<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<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,_May_3,_2021">here</a>
and below.</p>
<p> -- Mark</p>
<p> __________________________________</p>
<p> </p>
<div id="content" class="mw-body" role="main">
<h2 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en"><span dir="auto">Hall D Staff Meeting, May 3, 2021</span></h2>
<div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content">
<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en">
<p>Present: Alexander Austregesilo, Eugene Chudakov (chair),
Mark Dalton, Alexandre Deur, Hovanes Egiyan, Sergey
Furletov, Mark Ito, Igal Jaegle, Keigo Mizutani, Lubomir
Pentchev, Patrizia Rossi, Sascha Somov, Simon Taylor, Tim
Whitlatch, Beni Zihlmann
</p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Announcements.2C_Eugene">Announcements,
Eugene</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> Jerry Drayer is retiring as the head of SURA
<ul>
<li> a replacement will be sought</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> EIC: discussion on-going on options for detectors
<ul>
<li> CD-1: official award expected in June</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Director's Retreat:
<ul>
<li> Patrizia attended</li>
<li> 4 pillars of JLab's future:
<ol>
<li> prosecute the 12 GeV program</li>
<li> directions in high-performance computing</li>
<li> the EIC</li>
<li> technology development</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li> discussion on how to retain people</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Donuts with the Director is getting revived
<ul>
<li> A good opportunity to learn about the Lab and ask
questions</li>
<li> Patrizia encouraged us to sign-up</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Impacts of COVID-19 will remain for months going
forward</li>
<li> An S&T visit will be paid on May 18. Eugene will
make a presentation on the future of Hall D
<ul>
<li> approved experiments and scheduling them</li>
<li> other ideas</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Lab continues work on a white paper, still collecting
information
<ul>
<li> Justin Stevens responsible for spectroscopy section</li>
<li> Eugene working on sections on detectors and Hall D</li>
<li> should be ready by December</li>
<li> possible doubling of CEBAF energy
<ul>
<li> Moller and Solid would have larger asymmetries
to work with</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Activities_in_the_Hall.2C_Tim">Activities in the Hall,
Tim</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> work on DIRC mirrors continues
<ul>
<li> there is a shortage of mirror cutting personnel on
the Peninsula, onto third company</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> FCAL darkroom mods start this week, for CPP</li>
<li> CPP steel plates out for bid</li>
<li> PrimEx additional shielding work starting</li>
<li> CPP gas system is getting set up for use in testing
muon chambers in EEL</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Detector_Testing_Set_Up.2C_Eugene">Detector Testing
Set Up, Eugene</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> the are around the PS will be upgraded to accommodate
detector testing</li>
<li> removal of a lead brick will extend energy range to
3--6 GeV</li>
<li> a vertical moving stage will allow detector retraction
from the beam level</li>
<li> a horizontal stage will allow calorimeters to be tested
at different energies</li>
<li> will use separate DAQ for read-out</li>
<li> perhaps GEMs in front of the PS counters</li>
<li> goal: get vertical stage in for August run</li>
</ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="MEDCON_Status.2C_Eugene">MEDCON
Status, Eugene</span></h2>
<ul>
<li> Email from the Director today outlining planning for
future relaxation of MEDCON level. Please read.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>