Curtis A. Meyer 11 December, 2003 A Brief History of GlueX Curtis A. Meyer, Deputy Spokesperson Carnegie Mellon University Physics

Curtis A. Meyer 11 December, 2003 July Workshop at Indiana University Explore Community Interest November 1997 – Workshop at NCSU Explore the Physics Interest and Feasibility March Workshop at Carnegie Mellon Explore Potential Detector Designs May WorkFest at Indiana University Begin Simulation of Physics and Detectors June Presentation to the JLab User’s Group Public Presentation to the JLab Community September 1998 – Workshop at Florida State Univ. Continues Exploration of the Physics and Detectors Hall D Preliminary Design Report 170 pages Developing the Physics

Curtis A. Meyer 11 December, 2003 January Presentation to the JLab PAC Initial Review of the Science by an external Committee March Workshop at RPI COLLABORATION FORMED Officially organize as an experiment – The HallD Experiment August Collaboration Meeting at Jefferson Lab Hall D Design Report, Version Pages December Collaboration Meeting at Jefferson Lab Prepare for the external review December EXTERNAL REVIEW OF THE PROJECT The first significant review of the project, an external committee reviews things for 2 days. Making the Science Case

Curtis A. Meyer 11 December, 2003 January Report of the Cassell Committee VERY POSITIVE March Meeting with DOE and NSF in DC April Collaboration Meeting at Indiana University Solidify the Science Case. Educate the Community August Collaboration Meeting at Jefferson Lab September 2000 – American Scientist Article October The APS DNP Meeting The Duck Workshop on Key Questions in Hadronic Physics Hall D Design Report: Version 3 December The NSAC Town Meeting at JLab January New Administration Sworn in – Pres. Bush March Collaboration Meeting at Jefferson Lab April The NSAC Long Range Plan Meeting During the 2000 year, there were a large number of seminars and colloquia given on the physics of Hall D. Preparing for NSAC

Curtis A. Meyer 11 December, 2003 The JLab Upgrade and HallD were one of four recommendations that came out of the NSAC Meeting. June Collaboration Meeting at Jefferson Lab The collaboration begins the push for Critical Decision 0 October Collaboration Meeting at Indiana Univ. March Collaboration Meeting at Jefferson Lab New Name: The GlueX Collaboration President Bush appoints Raymond Orbach to head the DOE office of Science. April 2002 The Long Range Plan is Published June Meeting with Raymond Orbach in D.C. July JLab Science and Technology Review Review Carried out by DOE Nuclear Physics August JLab Institutional Review Review Carried out by Raymond Orbach November Release of 20-year Science Plan Expecting a CD0 to be granted Soon After NSAC

Curtis A. Meyer 11 December, 2003 Detector Development R&D efforts started in earnest in 2000, and continue through today. Much of this meeting will be reports on where things stand. There are still important holes in infrastructure coverage for the experiment. Dedicated collaborators can still make significant contributions. Version 4 of the GlueX Design Report was released about 1 year ago. Version 5 – The CDR is probably needed in about 1 year from now!