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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span
style="color:windowtext">Sent on behalf of Hugh Montgomery</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="color:windowtext">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span
style="color:windowtext">Following discussions with Accelerator
and Experimental Physics division leadership, and with
information discussed at the recent Shutdown Oversight Board
2015 meetings, we have decided that the CEBAF accelerator
operations will start on November 9, 2015. The five weeks of
beam operations before the Winter break will be devoted to
establishing a fully operational 12 GeV CEBAF; measuring beam
properties and establishing physics quality beams at design
energy.<br>
<br>
With input from 12GeV Project, the Chairs of the Scheduling
Committee are developing a strawman schedule including
experiments for the 2016 “Spring” run. <br>
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Before it is finalized, potential negative impacts of the
strawman will be scrutinized.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="color:windowtext">Regards, Mont</span>
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