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<p>Present: Eugene Chudakov (chair), Alexandre Deur, Hovanes
Egiyan, Sergey Furletov, Mark Ito, David Lawrence, Lubomir
Pentchev, Elton Smith, Sascha Somov, Simon Taylor, Beni
Zihlmann
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Announcements_.28Eugene.29">Announcements
(Eugene)</span></h2>
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<li> FY20 budget: Senate markup shows $750 M$ for nuclear
physics, but expect a continuing resolution</li>
<li> Safety: at end of Oct. enforcement team will form.
Safety documentation requirement will be strictly
enforced.</li>
<li> Disclosure of work compensation from foreign
governments: broad definition, includes waiver of
conference fees. Need to disclose any payment to
management. Disclosure mechanism not yet in place.</li>
<li> Civility in the Workplace Training: coming up, look for
an email. Takes about an hour, can be paused are restarted
later.</li>
<li> Hall D Scientist position still not open for
applicants.</li>
<li> Lab agenda retreat coming up[?]</li>
<li> Committee formed by DOE to make recommendation on EIC,
including site. Decision will be taken by the Under
Secretary.</li>
<li> Doug Higinbotham is now full time on JLEIC. Christian
Weiss and Volker Burkert are each at half time.</li>
<li> Moller: CD1 expected by April 1, 5 M$ appears in Senate
mark-up.</li>
<li> Solid: Director's Review positive, recommend moving to
request for CD0.</li>
<li> Users' Meeting: June 22-24</li>
<li> Rolf Ent has requested plans for running from the Halls
for FY2021.</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline"
id="Activities_in_Hall_.28Tim.2C_reported_by_Eugene.29">Activities
in Hall (Tim, reported by Eugene)</span></h2>
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<li> DIRC: will replace all mirrors. Second box on submerged
for short time, but because of mechanical considerations
it too will be replaced. Mirror surfaces already here.
Boro-silicate glass to be ordered.</li>
<li> TOF: fiducialized in Hall with counters in the frame.
Ready for mounting.</li>
<li> Goniometer: surveyed in the lab, installed in tagger,
survey in situ not done, waiting for diamonds to be
installed.</li>
<li> CompCal waiting for bases.</li>
<li> TAC has damaged voltage divider. Fernando Barbosa is
looking at it. (Sascha)</li>
<li> During DIRC run there will be a TRD/GEM detector in
front of the lower box. DIRC folks want to try three
positions for it.</li>
<li> Target: waiting on shield removal</li>
<li> Solenoid: testing of power supply, first step before
power up, starts next week</li>
<li> Post-Docs
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<li> Igal Jaegle starts tomorrow</li>
<li> Keigo Mizutani should arrive in a day or two</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_Items">Other Items</span></h2>
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<li> The new NetApps appliance will be installed on Thu. All
systems in the Counting Room will be rebooted. (David)</li>
<li> There will be an Employee Tour of Hall D Thu.
afternoon. Mark and Thomas Britton will be the tour
guides. (Eugene)</li>
<li> The dark matter experiment, which needs a positron
beam, now prefers to run at CERN (Elton)</li>
<li> The grant application for the FCAL insert was turned
down. The Lab will support construction funding. (Eugene)</li>
<li> CPP looks like it can fit into the FCAL dark room. CPP
readiness review to come soon. Elton will give update at
the collaboration meeting. (Eugene)</li>
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