Contact Information

• 2005-July-13 15:00 UT
• Duration: 1 hr
• USA Toll Free Number: 877-874-1919
• Toll Number: +1-203-320-9891
• Passcode: 185064
• Leader: Al Wootten

Old Business

1. Agenda, Minutes: Agenda of June meeting. Minutes of Last Meeting have been received.

Agenda and Minutes of telecons may be viewed at the ALMA EDM site Sitescape

New Business

NRAO Director Fred Lo and General Dynamics/C4 Systems Vice President Chris Marzilli sign a contract for up to 32 ALMA antennas, 2005 July 11 at AUI world headquarters in Washington, D. C.

• Project News--Antenna contract signed!, General Dynamics Press Release

1. Project news/updates (Tarenghi and Beasley)
   • Antenna procurement status
   • Rebaselining
2. Board Communications
   • New Charges (Testi)
   • Organization of Meeting-- Date: 1-2 October 2005, Venue: Santiago, Chile (Testi)
3. Science IPT Report (Wilson, Wootten, Kawabe)
   • ALMA Science IPT wiki page
   • Sci Specs and Reqs, Nutator Specs, Freq Sw specs (Wootten)
4. Outreach
   • Astronomer Outreach: NRAO Newsletter ESO Newsletter. NRAO ALMA Calendar
   • ESAC Report (van Dishoeck)
   • ANASAC Report (Wootten)
   • Madrid Meeting -- (Testi, Carilli)
5. AOB
6. Next Meeting 2005-August-3 15:00 UT

Science Corner:

Calendar

Events of Interest

(see also Al's ALMA Biweekly Calendar)

2005
Day	Date	Time (EST)	Event	location	details
Weds-Thurs	July 6-7	all day	Front End deltaPDR	Garching
Tues-Weds	July 27-28	all day	System Requirements Review	Charlottesville
Weds	Aug 3	1500UT	ASAC Telecon	Telephone
Thurs	Aug 4	1500UT	ALMA Board telecon	Telephone
Friday	August 26	2-3pm EDT	ANASAC Telecon	877-874-1919 PC=185064
Weds	Sep 7	1500 UT	ASAC Telecon	Telephone
Thurs	Sep 22	1500UT	ALMA Board telecon	Telephone
Sun-Mon	Oct 1-2	all day	ASAC Face-to-Face Meeting	Santiago	TBD
Friday	October 28	2-3pm EDT	ANASAC Telecon	877-874-1919 PC=185064
Tues-Weds	Nov 1-2	1500UT	ALMA Board Meeting	Chile
Thurs	Dec 8	1500UT	ALMA Board telecon	Telephone
TBD	week of 20 March	all day	ALMA Board Meeting	Japan	TBD
TBD	June 2006	all day	ALMA Board Meeting	Santiago	TBD
TBD	November 2006	all day	ALMA Board Meeting	Madrid	TBD

Upcoming Meetings

Star Formation in the Era of Three Great Observatories July 13-15, 2005 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Astrochemistry throughout the Universe: Recent Successes and Current Challenges 2005 August 29 - September 2; Asilomar, California

Protostars and Planets V 24 - 28 October 2005 Hilton Waikoloa Village, The Big Island, Hawaii

Mm/submm Techniques and Science session, at the URSI General Assembly 2005 October 23-29, New Delhi, India

50th anniversary of the founding of NRAO October 15-19, 2006; Charlottesville, Virginia

ALMA November 13-16; Madrid, Spain

See also NAASC listing

-- AlWootten - 30 Jun 2005