Present: B. Barish, G. Dugan. T. Raubenheimer, N. Walker, K. Yokoya, M. Hronek (sec)

Absent: M. Nozaki

No Guest this week.

Public Minutes – Change to Max in 24hrs then post

Announcement – None

Scope Study and Savings

• Reduction of costs from the design POC
  • Engineering is not the issue
  • Design is the issue
• What can we change and what does it save?
  • Take a look now that we have costs
  • Is the machine going to be too expensive
• Proposal to open costs to a bigger group comes back to the confidentiality issue
• 2 nd document written reflects guidelines
• Someone needs to be able to reinforce the guidelines (convener, chair)
• These clarifications will be made

Access to costs

• This goes back to the European rules
• Who gets the costs and who needs to know
• These guidelines must be out before Vancouver
• This will generate questions but we must deal with them as they come.

Add’l group of cost reviewers

• Combined RDR Mgt and EC will guide the costing studies

EDMS

• Decision disappointing. No resources from CERN
• What does DESY require? A request for the directorate from the GDE? Nick will talk to Lars.
• We can agree on this in Vancouver and release a statement
• Do we pay CERN for Indico and EDMS support?
• Timescale is very slow with the common fund. We need a plan before announcement & resources from DESY.

S2 Charge

• Write up is not good. Invite Hasan and Tom to EC meeting at VLCW.

Simulation

• Tor to send out comments. Barry will contact Robin in a week.

MAC Meeting

• January meeting to be in the UK – date are being sent around for comments
• Japan MAC meeting needs a Charge. We are still waiting.

Speaker for TESLA Meeting

• Suggest two speakers -- Chairs of S0/S1 and S2.

See you in Vancouver!