
	Weekly chat #41: Wednesday December 20th 2000
	
Participants: Peter Kretschmar, Allan Hornstrup, Carol Anne Oxborrow
	Stefan Larsson
	
Subjects discussed: Tom Cruise/Hot Toddies/Christmas Parties
	The AI list:
	- Slewing data: inflight calibration
	- IBH Ideas and Proposals: in need of comments
	- ADD updates: DD additions
	Lates S/W deliveries on DevForum
	Wednesday for chat meetings
	JEM-X performance (ISSW, pipeline demo, E2E) at Consortium Meeting

Action Items: None

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<peter> Good Morning Carol Anne - how's your cold? END
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> This feeling lousy - and still no sign of Tom Cruise to serve me hot
> toddies - what is the world coming to? And you? END
<larsson> Hmm, here in Stockholm we had our institute Christmas party
<peter> Quite fine, actually. In what reality does Tom Cruise serve hot toddies to anyone? And what are toddies, btw? END
<larsson> last evening.
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<peter> Does that mean, you are still fighting the hangover, stefan? END
<larsson> So people around here looks a little tired today.... END
<peter> The ISDC part is this afternoon. END
<larsson> The snapps was 70kronor each so not that much of a hangover...END
<peter> You have to pay for the drinks on a Christmas party - this must be Sweden :-) END
> Cold `remedy': lemon juice, sugar, hot water and whisky - could also be
<larsson> Not usually but this time it was our last before the move so
> served at a christmas party, though still best served by Tom Cruise in either
> case. END
<larsson> we had the party on the Grand Hotell, which is verry expensive
<larsson> The food was free, good and plenty though. END
> Our festive get-together is tomorrow - my parents will be babysitting this
> year, so I'll actually have a chance to enjoy it END
> The Grand Hotel that sounds like a deluxe christmas party - we just have
> potluck here. END
> I'll ring Sami (as usual) - NJW doesn't appear to be in END
> By the way, congratulations with Garching Peter!!!! END
<peter> Thanks a lot. END
> Sami doesn't seem to be in either - I haven't heard from him this week.
> So let's get started and keep this very brief.
> Okay? END
<larsson> OK
> AI16.7 AH,CAO	22/11/00 Check availability of JEMX slew data  for position
OPEN			corrections

> This one is somewhat embarassingly STILL open since it's so hard
> to track down hardware people for the last few months - our `weekly'
> joint software meetings are constantly being cancelled due to
> unexpected journeys to Helsinki for half the participants etc.
> I am however fairly confident that there will be lots of slew data
> available since the instrument will keep running and sending
> telemetry during slews. After what we heard at the Consortium 
> meeting last week it seems like there will be LOTS of slew time, so
> is only seems prudent to use this data as wisely as possible. Both
> position and energy calibration could be done with slew data if we
> see unexpected fluorescence lines (e.g. from the gas) over the whole
> detector, though such lines are becoming less and less `unexpected'!
> Any comments? END
<larsson> Not now, no. END
<peter> Sounds reasonable to me. END
> I'm skipping over AI's that aren't due or are on someone not actually
> here. Next:
> IBH1.2	ALL	15/12/00Read and comment SL and SM's emails as 
OPEN			preparation for more detailed AD figures

> Speaks for itself: Sami finally sent his email based on the dedicated
> IBH chat so all the basic material is on the Developper's Forum
> so we should all make an effort to do IBH1.2 before Christmas.
> Comments? END
> Some ADD AIs have been closed, and I cancelled the one about
> everyone writing where the instrument model data structures come
> from: that's now all explained in a separate section on the
> -IMOD-GRP at the end of the data dictionary. END
> Next:
> AI38.1	PK	15/12/00 Borrow ISDC software problem tracking tool for SDAST
OPEN			integration problems and to-dos.

> Would you like a new due date on this one Peter? END
<peter> Yes, since the ISDC tool has not seen much progress. Please shift by a full month. END
> Will do. END
> AI40.3	ALL	22/12/00 All developers with S/W that uses background data
OPEN		structure parameter names to correct them using the new
		consistent parameter names and redeliver the affected
		executables.
> I think this one needs a more realistic due date too END
> Lets say mid January 2001? END
<peter> OK
> Next on the agenda: ADD updates - you ARE all working on them
> aren't you? I'm adding quite a bit of DD stuff to the document
> since it now has the dual ADD/DDD role: List of common parameter
> names; agreed conventions for energy binning tables (PI and PHA);
> the instrument model group etc. etc. I will put the updated
> version of the document in the CVS repository by the end of this
> week so that everyone can see how far we've come. 
> Comments? END
<peter> Good work! I hope we others get some done as well. END
<larsson> Agree Peter. END
> Next: anyone got any updated deliveries that don't currently
> appear on the DevFor? END
> Stefan - I think you must be hidding something away somewhere. END
<larsson> I will redeliver soon (this evening I hope). I'll let
<larsson> you know. END
> Good stuff! END
<larsson> (lets hope so....) END
> I think we need Sami here to agree whether Wednesday should be
> the new day for Chat meetings in 2001, so the last agenda point
> will have to wait and be settled by email. However, I think we
> should have a meeting on Jan. 3rd to settle the SDAST meeting
> agenda. What way you boys? END
<larsson> Thats fine with me. END
<peter> Fine for me. END
> Sorry: What say you boys? END
<peter> We got the drift ... :-) END
> Okay, AOB? Can we get this meeing in under 40 minutes? END
<larsson> Nothing else from up here. END
<peter> Nothing really from me. Just Merry Christmas to all of you and thanks for the effort that led to the nice demo we had last week! END
> We're a little sparse on the ground today to make real decisions.
> Many thanks should go to you Peter - it was really neato that the
> only displayed data at the end of the E2E test was JEM-X, it
> saved us the unpleasantness of having to blow our own trumpet!
> The meeting really showed me that there are far worse things than
> being a few weeks late with deliveries - and even worse things
> than Restricted Imaging, like a telemetry stream that doesn't
> really work part of the time! Thanks for your big, and successful
> integration effort Peter. END
<allan> I fully support that!
<larsson> Sounds like i missed something there. END
<allan> And also, that the JEMX was the only completely successful
<allan> demo made impression (at least here!) END
> Yes JEM-X seemed to come out tops in all categories, and that
> certainly made me happy! END
<peter> Thanks for the nice words - I'm more cautious than my colleagues :-) END
> Well, I think AOB was `patting ourselves on the back' and that's
> very good and therapeutic once in a while - also a nice way to
> end before Christmas. Merry Christmas and a Rowdy New Year to
> you Peter and Stefan - lets keep up the good work in 2001! END
<larsson> The same to you CA et al. END
<allan> From me too .. .END
<peter> Same from me. END
<peter> Good bye, chat you in the new millenium. END
> Just coming up to 44 minutes, so goodbye and Good Eating! END
