CARA Telecon Minutes

Date: Oct 8, 2001
Time: 1:00 PM

Attendance:

BU:
Cornell:
CMU:          J. Peterson
Northwestern: G. Novak
R.I.T:
S.A.O.:       T. Stark, W. Walsh
South Pole:   C. Martin, C. Kaminski
Chicago:      J. Carlstrom, S. Meyer, R. Landsberg,
Yerkes:
UCB:          W. Holzapfel
UCSB:

  Agenda Items:

News from Pole:
Chris M. : - last 250l helium fill to AST/RO on Oct 9.
           - patches of good weather; Galactic Center noisy
             area now redone
           - 350 um tipper going well
           - DASI has sun shining over shields to top sections

AST/RO (Tony S.):
           - going well, lots of credit to C. Martin!
           - finished M44 (LMC) map
           - FULLY SUCCESSFUL WINTER!
           - has heard AST/RO continuation proposal receiving
             good response

** rumors about liquid Helium arriving on first flights **
      --> carlstrom and pernic to investigate and report next week

ACBAR (Bill):
           - analyses going well

Viper:     - JC asked about upgrade plan
           - J. Peterson remarked going well; agreed to have
             report on next week's telecon

SPARA Giles:
           - last years data published and preparing for this year
           - has not heard any news regarding continuation report
           - have not finalized SPARA/ACBAR sharing plans...