High altitude helicopter next week for PBS documentary
Filming done in Charlottesville, Europe, Seattle (scientist interviews)
Animations coming up
Looking for funding partner
Will need scientists to check for scientific accuracy
Submit finished show in the Fall KQED (San Francisco)
EPO f2f - Tanya attended on behalf of NRAO - reported that there were frank discussions about how to publicize early science.
Will be working on new web content in coming year
President Obama will be in Chile and will be at a presentation about NA telescopes
Point sheet about value of telescopes (VLBA) for the press in order to educate about importance of this science
Upcoming timeline
March 16-18: SP, OT & Helpdesk deployment test - March 17th
Redirection - master ldap in Chile, registration will happen (master database) in Chile. Portals will be deployed as expected. EA will be hosted at JAO.
March 21-23: critical review of Proposer's Guide - please look for inaccuracies
March 21-31: Write knowledgebase articles
March 24: SP/Helpdesk accessible by users (but not all documentation posted)
March 30: CfP released
[May 9-13]: IT4 ? Load test with archive +
May 11-12: User Committee meeting, Greenbank
June 1: archive open for submissions
June 30: proposal deadline
July 18-22 (week of): TA workshop & pan-JAO/ARC meet-and-greet
August 8: Science and tech assessments due
August: panel meetings; results ~29th to PIs
September 1-29: Phase II products; [OT Phase II / CASA bootcamp ?]
September 30: start ES observations
Highlights from Groups & Teams
Science & CSV (Al, Stuartt)
Science Communications (Mark Adams)
EPO (John Stoke)
NRC (Gerald)
End of fiscal year, busy with reports. Please keep in loop for knowledgebase.
Preparing for five tutorials
User Support Group (Carol)
Tutorials have been given. Please review some of the talks; available at:
Data Services Group & Computing (Mark L / David H)
Admin training went well; documentation can be pushed out easily