Future Meeting dates (usually last Wed of the month):
2020 Oct 28 @ 1400 UTC? (beware end of DLST in NL)
2020 Dec 9? or 16? @ 1400 UTC
2021 Jan 27
General Admin
General Status w.r.t. Coronavirus measures
NRAO/ALMA:
NRAO in North America will continue to work@home for foreseeable future (well into 2021). Infections rates increasing across US; NM now worse than ever...
ALMA developing array restart plans, expected to take many months. Resume science observing in March 2021?
ASTRON/JIVE
Science/computing staff continuing work-at-home for now
CASA Release Schedule
CASA 5.7/6.1: Has been released (2020 Aug 20). Patch releases pending:
CASA 6.1.1 for ALMA PL being exercised; working on a repeatability issue
CASA 6.1.2(/5.7.x?) w/ polcal and tec fixes (VLASS, ALMA) pending. 6.1.1 vs. 6.1.2 discrepancy (probably same as above?)