Beeing back on sun the week before RSW SO opens: RSW open on 03/11 that means we need to be back ideally on 03/05 with S&B on 03/03+4 (+/- 1 day or so) - the first co-observing is planned on the 03/12 ; we are never ready on the first day of S&B would be only on 03/10+11!
Interlaced Cycle 3 observing start with co-observing with SO at least until the week of April 21 ….
Co-observing during PSPE23: first of two closest ever encounters (also: MLSO/UCOMP will be running!). The one in March 03/21 is the highest priority ; this will require to be on sun the entire weekend (Sat+Sun) including days prior and after.
Preparations for release of the Cycle 4 Proposal Call in full swing ; release date of call will be mid May ; we are not going to be able to do this earlier.
Enclosure azimuth drive tuning with Siemens tech on site (stuck in contracting hell)
Thermal System review (stuck in contracting hell)
Spring Maintenance (all the big movers usually 3 weeks in mar / april)
Annual Electrical Panel Maint Shutdown (first week of Jan)
PV Breaker Tie in (maybe along with the above or later depending on DLNR permit / contracting)
Enclosure Aperture Investigation testing
Chiller 5 & 6 servicing (1 week non-concurrent)
Cycle / Cadence 6d/w typical, 9 week cycle of 2 maint, 1 S&B + CO2 clean + start of on-sun, 6 weeks Obs with 2 days for CO2 clean.
Instrumentation Ops
Data Center
Complete DL-NIRSP Pipeline and process data
Implement ACP to VISP pipeline.
Complete update of application tracing to add new tracing library
Integrate new Ceph metrics into observability framework
Complete Experiment Architect templating for at least one instrument
EHS
We want to have Maui Fire up for a site tour as part of our Emergency Action Planning. Open to any windows during engineering. Not during the larger tours as I would need one on one time with them.
Group Priorities for Q1 2025(Schedule details to be worked out between the groups)