ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee

; ALMA North American Science Advisory Committee Telecon Telecon meeting Dec 3, 2010

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Five ALMA 7m antennas being built by Mitsubishi at the OSF, seen in this photo from M. Norikazu. Image courtesy ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO).

Information for those calling in.
* Call date: 2010-12-3 02:00 pm EST or 19:00 UT (Friday) * Duration: 1 hr
* USA Number: 1-888-989-3306
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* Leaders: A. Bolatto, C. Lonsdale

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Topics

1. Old Business The enhanced Agenda from last meeting is available. minutes from that telecon are available.

Discussion Items

1. Outcome of the November Board meeting and plans for Early Science
2. Astronomer Outreach:
   • ALMA Board statement transmitted by JAO, and Posted on JAO website
   • ALMA Early Science and NAASC Community Events: Webpage; flyer (pdf) (also sent as email announcement).
   • NAASC ALMA-related workshop(s) in 2011+
3. Response to ANASAC's Report on the September face-to-face meeting (Lonsdale)
   • anasac_response_2010.pdf: Response to ASAC Report Sept 2010
   • NAASC_EPO_Strategic_Plan_Final2.pdf: NAASC EPO Strategic Plan
4. Status of ALMA Construction
   • For a recent summary see Science portion of last JAO Report: October 2010 ALMA JAO Science Report.
   • Previous reports for the project as a whole are at ALMA Monthly Reports.
   • Projected Project Schedule Science Milestone Projection for 'the big picture'. Infrastructure stability continues but seems to be improving.
     • Science_Milestones_-_31Oct2010.pdf: Science Milestones 2010 Halloween
   • Eight antennas are available: DV02 in pad J504; PM02 in pad T701; DV03 in pad N605; DV04 in pad T702; DV05 in pad J505; DV06 in pad T704; DV07 in pad J510; DV08 in pad T703. Furthermore at the OSF, DV01 and DV09 are engaged in interferometry as part of the test interferometer. DV10 and PM01 were recently accepted and are undergoing outfitting. The AEM antenna has undergone its first pointing and holography tests.
   • Change Requests. See discussions linked in Sci IPT Discussion
5. ASAC (Baker)
   • AEDM_2010-129-O_ASAC_Report.pdf: ASAC Report October
   • Sci Ops Policies WG
6. Integrated Test 3 (Hibbard)
   • Looking for 2 ANASAC members to participate in OT-phase1 portion of this test (Jan 5-28, 2011)
   • Involves submitting 2 Early Science proposals with proper technical justification and science goals, and filling out test matrix
7. Call for ALMA development proposals: Revised Draft Call for Development Studies
8. Any Other Business
9. Astronomer Outreach: JAO ALMA Webpages; ALMA Newsletters; ARC-maintained wiki of ALMA science meetings and training events; NRAO eNews; NAOJ News; NRAO ALMA Calendar (stopped April 2010)

Science Corner

Events of Interest

2010
Day	Date	Time	Event	location	details
	Oct 7-8		CSV Status Update	Chile
	Oct 11-12		SciOps Readiness Review	Chile
	Oct 13-14		ASAC f2f		Santiago
	Oct 25-28		Annual ALMA External Review	Chile
	Nov 10		Observatory Readiness Review	Chile
	Nov 16-18		ALMA Board Meeting	Chile
	Nov 22		Date for decision on ES	Chile
	Jan 9-13		217th AAS Meeting	Seattle
	Jan 15-17		ALMA Workshop	Victoria

Upcoming Meetings

Stormy Cosmos: The Evolving Interstellar Medium: Recent Progress from Space IR/Submm 1 - 4 November 2010 Pasadena, CA Hosted by the NASA Herschel Science Center, Spitzer Science Center

The Impact of Herschel Surveys on ALMA Early Science Garching, November 17-19, 2010

Observing with ALMA--Early Science IRAM, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2010

217th AAS Seattle, WA Observing with ALMA - Special Session- January 12, 2011 2:00 PM

15-17 Jan 2011 Workshop ALMA: Extending the Limits of Astrophysical Spectroscopy in Victoria

The Molecular Universe May 30 - June 3, 2011 Toledo, Spain

-- AlWootten - 2010-12-01

• AEDM_2010-129-O_ASAC_Report.pdf: ASAC Report October
• October_2010.pdf: ALMA JAO Science Report Oct 2010
• Science_Milestones_-_31Oct2010.pdf: Science Milestones 2010 Halloween
• NAASC_EPO_Strategic_Plan_Final2.pdf: NAASC EPO Strategic Plan
• ALMACommunityDaysFlyer.pdf: ALMA Training Events flyer

• anasac_response_2010.pdf: Response to ASAC Report Sept 2010