[mmaimcal] 19 June 2006 BIWEEKLY CALENDAR OF THE ALMA PROJECT at NRAO
Adrian Russell
arussell at nrao.edu
Wed Jun 28 12:26:54 EDT 2006
Fine by me
Ade
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> From: Al Wootten [mailto:awootten at nrao.edu]
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> Subject: FYI: 19 June 2006 BIWEEKLY CALENDAR OF THE ALMA
> PROJECT at NRAO
>
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>
> Al
>
> BIWEEKLY CALENDAR OF THE ALMA PROJECT at NRAO
> 19 June 2006 - 3 July 2006
>
> ******************************** THIS
> FORTNIGHT****************************
> ALMA Special Session at Calgary AAS Meeting:
> "Imaging Star Formation in the Cosmos with ALMA"
> Members of the NAASC, including our Canadian colleagues,
> organized a special session at the June meeting of the
> American Astronomical Society (AAS). The June 5th afternoon
> session was filled to capacity, with nearly 200 AAS and
> Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) members in attendance
> to hear presentations on "Using ALMA to Disentangle the
> Physics of Star Formation in Our Galaxy by Douglas Johnstone
> (NRC-HIA, U. Victoria), "Imaging Star-Forming Gas in Nearby
> Galaxies with ALMA by Jean Turner (UCLA), and "ALMA and
> Distant Galaxies by Andrew Blain (Caltech).
> The special session included an accompanying poster session
> (#51), with nine posters and one in session #56 on the 3mm
> cartridge. These posters also traveled to the JAO in
> Santiago the following week. Invited session 30.01 featured
> Christine Wilson speaking on "Luminous Infrared Galaxies with
> the Submillimeter Array: Probing the Extremes of Star Formation.".
> Powerpoint and pdf versions of the talks from the special
> session and several of the posters are collected at
> http://www.cv.nrao.edu/naasc/AAS/ -- J. Hibbard &
> Crystal Brogan
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jonathan Williams of Hawaii was appointed as the new ANASAC
> Chair. Jonathan has been enlisted to organize ANASAC input
> into key US community issues, such as a potential
> grants-with-observing time program, as well as to perform a
> general review of the North American ALMA operations plan. A
> listing of the current ANASAC membership and dates of
> scheduled meetings are given at
> www.cv.nrao.edu/naasc/admin.shtml. The community is
> encouraged to contact their ANASAC representatives with any
> ideas or questions on NA
> ALMA operations or the Science Center. -C. Carilli
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Madrid meeting registration is now closed, having reached the limit.
> The number of participants in the conference is over 300; the
> limit is 280. There are many requests for contributing
> talks. In order to have a reasonable scheduling of the
> meeting and to give the participants half a day for visiting
> Madrid, the LOC and the SOC, have decided to add one day to
> the meeting, i.e., the new dates are Nov 13-17. Participants
> should be sure to make their hotel reservations soon.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The ALMA Board held its eleventh face-to-face meeting on
> 13-14 June 2006 in Santiago Chile. Afterward, there was a
> trip to the ALMA site to examine the considerable progress
> made so far in ALMA construction there. F. Lo and R. Booth,
> respectively, served as alternate members for A. Sargent and
> E. van Dishoeck, who were unable to attend. P. Ho attended
> as an Observer from the Japanese delegation. Among its major
> actions, the Board
> * approved the ALMA Science Requirements Document pending
> some wording adjustments,
> * discussed the duties of the Project Scientist; a search
> for a suitable candidate is expected to commence soon,
> * concurred with the Director's recommendation that ESO
> proceed with the placement of the OSF construction contract,
> * discussed progress made on developing the Operations plan,
> * recommended that the NSF/ESO/NINS amendment Version #2
> recommended by the Board's Working Group be executed by the
> parties by June 30, 2006,
> * Agreed to a revision to the draft ALMA Agreement amendment # 2,
> * Requested that the Director base the operations plan on a
> single time allocation committee while the Executives further
> examine this modality for ALMA in coordination with the
> Directors' Council and the Chilean Board Member,
> * Concurred in NSF's proposal to appoint John Bally to the ASAC.
> Noting that I. Corbett's long association with the Board is
> drawing to a close, the Board expressed its profound thanks
> to him for his many years of service to the ALMA Project and
> noted his substantial contributions in enabling the success
> of the partnership. To that appreciation, we add our own!
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> June 20th, 2006 - - The House Appropriations Committee has
> sent all of its FY 2007 funding bills to the floor. The
> National Science Foundation receives $6 billion, the full
> amount requested as part of the American Competitive
> Initiative and an increase of $439 million above FY06.
> Includes $4.6 billion for research, $334.5 million above FY06; and
> $832.4 million for science education, $16.2 million above the
> request.
>
> National Aeronautics and Space Administration receives $16.7 billion,
> $462 million above the FY06 base level. Funds the
> President's vision for space exploration at $3.8 billion;
> provides full request for the Space Shuttle; and restores
> $100 million above the request to aeronautics research, and
> $75 million above the request for space science.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The world's largest airborne astronomical observatory has
> passed a technical and programmatic review that could
> potentially lead to the continuation of the mission. NASA's
> Program Management Council concluded that there were no
> insurmountable technical or programmatic challenges to the
> continued development of the Stratospheric Observatory for
> Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). The agency has developed a
> technically viable plan to proceed with the development of
> the SOFIA aircraft, subject to the identification of
> appropriate funding offsets.
> http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/jun/HQ_06240_SOFIA_update.html
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Past issues of this Calendar may be viewed at
> http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/mmaimcal/ALMACalendars.html
> See also the JAO ALMA Calendar overview at:
> http://www.alma.cl/alma_project
> **************************************************************
> *************
> General Happenings
> Sky: The Evening sky hosts Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and
> Saturn. Venus is the morning star.
>
> OSF (Ops Support Facility, 9600ft altitude): Approximately 90
> people are working on the ALMA site; the largest contingent
> is the Con-Pax contingent building the nine antenna
> foundations at the Melco and Vertex laydown areas. Work has
> begun on the utilities for these areas. The Vertex building
> should arrive very soon. Signing of the contract for the
> construction of the OSF has been approved by all parties and
> is imminent. The ALMA Camp Recreation Room, adjacent to the
> dining facility, should be complete by the end of this fortnight.
>
> AOS (Array Ops Site, 16570ft altitude): From 15-21 June, the
> APEX facility has seldom registered more than 1mm of PWV;
> much of the time it has been below 0.5 mm. S. Radford
> (Caltech) reports data from near the summit of Chajnantor
> (5612 m) has generally shown lower values than from a station
> near the CBI.
>
> Santiago: A meeting on Assembly, Integration, Verification
> and Commissioning (AIVC) was held in Santiago at the JAO offices.
> Study continues of siting and needs for the permanent
> Santiago Central Office in Vitacura.
>
> AOC: Bidders conference for the nutator was held 31 May.
> Master Laser specification and SoW review was held. An
> updated ALMA System Block diagram was distributed. Move of
> hardware from the Socorro lab to the ATF is scheduled to
> begin 2006-Aug-28.
>
> **************************************************************
> *************
> DAILY CALENDAR (Times EDT ) see
> https://wikio.nrao.edu/bin/view/ALMA/AlmaCalendar
> Mon 19 Jun
> All day: Assembly, Integration, Verification and Commissioning (AIVC)
> meeting, Santiago
> Tue 20 Jun
> Mercury is at greatest elongation, 25° east of the Sun in the
> evening sky.
> All day: Assembly, Integration, Verification and Commissioning (AIVC)
> meeting, Santiago
> 10:30 AM-11:30 AM: JAO IPT Telecon
> Wed 21 Jun First Day of Winter (Southern Hemisphere) Thu
> 22 Jun Venus, Moon and Pleiades nearby after sunset.
> Fri 23 Jun
> Sat 24 Jun
> Sun 25 Jun New Moon
> Mon 26 Jun St. Peter & St. Paul Holiday, Chile Tue 27
> Jun 10:30 AM-11:30 AM: JAO IPT Telecon 4:00 PM-5:00 PM:
> NAScienceIPT teleconference (open to all interested
> parties) (434)296-7082 Wed
> 28 Jun 10:30 AM EDT: Science IPT Telecon Thu 29 Jun Fri
> 30 Jun Sat 1 Jul Sun 2 Jul Mon 3 Jul NRAO Holiday Tue
> 4 Jul Independence Day Holiday, US.
> ****************************** UPCOMING EVENTS
> ****************************
> Jun 19-20 all day AIVCSV Meeting Santiago
> Jun 30 1800 UT ANASAC Meeting Telecon
> Jul 25-26 FE face-to-fact CV
> Jul 27-28 all day FE LO CDR CV
> Aug 8-9 B7 cartridge CDR Grenoble
> Aug 28 Move of PSI to ATF
> Sept 22-23 evening Dave Matthews Band CV
> JPJ Arena opening
> November 9-10 all day ALMA Board Meeting
> Madrid TBD
> Nov 13-16 all day Science with ALMA: a new era for
> Astrophysics Madrid
> ******************************* TECHNICAL NEWS
> **************************** ALMA Memo # 549: Reference
> values of arterial oxygen saturation and heart rate at the ALMA site
> Author: Seiichi Sakamoto
> Abstract: Arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) and heart rate at
> the ALMA site were monitored with portable pulse oximeters
> for an astronomer over five years. A set of data is presented
> to provide a reference range of these values at the ALMA site.
>
> View a pdf version of ALMA Memo #549 at:
> http://www.alma.nrao.edu/memos/html-memos/alma549/memo549.pdf
> ******************************ALSO OF
> INTEREST*****************************
> ALMA has openings for Head of Science Operations, Head of
> Technical Services, and Head of Administration. Please see:
> http://www.nrao.edu/administration/personnel_office/careers.shtml
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