George (science time) likely going to present on astronomical delay screen calibration for OD errors (w/ Fomalont, based on prior work for VSOP-2 meeting in 2007)
JIVE probably sending Leonid Gurvits
CASA Newsletter (mid-Nov): contribution re EHT from Michael Janssen, via Ilse; coordinated by Bjorn
Mark finalizing this document, including acknowledgment of prior authors (Still in progress)
Work plan describing how/when CASA can replace AIPS (FY2020 NRAO/DMS Program Operating Plan)
Other admin?
Arpad "retiring" next month; Harro Verkouter to take over administrative role for VLBI collaboration with CASA.
Development/Features
Items for CASA 5.7/6.1 (Stakeholder inputs). (George to update these pages, determine disposition of VLBI Stakeholders items not otherwise accounted for)
NB: Feature freeze: 2019 Dec 15
(George, CAS-695) Support correlation-dependent flagging, with user option.
(George, CAS-12735) Frequency meta-info consolidiation (see also CAS-12553)
(Mark/George, CAS-12591) spwmap fix
(Des, CAS-12365,12653) Deploy dispersive term solve, including user term control
(George/Des, CAS-xxxxx) Convert CC tables to image or ComponentList for resolved model-setting
(Mark, CAS-8546) GAINCURVE definition, deployment of standardization (deployment --> 5.8/6.2)
(Des, CAS-12765) Wide bandwidth (deployment in CASA --> 5.8/6.2)
Items for future cycles (future stakeholders discussions should include these items, at least):
(Des) CAS-12485? fringefit weighting control (test data options pending)
(Des) Baseline stacking?
Opacity for high-frequency VLBI, derived from Tsys(sec(z))
Can use existing time-dep zenith opacity table
TEC
(Walter) Advanced VLBA Amplitude calibration a la Walker memo from a few years ago?
Bandpass normalization flexibility: voltage vs. power
Verification/Validation/Documentation
Mark working on a MS concat bug in casacore: Merging MSs with overlapping antenna tables is incomplete when re-orienting baselines (phase conjugated, but cross-hands not swapped). Mark addressing this on casacore github; will make CAS ticket to promulgate the solution in CASA.
AOB?
Recent VLBI-related helpdesk ticket
Single pol VLBI fix in fringefit not available in 5.6.0, so use a 5.7.0 tarball instead
Admin: Des and Mark need access to NRAO helpdesk so they can be assigned VLBI tickets and address them directly (only Ilse has access so far)