USG Meeting, May 10, 2012 - 2PM

NOTE: Location Change for this week only!

CV-209

192.33.117.17 (video)

434-296.7082 (audio only)

Socorro: Room 280

To start meeting:

• CV - dial 296.7082 on phone at center of table. [To stop phone from ringing, go to the telephone on the side table near the door, and dial 9-296-7082, then place handset next to phone (remember to hang it up when the meeting is over)].
• Turn on both video monitors (buttons on lower left of each screen).

If the USG meeting must be temporarily relocated, see belowfor alternate IP/phone coordinates.

Current USG Focus Items

• Cycle 1 documents (Carol)
• CDE/AAS/Webinar planning (Adam/Aaron/Carol)
• Synthesis Imaging School (Adam)
• mm course and related effort on instructional materials (Jim/Jeff/Remy)
• Use cases for analysis tools (Adam)
• Completed? Simulations and science examples (Remy, Gerald)

Future Meetings

• May 17: Walkthrough of Webinar presentation: ensuring that we are all up to date on all aspects of Cycle 1 decisions and capabilities

AGENDA / MINUTES

• Attendance: Carol, Amy, Aaron, John, Jonathan, Lyndele, Gerald, Nuria, Adam, Scott, Remy, Rachel, James

News and overview

Schedules

• ALMA Cycle 1. Please be available to contribute to these efforts:* April 23 (Mon): ACTION ITEM: comments on good versions of PG/Cap, TechHB??, Primer due
  • May 09 (Wed): Penultimate version of PG/Cap, TechHB??, Primer ready for review ACTION ITEM: immediate review for mistakes
  • May 14: PG needs deployed in SP. Only minor changes allowed after that
  • May 31 (Thur): CfP?? issued (docs deployed)
  • May 31 - July 12: Staff Helpdesk
• Cycle 0 SB generation schedule
  • March 7: Start of Science Observing in the Extended array configuration
  • Mar 5-30: SB revisions to unfinished Batch1,2,4 projects
  • April 2-20: Generation of "Batch5" projects

Coordination with other groups and activities

• Project news (Al)
• JSG
  • JAO has asked if we have any AoDs available for Aug 8-28. We have already met our commitment, but opportunity is available if anyone is interested
• DSG
• Tiger Team

USG task reports & new business

• Documentation
  • Proposer's Guide now includes capabilities (pdf and plone)
  • Primer (pdf)
  • need comments by Monday
  • Technical Handbook Internal review completed by Monday, then will take comments til May 18
  • QuickStart
  • ARC Guides (pdfs) to T. Wickland by May 21 - will post NAASC Guide to wiki
  • Will post PI/proposal info to include correlator mode, the band and configuration (web page; Dongchan and Mark L).
• HIA (Gerald)
  • NRC will rework and present a recorded demonstration of James' talk for webinar
  • Primer is now in hands of ALMA approvers; needs to know from Mark when final version needs to be in his hands for Alaska AAS distribution
• Taiwan and EA Liaison (Aaron)
  • ALMA 2013 Rocks in Hawaii wiki page
• Documentation (Jim, Jonathan)
  • NAASC guide ready for review (attached below)
  • Update of poster to Cycle 1 status
• Science Web (Aaron)
  • Notice of Intent reminder emailed today
  • Webinar webpage: Registration page created for those connecting to webinar online -deadline of week before to register
    • David needs an estimate of number of online participants
  • Run-through of slides at USG meeting May 24th
• Helpdesk (Tony)

• PI Support & Visitors (Scott)
  • Hector Arce is here working with Stuartt
• Tutorials and outreach materials (Adam, Carol)
• Workshops, Schools, Meetings (Tony, Adam)

Main items

• Overview of mm course: https://sciencetest.nrao.edu/science/naasclearningcenter/physics/atoms-and-molecules/atomic-structure/atomic-structure-and-transitions
  • Lyndele can run down permissions for copyrighted material
• Webinar agenda
  • • 1st day - how to propose to ALMA, then GBT, then EVLA; PPT posted to this agenda
    • 2nd day - hands on
  • Load test 3pm right after USG meeting
  • Current draft of "Planning for ALMA" http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~aleroy/Planning_for_ALMA_SS2012.pptx
  • Here's the agreed agenda: * 1-2:30 pm "Planning an ALMA Proposal", 2:30-3:30 pm "Planning a GBT Proposal", 3:30-5:30pm "Planning a Jansky VLA/VLBA proposal"
• Synthesis imaging school
  • Material (PPTX) review ... see Planning for ALMA above
  • Current draft of "Simdata" https://www.cv.nrao.edu/~aleroy/ALMA_CASA_Simdata_v2.pptx
  • Simplifcation of tutorials underway.

AOB

Alternate IP/Phone Coordinates

CV-Auditorium	192.33.117.18
CV-209	192.33.117.17 (video)	434-296.7082 (audio only)
CV-245	192.33.117.23 (video)	434-817-6285
CV-331	192.33.117.19 (video)	434-293-7109

-- LyndeleVonSchill- 2012-04-30

-- LyndeleVonSchill - 2012-05-07