ALMA Configuration CDR - Agenda



2002Jan23

evening         Folks may meet informally at the Socorro Springs Brewery, off the central plaza.


2002Jan24

0830-0900   Goodies

0900-0930   Welcome, Introduction, etc...

    0900-0905   Welcome (Butler)
    0905-0915   Meeting scope/purpose, including establishing plan for writing report (Guilloteau, Wootten)
    0915-0930   Review of PDR report, focusing on progress since then on the topics (Guilloteau)

0930-1140   Site issues

    0930-0940   Existing maps and DEMs; future topographic surveys (Radford)
    0940-0950   Masks (Butler)
    0950-1000   Compact array location (Butler)
    1000-1010   Feeding back information from ground surveys into the configuration design process (Conway)

    1010-1030   Break

    1030-1040   Weathering layer issues (Otarola)
    1040-1050   Borehole locations (Radford, Sakamoto)
    1050-1100   Soil resistivity tests (Sakamoto)
    1100-1110   The ASTE foundation, what was learned (Sakamoto)
    1110-1120   Thoughts about development, including OSF location (Radford)
    1120-1140   Discussion

1140-1420   Compact configuration

    1140-1145   Reminder of PDR recommendations (Guilloteau)
    1145-1155   Transporter design (Tan)
    1155-1215   Webster's overall design philosophy and compact configuration

1215-1330   Lunch

    1330-1350   Boone's overall design philosophy and compact configuration
    1350-1405   Kogan's philosophy and design for compact configuration
    1405-1420   Discussion

1420-1530   Intermediate configurations

    1420-1425   Reminder of PDR recommendations (Guilloteau)
    1425-1445   Conway's overall design philosophy and intermediate configurations
    1445-1455   Webster's intermediate configurations
    1455-1505   Boone's intermediate configurations
    1505-1530   Discussion

1530-1550   Break

1550-1640   Long baseline configuration

    1550-1555   Reminder of PDR recommendations (Guilloteau)
    1555-1605   Boone's long baseline configuration
    1605-1615   Conway's long baseline configuration
    1615-1625   Webster's long baseline configuration
    1625-1640   Discussion

1640-1650   Some issues impacting configuration design   (Holdaway)

1650-1730   General discussion

1730-1810   Closed panel discussion

1900   Dinner, at El Sombrero



2002Jan25

0800-0830   Goodies

0830-0915   Operations issues   (Guilloteau, Wootten, Radford)

0915-0930   General discussion of operations issues

0930-1010   General discussion on 'How do we decide between design philosophies?'

1010-1050   General discussion on 'How do we go from a design philosophy to a *real* final design?'

1050-1210   Break for colloquium

1210-1330   Lunch

1330-1430   Closed panel discussion

1430-1500   Report of the panel, including discussion



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