LPNHE ATLAS group meeting 14 December 2009

Speaker’s committee advisory board Functions : Aid the Speakers Committee by preparing a list of ATLAS members who should be given priority for ATLAS speaker assignments. Provide oversight to the collaboration regarding both the guidelines used in speaker selection and the equitable distribution of talks among the members of the collaboration.

Speaker’s committee advisory board Composition : The Speakers Committee Co-Chairs The Coordinators from each of the five activity areas: Physics Detector Operations Trigger Data Preparation Computing Six members of the ATLAS Collaboration, chosen to provide balance to the committee and each serving a 2-year term. The CB Chair (ex-officio) The ATLAS Spokesperson (ex-officio)

The 6 members of ATLAS in the SCAB - Hans Peter Beck (Bern) Chair * - Kaushik De (Arlington UT) * - Zhongliang Ren (Academica Sinica, Taipei) * - Farid Ould-Saada (Oslo) - Margherita Primavera (Lecce) Hasko Stenzel (Giessen) Deputy Chair, becoming chair 1st march 2010 *=will step down Nominations to be sent by 12th January (3 names)

Spokesperson Deadline : 31 January 2010

Deputy physics coordinator Present physics coordinator : T. Le Compte, Will be replaced by A. Nisati (present deputy) Nominations to be sent until 11 January 2010

Larg conference group Presently Hong Ma (*), Luis Hervas, Francesco Tartarelli Recent members : Martin Aleksa, Bengt Lund-Jensen, Pascal Pralavorio Nominations  15 January

Last Larg week Isabelle reelected for two years as Lar PL. Sempiternel problème des shifts réservés à peine l’appel envoyé…  booker par institut plutôt que par personne ?

Discussion with Reynald Rôle des coordinateurs scientifiques pas clair pour nous Arguments entendus Visibilité ? Simplification ? Savoir qui fait quoi ? Articulation services techniques/expériences

News from LPNHE Closure of LPNHE 23/12, opening 04/01/2010 Comité des directeurs 22/12 Atterrisage budgétaire un peu tôt (15 jours)  entaille dans les ressources propres. Postes ITA : 1) Gestion financière 2 Directeur technique 3) GRID/ATLAS software  Viktor

News from LPNHE Postes EC P6 PR 29-63 46-1(3 labos), Tavernet candidat, CS le 9/2 et 1/3 MCF 29 LPNHE : CS 15/2 et 25/2 Demandes ITA des projets : arbitrages en janvier

Nouvelles scientifiques D0 : run 2011 de plus en plus probable. A basse masse, limite à un facteur 2 du MS LHCb voit K0 et pi0. Problème mécanique avec le VELO

Debate : what about lpnp110 Present situation not satisfactory Support reactivity unsufficient System not fully useable (applications missing, bad setup) How to improve ? Letter to Reynald ? Meetings with service informatique ? Accept the situation as it is, and work elsewhere ?