USG Minutes for Nov. 22, 2010

  • News and Discussion Items
    • News from ALMA Board meeting
  • Task Lead Reports
    • NRC update
      • James notes EU ARC doc is very good.
      • Flash drive developed with NRAO and NRC logo
    • Helpdesk (Tony)
      • Training on Dec. 6 2PM ?
        • Harvey, Aaron, Carol so far can't make it
        • ALMA helpdesk available first week of Feb.
        • New straw date Dec 13 2 PM
      • Any news from "triage team" meeting
        • Sci staff for triage (Tony, Scott, Jim, Adam later, Canada will also help TBD)
        • 5-7 PM ET Canadian coverage? Should include triage
        • Level 3 tickets should be handled internally for NAASC staff though knowledgebase article may result. NRAO staff (not NAASC) can submit helpdesk tickets.
    • Tutorials (Kartik)
      • AAS
        • Prep/simulations for speakers
        • Mousepad needs to be done by Dec. 6
      • Revised 6-month plan NAASC_Community_Events.pdf
        • New Straw dates:
        • Feb 24,25 (Thu, Fri) - In-house tutorial (about one month after Victoria)
        • Apr 20,21 (Wed, Thu) - In house tutorial (about a month after Santa Fe; 22nd is Good Friday) ACTION: CHANGE TO APRIL 26,27 (Tue, Wed)
        • May 9,10 (Mon, Tue) - In house tutorial (about a month after the previous one and 2 weeks before summer AAS).
      • Development of community day announcement ongoing
    • Science Web, News, and EPO (Aaron)
      • ACTION: link Scott's visitor page
      • NAASC articles for eNews - Deadline is Dec. 3!! (Aaron)
        • Profiles for Amy, Nuria, Robin (Lyndele)
        • Community training with ALMA Board announcement (Kartik)
        • ALMA community days (Kartik)
        • Link to NAASC and Al's post-doc ad (Aaron)
      • SciComm activities/interaction with EPO groups
        • Photos from Chile -- getting them out to public
        • Taylor's replacement hired, starts Dec. 6
        • JAO Science web working group will get started soon, so ALMA web can be deployed end of December
      • ALMA document template news ??
    • Visitor Program (Scott)
    • Documentation (Jim)
      • Primer
        • Absolute printing deadline is Jan. 3 (Pat)
          • AAS 200 Fed-ex to Mark
          • 175 Fed-ex to NRC
        • EA science example due Nov. 24
        • Target to have revision for USG/NAASC review Dec. 3 with Dec. 6 focus meeting on draft (need everyone on bat for this)
        • Target date to deliver to JAO/ARCS Dec. 10 with feedback due by Dec. 17
      • Research Facility Brochure Dec. 8 is absolute deadline for edits! A .pdf of the file can be found here: 2010_Research_Facilities.pdf.
        • Al is writing a science section
        • Tony has comments
        • Jim will coordinate with Aaron, Tony, and Al
      • A rough draft of the Proposer's Guide is coming together.
    • NAASC Presence at Science meetings (Adam)
  • AOB

-- CrystalBrogan - 2010-11-22
Topic revision: r2 - 2010-11-22, CrystalBrogan
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