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IB Meeting, continued

December 14, 2006

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Thursday 14 December 2006 - agenda

14:55--- Public portion:

15:00 Farewell Address of Outgoing Spokesperson (20')    W. A. Zajc (Columbia) 

15:20 Public Address of Incoming Spokesperson (10')  

15:30---------- break and start of PHENIX-only portion of meeting

15:40 Welcome Address to PHENIX by Incoming Spokesperson (incl. appt. of IB Secretary) (15')  

15:55 Nominations for Executive Council Elections (20')  

16:15 Proposal to merge bnl_chem institution with bnl_phys (15')    Mark Baker/Mike Tannenbaum (BNL) 

16:30 Any Other Business (AOB) (30')

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Thank you!

PHENIX is the best collaboration that I’ve been in!

Thank you for trusting me to represent you I am thrilled/awed + a bit scared

will do my absolute best to carry out the responsibility

Represent PHENIX to BNL & funding agenciesphysics and broader community as called for this is, of course, a job we ALL do!

advocacy for PHENIX physics, visibility, collaborators keep the balance among institutions, countries

collaborating institutions, physics thrusts

It is an honor to serve PHENIX as spokesperson

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plenty of help will be needed

Goal #1: continue the business of producing the best physics at RHIC!

As decisions need to be made, I will work with:PM, EC, collaborators!

Goal #2: Don’t fix it if ain’t broke!but there are new challenges we facecounting on advice from Bill…

Please tell me what’s important!or tell one of the deputy spokespersons

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Deputy spokespersons

Richard Seto has agreed to serve as deputy spokesperson for PHENIXMANY THANKS to Rich!

Also plan to name ~ 2 other deputy spokespersonspending consultation with EC this evening

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Run 7

Democrats Decline to Take Up Unfinished Spending Bills

By CARL HULSE

Published: December 12, 2006

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 — Congressional Democrats said Monday that they would not try to finish multiple spending bills left hanging by the departed Republican majority. Instead, they want to keep most government agencies operating under their current budgets until next fall.

taken from New York Times on Tuesday

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this may not be as bad as it sounds

Unclear to what extent the Office of Science is locked into last year’s apportionment of fundstotal is fixed’07 budget had similar total to ’06 with different split

Currently dealing with uncertaintyconsequently the announced delay of run start

What we can doarticulate WHY its important to have a run 7talk to your elected representatives

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Run 7 is crucial*

New ion data prior to the next Quark Matter meetingRHIC has dominated QM since 2001

need to keep that dynamic!

International collaborators (and new grad students in the U.S. too…) must see dedication to running RHIC

Long shutdown without advance warning squanders opportunity to plan & carry out larger scope maintenance

Even a “short” Au+Au run will produce new physicsHBD, RxNP, TOF-W + AGEL, MPC first look

Spin commissioning is critical

* to BNL & DOE as well as PHENIX

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