Technical Board Minutes

Minutes of TB phone meeting, November 1, 2010

Attending: S. Geer, M. Zisman, R. Fernow, D. Hartill, A. Bross, K. McDonald, J. Tompkins, J. Gallardo.

1. M. Zisman: FY11 Budget Expectations
   Highlights:
   • Due to Continuing Resolution, present guidance for FY11 is flat-flat
   • MAP must try to honor its existing manpower commitments
   Action Items:
   • Soon Mike will formally request the last accounting information to NFMCC for FY10
2. Steve Geer: Responding to MAP Review Recommendations
   Highlights:
   • MAP updated plans to be finalized 18 Nov.
   • MAP updated proposal document to be finalized 25 Nov.
   • Dateline to submit updated proposal to DoE 30 Nov.
3. R. Fernow: Design and Simulation FY11 Budget
   Highlights:
   • Continue support of Muon Base programs at BNL and FNAL
   • New IIT post-doc is outside of this budget program
   • Work by N.Terentiev very much needed but does not need to be included in MAP budget for now
   • Need of post-doc at FNAL to work on proton driver is stressed
   Action Items:
   • Rick will talk with D. Cline (UCLA) to make sure that the request is fully compatible with MAP's plans in the present budget scenario
   • MAP management will talk with J. Norem (ANL) about his request
   • Rick will prepare a comparison of FY11 and FY10 budgets; also breakdown by Institutions
4. A. Bross: Technology Development
   Highlights:
   • Effort to maintain manpower for magnet work
   • Now Zlobin is working in a different project
   • Targetry development requests $350K
   • SLAC's request near $400K is not feasible at this time
   • MICE magnet work needs to be incorporated explicitly in the MAP's plan
   Action Items:
   • Break budget request by Institutions
5. D. Kaplan/presented by A. Bross:System Tests: FY11 needs
   Highlights:
   • Need of serious and concurrent effort on US MICE
   • New figures for FY11 M&S needs ( with M. Zisman input):

     Needs	$922K
     with contingency for SS magnet	$1102K (including carry over)
     Additional request 2 post-docs	$100K
     Total	$1202K

   Action Items:
   • Put dollar amount for MICE technician support: in the past PPD at FNAL was footing the bill. Steve Geer will look at this issue
6. K. McDonald: FY11 Target system budget proposal
   Highlights:
   • Magnet engineering is needed. FNAL magnet group may take this activity, more discussion is needed. B. Weggel could be hired as consultant to perform this task

Overall Action Items S. Geer and M. Zisman will go over all requests in consultation with L1 leaders. Conclusions will be presented at next TB phone meeting

Juan C. Gallardo <gallardo@bnl.gov>
November 4, 2010