1. S.Dalla Torre, L. Ropelewski
RD51 COMMUNICATIONS
S.Dalla Torre, L. Ropelewski
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2. RD51 CALENDAR
Thanks to João and the whole Aveiro team for the organization of the Collaboration Meeting (12-14/9/2016) and the Workshop MPGD application beyond fundamental science (15/9/2016)
Perfect organization
Warm hospitality
Second CERN, in December:
dates selected by the MB: from Monday 12/12/16 (lunch time) till Thursday 15/12/16 (lunch time)
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3. MPGD2017
5th International Conference on Micro-Pattern Gaseous Detectors
MPGD 2017
and
the RD51 Collaboration meeting
will be hosted at the TEMPLE University
Philadelphia
22-27 May 2017
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4. RD51 annual report, LHCC minutes
On 26/5/2016 report at the LHCC open session
slides presented by Leszek at site:
HLCC minutes:
RD51
description
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5. RD51 annual report, LHCC minutes
HLCC minutes, continuation:
Activity, past
Activity, future
LHCC
recommendation
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6. RD51 MB election 3 vacancies: 5 candidacies, results
Atsuiko OCHI, now CB deputy
Gianni BENCIVENNI, he resigned due to professional overload
Harry van der GRAAF : he resigned due to professional overload
To Atsuiko, Gianni and Harry: warm thanks
5 candidacies, results
Participation 52.8 % (a record !!! )
Results :
Congratulations to the elected MB members
Thanks to all candidates for offering to dedicate their energies to RD51
candidate
votes
E.Radicioni 35
elected
Y.Tsipolits 32
S.Mukhopadhyay 21
K.Gnanvo 19
F.Garcia 16
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7. New Common Projects
2 submitted, both proposed fro approval by the MB
the financial support level will be discussed at the CB
New scintillating gases and structures for next-generation scintillation-based gaseous detectors
Contact persons: Diego Gonzalez-Diaz, Elisabetta Baracchini
Institutes: UT Arlington, IFIC-Valencia, INFN–Roma, INFN- LNF, AIST/University of Tokyo, Santiago de Compostela University* (adhesion to RD51 pending: newly created group), Royal-Holloway London* (adhesion to RD51 pending)
Sampling Calorimetry with Resistive Anode MPGDs (SCREAM)
Contact persons: Maximilien Chefdeville
Institutes: CNRS/IN2P3/LAPP, Weizmann Institute of Science, Demokritos/INP, CEA/IRFU, University of Aveiro, University of Coimbra
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