Cover Art - Volunteer(s)?

• need a shepherd/coordinator, JPL has the artist.
• AT: images are common in proposals. CMB is rather boring.
• CL: could have history of universe or galaxies or clusters or nuetrinos or … w/CMB background.
• SH: could tell artist that in words, and iterate.
• Charles will talk to artist, Amy will coordinate meeting.

Policy for report Authors/Endorsers?

• Lots of people writing/calculating/etc. So authors need recognition. Endorsers (i.e. support the idea) are a 2nd tier. so 2 lists of people.
• CL: Long list of 2 groups. 1 group is authors, 2nd group is everyone. Is 2 alphabetized subsets. No labels separating the 2 lists.
  • SH: for science white papers we've suggested 2 lists. didn't get into typographic details. Will check with Lloyd and _ Final TeamX - 2nd week of October Status of report Current status * Schedule (work backwards) * Submit 12/31/2018 = effectively Friday 12/21 * 4 weeks to implement external review comments + final polish = 11/21 (11/21-26 - Thanksgiving) * Nov. 1: submit to external reviews; receive back between 11/9 and 11/19 * Nov. 1 version: essentially final text; essentially final forecasts; essentially final Figures *Last Week's Action Items Revised cost estimate process for all the Probes * Draft charter for the Probes Concept Assessment Team (PCAT) * See more information below PCAT
    * Independent cost estimate by Science Office of Mission Assessment is canceled * Cost Estimation and Pricing Section (CEPS) in JPL will provide a cost estimate that is independent of TeamX's * PCAT will review CEPS and RAO's (Goddard's CEPS) estimates, and will provide another review of the feasibility of executing the Probes within costs. * Q: What is the input to CEPS? * A: “Spreadsheet with some specific requested information” and the report. (what about the TeamX slides? ) * Q: Interaction with CEPS? * A: there will be a get-to-work meeting in January with opportunity for questions and some communication. Other interactions Afterwards and before the final meeting in May? Not clear. * Q: What if CEPS costs come different than TeamX? Will there be an opportunity to reconcile? * A: There will be a reconciliation meeting with PCAT. But with the teams? Not clear. More Questions
    * What will be submitted to the Decadal? * CEPS Process: Are the TeamX slides provided to CEPS? What other inputs they require? Is there a technical briefing or technical Q/A with the teams? * For a given Probe, is there a reconciliation process between the TeamX cost and the CEPS cost? Will PCAT be managing this in real time (or is PCAT handed a reconciled cost)? * Update on Signal Separation (aka - foregrounds) - Clem * Clem's posting about foreground models * Foreground telecon with Soumen's latest results Recommendations for external reviewers (deliver report end of Oct.) * desired perspectives: broad astrophysics; few within the field; Orbital vs sub-orbital; technical expertise * Names proposed so far * US: Page, Dodelson, Bennett, Hinshaw, Ruhl, Runyan * International: Desert, DeBernardis, * suggested in telecon: Francios, Ganga, * Any outside CMB field? SH: Josh Frieman? –sure. * Any survey groups? JB: Dave Spurgel. MS: Anze Slosar SH: Martin White, * AT: good to people with broad perspective. experience with mission proposals is a plus. This document is essentially a mission proposal. * Jamie Bock? (is formally on EC, so more 'neighbor' than external) * SH: People outside field are especially useful. Surveys? other space missions? * CP: Anyone from Euclid? * Ichiro (Andrian?) Klapsful (sp? * JB: A Euclid group that does 'external data'. Will look for a name from that group.** * SH: LSST connections? NB: Eric Wiezers, Phil Marshal (spokes-people), Rachael Mandlebaum (DESC people) * JB: Michael Strauss Status of Probe Report Current status(All) <note warning>warning</note> <note important>important</note> <note tip>tip</note> <note>note</note>