ATUC Meeting Agenda |
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19/20 March 2001 |
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Lecture Theatre, ATNF Headquarters, Marsfield | |
(Teleconference: x4610) |
Open Session: Monday, 19th of March
*** Session Begins 10:30 ***
Welcome & Introduction | Anne Green | 10min |
Director's Report | Ron Ekers | 30min |
Opportunities in the Government's Innovation Statement | Ray Norris | 20min |
Observatory Reports | ||
Dave McConnell | 20min | |
John Reynolds | 20min |
*** Lunch Break 12:30-13:30 ***
Future Development Plans | John Brooks | 20min |
SKA Update - first Australian consortium meeting | Ron Ekers | 10min |
"Methanol Multibeam" - 6GHz MB system for Parkes & Jodrell Bank | Jim Caswell | 10min |
22GHz MB system for Parkes | Lister Staveley-Smith | 10min |
Polarimetry with the LBA | Roopesh Ojha | 10min |
Millimetre Program | ||
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Mike Kesteven, Mark Leach |
10min |
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Bärbel Koribalski | 10min |
*** Tea Break 15:00-15:30 ***
Large Survey Projects -- Possibilities
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Elaine Sadler | 20min |
Virtual Observatory | Dave McConnell | 10min |
Next generation spectral line correlator | Ray Norris | 10min |
Public Outreach Program - new webmaster | Andrew Wright | 5min |
Sensistivity Calculators for ATCA | Steven Tingay | 5min |
AIPS++ project status | Neil Killeen | 10min |
*** Session Ends 17:00 ***
Closed Session: Tuesday, 20th of March
starting at 9:30am - ATNF, Lecture TheatrePRELIMINARY ITEMS
- Apologies
- Matters Arising from Director's Response
- Additional agenda items
AGENDA ITEMS
- What is ATUC's reaction to improvements in availability of accomodation?
- How effective are our Key Performance Indicators (item 3, previous meeting)
Do we wish to refine the reporting system? - What is the view of ATUC on the level of support provided at Mopra?
- Is ATUC happy with the steps taken to provide sensitivity calculators and calibrator information?
- What is ATUC's view of the concept of an online archive of ATCA data, along the lines of the HST archive? Is there interest in developing such a facility into a Virtual Observatory?
- With the success of the film "The Dish" and the opening of the new Visitor Centre at Parkes, what is ATUC's view of guided tours of the Parkes telescope?
- Science priority for new/revisited proposals (no particular order here):
- ATCA commitment to large/public survey programmes generally
- VLBI polarimetry proposal
- Parkes 6 GHz multibeam system
- Parkes 22 GHz multibeam system
- Can the committee make suggestions for new ATUC members?
- Report to Director
*** Discussion Ends 16:15 ***
*** Session Ends 17:00 ***
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