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OPAL General Meeting  
Agenda - October 14, 1998 
Minutes are in italics. 

Announcements 

  • Thoughts on the Pico PDR.  Why is their always chicken pizza?
  • Announce design meetings over email so that others can attend.
  • Lab cleanup sign up list in 007 on inside of 007 door. 2 people per week.  Still missing names.
Subsystem Discussion 
  • General
    • Turn in task list and schedule.
    • Develop subsystem budget for next week.
  • Miscellaneous 
    • Eric, how did the Canvas and Ogiwed go?  Has not checked on it.
  • Accelerometers 
    • Amy has offered to work on them.
    • Amy and Jamie need to meet to discuss design.  Anyone welcome to attend meeting.
  • Communications 
    • Still looking. 
    • FCC Approval.  Prof. Twiggs update.  Keep reminding him.
  • Launch Interface 
    • PIWG update.
    • Task list and schedule.
    • Progress needs to start this week
  • Magnetometer 
    • Work in power supply with accelero circuitry
  • Picosatellite Launcher 
    • Update. 
    • Design drawings sent off?  Sent off and awaiting return with quotes.
    • Written summary for launcher instrumentation including why are we sensing, what are we sensing, and how we are sensing.  Eric will check on vacuum nature of the plastics involved.
    • Need a summary of OGIWED pins down to picosat tray
  • Power 
    • Update.  Carlos is getting Mylar on Saturday.  Santiago working on redrilling holes in face sheets.  Need glue and interconnects from Lockheed.
    • Any news from Lockheed?  Twiggs needs to follow up on Lockheed.
    • What do we need to do to make the panels?. 
  • Structure 
    • Update.  Santiago is making boxes with help from Alejandro.  Need help to determine size of bolt for actuator.  Working on inserts.
  • Testing  
    • Update. 
    • Talk to Lockheed and develop a test plan.
    • Get dates and people together of those that need to be there.
    • Check out Sapphire pages.