Subject: Re: VISTA IOT meeting 2009-07-29: MINUTES

From: Valentin D. Ivanov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:44:12 -0400 (CLT)

Preliminary agenda (feel free to add items):

- Status of VISTA - Jim E.

- scheduling of astronomers during the next 3 months (incl.
for the SV and the dry runs) - T. Sz.
Tentative schedule:
   2008-06-21 - Start VISTA Commissioning with VIRCAM
   2009-07-01 - Start ESO Verification Period
   2009-08-10 - all systems ready
   2009-09-23 - VISTA instrument package ready
   2009-09-30 - "Mini Readiness Review - TSz, MAr, MRe, VIv"
   2009-09-25 - instrument back on sky
  (2009-09-23) - Call for OBs for the Sci. Verification
  (2009-10-01) - Instruments ready, call for Dry Runs' OBs (P85-)
   2009-10-02 - contingency, Paranalization if schedule is not changed
   2009-10-16 - start Sci. Verification run (10 nights out of 14)
   2009-10-30 - Early Sci. Operations: Paranalization + Dry Runs (P85-)
   2009-12-16 - P85 call for phase 2
   2009-02-16 - Start of P85

- preparation for the dry runs, PI notification, deadline for
OBs' preparation - M. Arn.

- documentation readiness - User Manual, SADT manual - VDI, JEm

- progress report on the action items

- round table

- other issues: first light, moving the control room, etc.

i)  the survey execution simulations - report and results (by VIV)
(VDI: I didn't want to make it a separate item because I am
behind on the report but here it is anyway)

ii) VISTA fact sheets to be added to the PIs notification for dry runs 
(JEM & TSZ).

iii) VISTA Data for the VDFS tutorials (MAR,MNE)

Action items from the VISTA IOT 2009-07-29

See the attached file.