2005 Radio/Submm Astronomy Planning Group (5RSAPG)
Minutes of telecon 10Jan05
Present: Geoff Blake, John Carlstrom, Neil Evans, Martha Haynes, 
   Jackie Hewitt, Ken Kellermann, Al Marscher, Steve Myers, and Mark
   Reid


1. It was agreed that the discussion with Wayne van Citters at
   the last telecon was useful and that he would be invited to
   join again sometime in February.

2. Most of the summaries are now in and most have been reorganized
   as needed to match our template. Still missing are:
         ARO      Ziurys             Reid
         SP10M    Carlstrom          Reid
         SMA      Moran              Campbell
    Other CMB     Myers,Carlstrom    Kellermann
       Planck     Carlstrom          Kellermann
         SIRA     MacDowell          Carlstrom

   This process appears to have worked extremely well; we have a very
   useful set of documents describing the radio and submillimeter facilities.

   There was a discussion of the process for homogenizing and
   finalizing the web summaries. MH will finish the first drafts and
   will then notify the designated 5RSAPG contact. The 5RSAPG contact
   will do a careful review of the material and also ask the facility
   contact to do likewise. MH may also be query facility contacts
   about missing information, questions, etc. Updates/changes can
   be made, but folks wanting changes should contact MH to coordinate
   how that is done. It was agreed that the bulk of the responsibility
   for content should lie with the facility contacts, not this panel.

   It was agreed to include the NASA facilities that operate in the
   radio/submm range but with the disclaimer that we are not reviewing
   them.

3. NE agreed to coordinate the presentation of the subcommittee on science.
   Others on this subcommittee are: DC, JC, SM, MR + ?
   It was agreed that the current purpose of the NSF AST senior review
   suggest greater specificity on the relationship of the facilities
   to the science program than was the focus of the 2000 ASAC report.

4. KK agreed to coordinate the presentation of the subcommittee on technology.
   Others on this subcommittee are: GB, JC, JH, JW + ?
   It was agreed that this subcommittee would contribute bullets on 
   (a) how technological advances have led directly to truly great
   discoveries and (b) how the technological objectives of the next
   1-5 years will push the frontiers of science in the next 5-10
   years.

5. MR agreed to coordinate the presentation of a facilities matrix.
   Others on this subcommittee are: NE, KK, + ?

6. AM agreed to coordinate the presentation of the subcommittee on
   synergies, looking at nat'l/internat'l, ground and space, all wavelengths.
   Others on this subcommittee are: DC, JM, MR + ?
   JM will be asked to compile a summary of the major international
   radio/submm facilities. DC will be asked to provide input on
   synergies with physics/atmosphere/solar programs.

7. DC will be asked to coordinate the presentation of the subcommittee
   on historical facilities.
   Others on this subcommittee are: KK, JM + ?
  
8. It was agreed that all subcommittees would be called upon to make
   reports at the next telecon. It was agreed that we would try to
   have a first draft report by 1 Mar.

9. MH has been asked to give a presentation at the Feb 15/16th meeting
   of the (N)AAAC (http://www.aas.org/naaac/), chaired by Garth
   Illingworth; JC is a current member. This committee is
   charged to  "assess and make recommendations regarding, the
   coordination of astronomy and astrophysics programs of the [NSF] and [NASA]".
   JC reported that DOE has signed on also. Although radio astronomy
   is almost exclusively an NSF enterprise, it was agreed that it is
   useful to all for the AAAC to be aware of our activities on behalf
   of the US radio/submm community. There is NASA overlap at shorter wavelengths.

10. The next telecon will be held as 12n EST on Mon Jan 24th.