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A revised accelerator opeartions schedule that is firm for September
through December 2010 has been posted at <span style=""> </span><a
href="http://www.jlab.org/exp_prog/experiment_schedule/">http://www.jlab.org/exp_prog/experiment_schedule/</a>
<span style=""> </span>along with an update of the tentative
long-range schedule for the remainder
of 6 GeV running.<span style=""> </span>The schedule posted is
firm for the first three months of the full 30 week program we would
like to
run in FY2011.<span style=""> </span>The funding required to
realize the full year program is a final FY2011 budget that is close to
the
President’s budget proposal for FY2011.<span style=""> </span>Unfortunately,
the budget situation is even more ambiguous than usual at this time,
and there
is a strong possibility that there will be a continuing resolution
budget for a
large fraction of FY2011.<span style=""> </span>As soon as the
FY2011 budget is final we will release a firm schedule for the
remainder of the
year.<span style=""> </span>In the interim, we will release
the firm schedule quarter by quarter, with the latest release date
being a
month before the start of the quarter (i.e. the schedule for January
through
March of 2011 will be released no later than the end of November, 2010,
and the
schedule for April through June of 2011 will be released no later than
the end
of February, 2011).<span style=""> </span>We regret any
inconvenience this may cause, but prefer to leave these decisions to as
late as
possible to increase the probability that the decisions will be
positive.<span style=""> </span><o:p><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the event we are forced to curtail running in
2011, we
note (as stated with the initial release of the long range schedule)
that given
the realities of the scheduling conflicts anticipated in future running
between
now and the 12 GeV shutdown, together with likely restrictions on the
total
running feasible in the time remaining before the final shutdown for
the
completion of the installation of the 12 GeV Upgrade, it is probable
that experiments
unable to run at the scheduled time will never be run. </p>
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