Agenda for the First APS/User Strategic Planning Meeting
Fontana, WI
 
Wednesday, May 15, 2002:
Lunch - (Night Crawlers Room) 12:00 - 1:00
1. Plenary Session (J. Murray Gibson) - (Nantucket Room) 1:00 - 2:30
  • APS Strategic Planning
 
Coffee break 2:30 - 3:00
2. Plenary Session: User Perspective (Paul Zschack) - (Nantucket Room)  
Mark Rivers 3:00 - 3:30
Brian Stephenson 3:40 - 4:10
Keith Moffat 4:20 - 4:50
Gene Ice 5:00 - 5:30
Dinner - (Night Crawlers Room) 6:00 - 7:30
Visit to the Yerkes Observatory - (Bus Transportation Provided) 8:00 - 10:00
 
Thursday, May 16, 2002:
Breakfast - (Night Crawlers Room) 7:00 - 8:30
3. Breakout Sessions 8:30 - 10:30
3.1 Technical Issues (Michael Borland and Mark Beno) - (Bimini Room)
3.2 User Support (Dennis Mills and Thomas Gog) - (Nantucket Room)
3.3 How to Implement the Centralized II Program? (Dean Haeffner and Lisa Keefe) - (Marina III Room)
Coffee break - - Group Picture (back lawn by Harbor area) 10:30 - 11:00
4. Plenary Session (George Srajer) - (Nantucket Room) 11:00 - 12:30
  • Reports from breakout sessions
 
Lunch - (Night Crawlers Room) 12:30 - 1:30
5. Breakout Sessions 1:30 - 3:00
5.1 Publicity (Rick Fenner and David Cookson) - (Marina II Room)
5.2 Funding and Advocacy (Dennis Mills and Steve Durbin) - (Bimini Room)
5.3 Communication Within the APS Community (Glenn Decker and John Quintana) - (Nantucket Room)
5.4 Compliance Issues (Bruce Glagola, Bill McDowell, Wilfried Schieldkamp) - (Marina III Room)
Coffee break 3:00 - 3:30
6. Plenary Session (Andrew Howard) - (Nantucket Room) 3:30 - 4:30
  • Reports from breakout sessions
 
7. Free time 4:30 - 6:00
Dinner - (Night Crawlers Room) 6:00 - 7:30
8. Plenary Session - After Dinner Talk (Michael Borland) - (Nantucket Room) 7:30 - 9:00
  • Can APS Compete with the Next Generation?
 
 
Friday, May 17, 2002:
Breakfast - (Night Crawlers Room) 7:00 - 8:00
9. Plenary Session: Future of the CAT System (Dennis Mills) - (Nantucket Room) 8:00 - 10:30
  • Introduction (J. Murray Gibson) [10 minutes]
 
  • Operational Support BES-Supported CATs - Proposed Mechanism/Issue-Discussion Points (Bruce Bunker, Steve Davey, Dennis Mills, Randall Winans) [45 minutes]
 
  • Revised PEB (Susan Strasser and J. Murray Gibson) [20 minutes]
 
  • Interim Situation for Affected CATs - PNC, MHATT, IMM (Steve Davey) [20 minutes]
 
  • Other topics (from the floor) [25 minutes]
 
  • Can the CATs reorganize themselves?
  • Beamline specialization
  • How will the CAT system evolve?
  • Future of BES-funded CATs
  • Future of non BES-funded CATs
  • Funding issues
  • Open discussion [30 minutes]
 
Coffee break 10:30 - 11:00
10. Plenary Session (J. Murray Gibson) - (Nantucket Room) 11:00 - 12:00
  • Closeout
 
Lunch - (Night Crawlers Room) 12:00 - 1:00