	
 Sun 24 	
****************************** UPCOMING EVENTS ******************************
ALMA Calendar--see also https://wiki.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/NAASC

    * April 13 -- NAWG Videocon
    * April 25 -- 1pm NA ALMA TeleCaucus
    * April 26 -- ALMA Board telecon 
    * April 29 -- 2-3pm ANASAC Telecon 
    * May 3 -- 	14:30UT	ASAC Telecon
    * May 4-5 -- WVR PDR, OSO, Gothenburg, Sweden
    * May 10-11 -- ESO Finance Committee meeting
    * May 17 --	14:30UT Science IPT Telecon
    * May 26 --	1500UT 	ALMA Board telecon 
    * May 29-Jun 2 -- AAS Minneapolis 
    * May 29-Jun 2--Band 4 (2mm), Band 8 (.6 mm), ACA Correlator reviews, Tokyo
    * June 5-6 --  ESO Council
    * June 12 -- 1-5pm 	ANASAC Face-to-Face 	CfA, Cambridge
    * JUN 13 - 16     Workshop on submillimeter wavelength astronomy in  
               Cambridge.  Registration deadline is APR 30. For more 
               information, log onto the event website:
                 http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/smast05.
    * June 21-22 -- ALMA Board Meeting, The Hague, Netherlands
******************************* TECHNICAL NEWS *******************************
The Report of the ALMA Science Advisory Committee to the Board is available:
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/asac/ASACReport-February2005.pdf
*******************************ALSO OF INTEREST*******************************
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Please send information for upcoming calendars by Friday evening of the
preceding biweekly period to Jennifer Neighbours or Al Wootten via e-mail 
(jneighbo at nrao.edu or awootten at nrao.edu).

The calendar will be issued between late Friday and sometime on Monday by e-mail
to all NRAO scientific staff members and anyone else interested. A specific
mailing list, alma-info, has been created for anyone wishing to receive it.  
Past issues are available at 
http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/ALMACalendars.html