GDE Executive Committee: Public Meeting Minutes 20 December 2006

Present: B. Barish, T. Raubenheimer, G. Dugan, B. Foster, N. Walker, K. Yokoya, M. Hronek (sec)

SLAC Meeting

  • Comments:
    • Impressed with depth and detail of some the tech groups
    • A comment by one reviewer stated hard copy of numbers would have been helpful for this review.

MAC

  • What do we give the MAC
    • SLAC talks given
    • PDF - printing disabled.
    • All talks/documents should printing disabled. Left side index for simplicity.
  • MAC Meeting
    • Concern over technical issues not being the focus
    • Cost first, 2nd day technical talks
    • Guidance to speakers (Tor and Nick)
      • Some are more individualized
      • Send out info w/dates. Talks to be submitted by Sunday evening.
      • Cost engineers to discuss costs
      • Lean talks for the rest but can use charts to show cost drivers
      • There is an element of risk with the MAC, guidelines have to be clear
    • Responsibilities
      • Tor - PT, Chris, Rich
      • Nick - Andy, CF&S

Meeting on Jan. 9

  • Review talks
  • CF&S to give their talk
  • Do we eliminate the R&D talk - yes
  • Tor to modify the agenda, Barry to send it to the MAC

Response to the MAC

  • updated response to ILCSC (Nick and Tor)

RDR Executive Summary

  • Who's responsible? Nan's group including the physics community

RDR

  • Nan is working through the holidays. Not ready to be printed, pieces are still missing.

Beijing Agenda

  • We need it soon - right after the holiday break

EDR Plan

  • Questions:
    • PM - where should he/she be located
    • Instititute tied to the host office?
      • GDE Office/PM - should it be separate. The PM and Director have to work closely
    • Draft document by January and turned into ILCSC by end of January.
    • Regional aspects are very important.
    • We need candidates. Make a list which can include outsiders
    • Who will this person interact with the EC?
    • Will the person be deputy to the director?
    • If he is deputy he will not have responsibility to the EC
    • He needs authority with seamless connection to the EC
    • Timing is critical. Names to Barry by Jan.1 and discussion will happen at Daresbury.

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