Areas of concern are conditioning of the water for long term stability and the development of the tank liners. Although most of the systems are in advanced stage of design and testing, the bases and analog front end need attention. Considerable work needs to be done to make sure that prototype systems are ready for the first Engineering Array detector Stations. The Communications Task under the leadership of Dave Nitz and Paul Clark is generally proceeding nicely. They have also had their Preliminary Design Review.
Simulations indicate that a communications plan for the site is in hand.
On-site tests will be conducted within the next few weeks. The meeting summary included yet another plea by Mantsch for institutions to complete MOU s, and Task Leaders to define requirements and specifications, complete task assignments and expand work breakdown structures. The meeting format used at Morelia diverged from previous meeting in that almost all sessions were plenary with workshops and special sessions occupying one afternoon and odd times. The advantage was that everyone got a good overall picture of the work on the whole project. The disadvantage was it was hard to get all the work done and the days were very long.