Action No.

Description

Who

1.01

Organise weekly meetings to discuss issues about calibration and data analysis, eg focus on particular GT programmes and discuss the analysis in an ‘open forum’.

EMP

1.02

Set-up WWW noticeboard to advertise and notify MSSL experiences of data reduction

Include beta-testing of software for noticeboard

EMP

1.03

Set-up internal newsgroup with possibility of extending it externally at later date

MSC, PJS1 – setup webpage noticeboard using existing software. Essentially a combination of web noticeboard to subscribe/unsubscribe. PJS1 says he can set it up – will take about a day. Do need to have someone to monitor the web site. MSC to forward email from Phil. PJS leaving for Kourou soon. AAB to be web monitor.

EMP,

PJS

1.04

Check up on available disk space

- ongoing

KOM & PAL

1.05

Bring co-ordination of ground-based and other observatories into remit of SFG

Need to discuss which GT programmes will have PATT (or other) time applied for. Action on EMP to organise special SFG meeting for this. Not necessary for this PATT deadline.

EMP

1.06

Discuss group’s research profile and overall strategy at next SFG meeting.

MSC has suggested holding RAS meeting / another meeting at MSSL? Where possible, set up collaborations with, say US groups. Need to nurture ideas – more conference attendance, more visits to other institutions.

JPDM to sort out GT cluster meeting.

Web profile to be kept up.

Discuss strategy again at next meeting.

EMP, JPDM

2.01

SOC is favouring use of SUN/Solaris as operating platform, so need to discuss conversion. Do we continue with alphas or change to Solaris? Need to evaluate and beta-test SAS on alphas asap.

1. Does it have scientific functionality?
2. Will it run and be stable on the alphas?

Also, 02 software support longest on Solaris which is an important factor.

Need to set up ‘team’ to test software under very different scientific applications. First official beta release is not until mid November so can’t check out this version thoroughly. But need to check for fundamental alpha-specific problems as soon as possible with the existing software. So 3 phases –

1. Test harness check
2. OM+MSSL RGS tasks
3. Full beta test

Item 1. is urgent – needs completion asap. KOM to ask PSW for 1. Item 2. want to make sure software runs on the alphas. Need to progress with 1. and 2. as soon as possible before we can make a decision about possible conversion to Solaris.

Process is –

1. check and debug on linux
2. check on alphas

GTBR, MJP and IS to check OM and MSSL RGS tasks as soon as possible. Report back first meeting in October.

KOM, GTBR, MJP & IS

Present 21-09-99

GBR

Graziella Branduardi-Raymont

apologies

AAB

Alice Breeveld

yes

FJC

Francisco Carrera

yes

MSC

Mark Cropper

yes

LKHM

Louise Harra-Murnion

apologies

CHJ

Cynthia James

yes

KOM

Keith Mason

yes

SAM

Sarah Matthews

apologies

JPDM

Jon Mittaz

yes

MJP

Mat Page

yes

TSP

Tracey Poole

yes

EMP

Liz Puchnarewicz

yes

GTBR

Gavin Ramsay

yes

IS

Irini Sakelliou

apologies

JAS

Jason Stevens

apologies