Re: chess

[Richard Jones <richard.t.jones@uconn.edu>]

Dear Jim, Franz, Yang, and all,

I called Ken Finkelstein at CHESS to talk about the schedule for our 
upcoming run.  There is a run in November, but the startup of that run 
has been delayed until the middle of November for various reasons, and 
the run has been shortened.  That puts us in a bit of a bind from the 
point of view of the schedule, with the Tagger Review coming in the 
middle of November, and the end of semester rush shortly thereafter.  
Ken suggested that we delay the run until next March.  The Spring 2009 
run has been expanded to include time lost during Fall 2008, so we can 
get more time then.  Also I think there are some things that we can do 
between now and then to enhance our use of the beam time.  Therefore I 
told him that we agree to defer until spring.  If there are any 
objections to that, please let me know.  Ken supports the work we are 
doing, and is not just trying to put us off.  I think it is better to 
have the extra beam time to allow more for setup.  Remember last time 
that there were problems with the camera focus that we only discovered 
after the run.

So my proposal is as follows.  Reschedule the CHESS run for GlueX until 
March, 2009.  The tentative date for startup is March 13, 2009.  We will 
be the first users on endstation C as soon as the beam returns.  As soon 
as the rush for the review is over, we can discuss our goals for the 
coming run.  If there are objections, please let me know soon, today if 
possible.

Richard Jones


Jim Stewart wrote:
> Hello Richard
>
> Can you tell me when the Chess beamtime is scheduled? I would like to 
> come but I am not sure
> how things will be here with the review so close.
>
> Jim