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<p>Folks,</p>
<p>Please find the notes <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_July_8,_2019">here</a>
and below.</p>
<p> -- Mark</p>
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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en"><span
dir="auto">Hall D Staff Meeting, July 8, 2019</span></h1>
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<p>Present: Thomas Britton, Eugene Chudakov (chair), Mark
Dalton, Alexandre Deur, Hovanes Egiyan, Sergey Furletov,
Mark Ito, David Lawrence, Lubomir Pentchev, Elton Smith,
Sascha Somov, Simon Taylor, Tim Whitlatch, Beni Zihlmann
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Announcements_.28Eugene.29">Announcements
(Eugene)</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> Two safety incidents:
<ol>
<li> electrical shock from power supply, experienced
engineer, knocked down</li>
<li> laser not turned off, impinged safety goggles of
student, no harm done due to PPE</li>
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</li>
<li> budget for FY20 about the same as for FY19
<ul>
<li> Hall D will get funds for the insert, 560 crystals
this FY, perhaps 1200-1600 in total eventually</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Marco Battaglieri is the new Hall B leader. He starts
in September</li>
<li> Open positions:
<ul>
<li> Technician I: Tim has submitted the paperwork,
replaces Tom Carstens</li>
<li> Staff Scientist: should be advertised soon</li>
<li> Postdocs: two position open, candidates have been
identified and and offers being prepared</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> New Proposals: K<sub>L</sub> and short-range
correlations</li>
<li> Accelerator:
<ul>
<li> will install a refurbished C100, should get to 11.6
GeV for Hall D</li>
<li> Replacement for Arne Freyberger will be taking up
position soon, coming from Fermilab</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Users' Group Meeting: interest/attendance fractured by
interest in either 12 GeV or EIC</li>
<li> Windows 7 will be phased out, alternate solutions must
be devised</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Hall_Status_.28Tim.29">Hall
Status (Tim)</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> DIRC
<ul>
<li> problem with optical box, carbon steel and aluminum
surfaces reacting, lower mirror stained. Greg Kalicy
trying to clean it</li>
<li> doing experiments to try to seal metal surfaces</li>
<li> upper optical box to go in in 2 weeks</li>
<li> mirrors may have to be replaced</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Next task TOF upgrade</li>
<li> Hole made in pair spectrometer shield well for detector
tests on north side if upstream platform
<ul>
<li> detectors under test may inhibit personnel access</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Hall D refrigerator will start cool-down next week</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_Items">Other Items</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> Beni: new propanol behaves like previously used alcohol
<ul>
<li> Tim: perhaps add pressure sensor near mass flow
controller</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Eugene: need to make end-of-fiscal-year purchases</li>
<li> Elton: Bert Yost contacted lab about available "free"
electronics, NIM, CAMAC, FastBus. Chris Cuevas looking
into it</li>
<li> LOI theory technical reviews: received by Elton
(neutral pion polarizability) and Alexandre (GDH sum rule)</li>
</ul>
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