Agenda USG Dec. 13, 2010

1. News
2. NRC update
   • Primer status (Gerald)
     • http://almatelescope.ca/ALMA-ESPrimer-20101210.pdf
     • Absolute printing deadline is Jan. 3, need to have it by Dec. 29
     • JAO, ARC comments due by Dec. 20
   • Victoria meeting update (LOC)
     • Science Program
     • Tutorial
3. Group Reports
   • Tutorials (Kartik)
     • AAS
       • Special
       • Splinter
       • Booth - proposal is to get people to staff in 2 hr blocks from 0900-0500 except for lunch time.
       • Mousepad (current version - okay with Al)
     • Community day announcement feedback
       • Emails from E. Murphy (Caltech/SSC), R. Osten (STScI)
       • Some interest at UMaryland, UCSB and apparently at Tucson (Fred) - should we go back to some version of the octopus model ?
     • Status of Community Outreach & Status of Outreach talk for staff to use
       • ALMA overview / discussion of NAASC / Community Days at UCSB, OSU
       • ALMA 3-hour session at UCIrvine?
       • Initial Powerpoint loaded to the wiki here
   • Science Web, News, and EPO (Aaron)
     • NAASC articles for eNews - Jan. ideas
     • SciComm activities/interaction with EPO groups
     • ALMA document template news ??
     • SciWeb working group
   • Documentation (Jim)
     • We need to work with CIS to get a solution for casaguides -> almaguides.
       • Deadline Feb. 1
       • casaguides will stay in mediawiki, other solution possible for rest (OTguides, almaguides, etc) but a solution must be forthcoming by Feb. 1 and be just as user friendly from both the user and writer perspective
     • Research Facility Brochure Dec. 8 is absolute deadline for edits! Status?
     • http://science.nrao.edu/alma/training.php
   • NAASC Presence at Science meetings (Adam)
     • https://safe.nrao.edu/wiki/bin/view/ALMA/ListOfMeetingsToTargetAndPeopleGoing
   • Visitor Program (Scott)
     • Post-doc search committee convened, plans for AAS recruiting
     • Talk to Canada and http://alma.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/tw_usup.php Taiwan f-2-f visitor plans
     • Visitor feedback form being developed (see attachment)
     • Visitor helpdesk ticket being developed
   • Helpdesk (Tony)

• AOB

• Visitor_Feeback_Form: Rough draft of visitor feedback form