Doug reported that the scintillator group prefers the reflector connector. Action items listed below will get more information. Low intensity running will help understand the time overlaps. Going to 16-wide modules looks like the preferred layout solution of this meeting. Project management agreed with this idea.
Cost needs to be understood, but is likely to be modest impact.
Rob presented the current thinking on near frontend rack layout. The number of phototubes per rack is approx. Numerology works out to 9 racks. The only way to do this is to put two racks together so that only one side is accessible for each one. The main concern voiced was that this simple census doesn't prove that the heat can be removed from such a densely packed rack.