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<p>Folks,</p>
<p>Please find the notes below and at</p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_October_16,_2017">https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_October_16,_2017</a>
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<p> - Mark</p>
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<p>Present: Thomas Britton, Eugene Chudakov (chair), Mark
Dalton, Alexandre Deur, Hovanes Egiyan, Sergey Furletov,
Mark Ito, Paul Mattione, Lubomir Pentchev, Patrizia Rossi,
Elton Smith, Sascha Somov, Simon Taylor, Tim Whitlatch, Beni
Zihlmann
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Announcements">Announcements</span></h2>
<p>Eugene:
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<li> fire damaged switching station for a warm compressor
<ul>
<li> no spare though one is on order</li>
<li> one more failure: no 4 K helium</li>
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<li> schedule: contingency used up, but no official schedule
slip at present
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<li> Patrizia: cavity check-out still to come (one month
to complete)</li>
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<li> no news on budget
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<li> but DIRC PMTs will be purchased this fiscal year</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Run_Readiness">Run Readiness</span></h2>
<p>Tim:
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<li> solenoid is cold
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<li> HCO starts this week</li>
<li> will schedule a test turn-on
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<li> Eugene: last time there were voltage spikes on
coil 2</li>
<li> Beni: mitigated by reducing ramp rate by a
factor of 2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> some gauges/indicators not working
<ul>
<li> Scot Spiegel is coming back from vacation and
will address issues</li>
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</li>
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</li>
<li> Target/start-counter will be surveyed</li>
<li> DIRC frame assembly work continues</li>
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<p>Hovanes:
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<li> computers in racks in counting room need firmware
upgrade
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<li> all IOCs will be down for an hour or two</li>
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</li>
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<p>Elton:
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<li> FCAL has many calibration tasks coming up
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<li> Mark D. volunteers to help </li>
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</li>
<li> prototype muon chamber coming Thursday
<ul>
<li> going to EEL for check-out first</li>
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Mark Ito, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marki@jlab.org">marki@jlab.org</a>, (757)269-5295
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