Standing Committee Meeting Report PASSCAL

Action Items from PASSCAL Standing Committee Meeting

Attendees: Alan Levander (chair), Artie Rodgers, John Collins, Stephane Rondenay, Ray Russo, Thomas Pratt

Others: Jim Fowler, Bruce Beaudoin, Marcos Alvarez, David Simpson, Steve Harder, Rick Aster

Establish procedure that will update the instrument schedules on web more frequently
Pratt/Snelson to develop information document regarding mini-vibe and other shallow seismic sources
Write draft policy regarding data from long-term experiments going to DMS 2 years after collection, rather than at end of experiment
Write a draft policy regarding delayed or no data to DMS -- formal way for PIs to request exclusion of data archiving
Run tests on pig tails that would look at the feasibility of using Texans to record 3-component data
Request funds in next year's budget to cover travel of PASSCAL personnel to experiments
Committee approved the use of $160,000 in the FFA budget for communications equipment including:
- 20 more spread-spectrum radios
- 40 Verizon cellphone modems
- 24 Iridium modems for state-of-health monitoring of remote sites
Committee approved proposed use of carry-over funds
Examine alternate ways to make the re-bill process more efficient for next meeting