- 2006-July-5 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
- Agenda, Minutes: Agenda of June meeting.
Agenda and Minutes of older telecons may be viewed at the ALMA EDM site
Sitescape
or more recently at the Board ASAC site.
New Business
15 June view of the AOS TB Shell and the antennas of the site testing interferometer. The AOS TB Shell is in place. The interior work has commenced and continues through the current austral winter. At the OSF, antenna foundations are under construction at the Vertex and Melco laydown areas. The ALMA Board approved the OSF contract; construction should begin soon on the OSF building.
The first ALMA antenna foundation: concrete is poured for pad # 5 in the
Vertex Antenna Erection Facility Site, near the future OSF site.
- Project news/updates
- Board Communications
- New Charges. The Board, in Kyoto, approved the revised charge for the next ASAC meeting as follows:
- The ASAC is requested to consider the following topics, and to make recommendations to the Board that include your priority or time scale where your recommendations require expenditure of ALMA's fixed resources:
- 1. Review the revised Commissioning and Science Verification Plan for ALMA
- 2. Review the revised Calibration Plan for ALMA
- 3. Review the existing work on developing complete descriptions of the ALMA observing modes (e.g. software, hardware etc.) and make recommendations as to their relative priority
- 4. Any other matters that you want to bring to the Board's attention.
- Commissioning and Science Verification Meeting. PE's Notes and Action Items
- Face to face meeting place and time (r1.44).
- The Board has approved a meeting in Florence 16-17 September.
- Dates of Board Meetings 2006
- Science IPT Report (Wilson, Wootten, Kawabe)
- Outreach
- AOB
- Next Meeting 2006-July-5 15:00 UT suggested.
Science Corner:
Calendar
Official JAO Calendar
Events of Interest
(see also Al's
ALMA Biweekly Calendar)
2005 |
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Day |
Date |
Time (EST) |
Event |
location |
details |
We |
Jun 28 |
1430UT |
ALMA Sci IPT Telecon |
Telecon |
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Fr |
Jun 30 |
2100UT |
ANASAC Telecon |
Telecon |
|
We |
Jul 5 |
1430UT |
ASAC Telecon |
Telecon |
|
We |
Jul 12 |
1500UT |
SSR Telecon |
Postponed |
|
We |
Jul 26 |
1430UT |
ALMA Sci IPT Telecon |
Telecon |
|
We |
Aug 2 |
1430UT |
ASAC Telecon |
Telecon |
|
TH |
Aug 3 |
UT |
ALMA Board Telecon |
Telecon |
|
Sa Su |
Sept 16-17 |
All day |
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Florence |
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Fri-Sun |
Sep 27-29 |
All Day |
Pre-Production Design Review for the Vertex ALMA Antenna |
Essen, Germany |
Thurs-Fri |
9-10 November 2006 |
all day |
ALMA Board Meeting |
Madrid |
TBD |
Upcoming Meetings
Complex Molecules in Space: present status and prospects with ALMA May 8 to 11, 2006, Fuglsoecentret, near Aarhus, Denmark
61st OSU International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 19-23, 2006, Columbus Ohio USA
The fate of gas in galaxies July 12-14, 2006 ASTRON, Dwingeloo,
IAU XXVI General Assembly Prague, 14-25 August 2006
*Sessions of Particular ALMA
Interest*
A Summer School on "(Sub)Millimetre Observing Techniques" Victoria, BC, Canada 14-17 August 2006
Fifth IRAM Millimeter Interferometry School October 2-6, 2006 Grenoble, France
Workshop on Measurement of Atmospheric Water Vapour: Theory, Techniques, Astronomical and Geodetic Applications October 9-11, 2006; Wettzell / Hoellenstein (Germany)
Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) II November 13-16; Madrid, Spain
Astrophysical Masers and their Environments 2007 March 12-16, Alice Springs, Australia
50th anniversary of the founding of NRAO
June17-21; Charlottesville, Virginia
See also
NAASC listing
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AlWootten - 28 Jun 2006