Attendance: Lloyd, Julian, Amy, Shaul, Nick, Charles, Dan, Dave

Notes by: Karl

• May Workshop
  • google sheet with some program suggestions

May Workshop

• travel funds for invitees of $400 in US, $800 from other continents.
• Fundamental physics. Lloyd: Converged? Dan: All fine with speakers. Francis Yan on panel. Lloyd: Can invite large panel. So if some can't come panelists can move to presentations.
  • Shaul: we can't over invite, but < 4 on panel is ok. If we move people off panel to fill discussion.
  • Jens to replace Sylvia if she can't come.
  • Panel: Francis-Yan, Yacine, Arminia Calabrese, Meerburg
  • Dan and/or Lloyd to send invitations.
• Extragalacic. Happy with talk list? Panel names?
  • Nick: names online in spreadsheet, 5 people. And have backups for speakers if people can't come.
  • Nick: could fill in 17:00 slot with component separation. Useful tool.
    • Shaul: makes sense. can decide in few days on final speaker invite.
  • Nick to issue remaining invitations. coordinate with Shaul on Colin/Jacques invitations.
    • Lloyd to forward invite template to group.
• Galactic Science.
  • Dave: current speaker plans are good. Added topics in GS + foregrounds make sense.
  • CL: Brandon good choice to talk in overlap of GS and foregrounds.
  • Shaul: Do we want Brandon to talk about foregrounds models or dust composition?
    • CL: could make him do both, sky models and dust composition. Also he gives good talks.
  • Dave: Or at 14:25 we could have a panel/summary on galactic.
    • Shaul: reason for combined panels is time constraint mostly. even if this isn't ideal.
    • Dave: could give Brandon ~30 min to do both topics. then stretch panel time.
  • CL:
  • Shaul: is current discussion session of foregrounds + galactic ok?
    • Dave: this is ok. since dust models blend to foregrounds.
  • Shaul: panel names for galactic?
    • Dave: current speakers are good. Shaul: extra input is also good.
      • Dave: can invite more. Jiles as possible moderator, or panelist. Terry Jones. w/Laura will get 2-4 names for panel, prioritized.
  • Dave/Laura officially invite current speakers.
• Technology + syst.
  • Shaul: w/Hannes have names list. Condensed talks slightly. Will invite Peter Shirron.
  • Systematics. Brendan will come for 1/2 day. Working on last speaker slot.
  • Panel in line 70. + adding 1 person from systematics. Have backups as well. Invitations will be issued.
    • Julian: Still very gender imbalanced. Can we get Joy?
      • Shaul: Joy is moving to a new job, so no luck. Other ideas are welcome.
• Final report discussion.
  • 85 min. with panelists. Lloyd moderates.
    • Suggested panel: Susanne, (Lyman, Chuck, or Scott – steering committee), Al Kogut, John Ruhl – external.
    • CL: format? SH: primarily discussion based is goal. 5 min talk per panelist is sufficient.
    • LK: Some structure is useful for 85 min block. prompts/responsibilities to specific panelists?
    • SH: example possible topics.
      1. 50 page report only doc? and additional white paper(s)? additional info to decadal?
         • SH: 50 page likely won't do justice to whole case.
         • Dan: like multiple white papers, not one large paper.
         • CL: need report guidelines present to guide this discussion.
         • CL: for multiple white papers. imagine them as chapters in larger book, so they don't get split apart.
         • CL: for decadal, longer isn't always better. they will have a great amount to read.
         • SH: another option, can put white papers on arXiv and cite them in 50 pg report.
      2. case for space. synergy with ground and other data in next 10 yrs
      3. other suggestions?
    • CL: report guidelines? SH: 50 page to SOMA (cost review). w/ engineering addendum that is TeamX or possibly an edited version.
      • AT: NASA guidelines; 50 page, >1/2 should be science. Looks likely to remove TeamX report as part of this. Puts more pressure on report for engineering details.
    • Lloyd: let's invite those panelists for now. can adjust topics next week.
      • SH: yes, we'll proceed with that.