Board Meeting 58

SAAO, Cape Town, SA

Travel and Accommodation Arrangements

8-11 November 2025 – 20 Year Celebrations, Sutherland

12-13 November 2025

08:30-09:00 AGM25

BM#58 Notice Sept 2025 Cape Town

Attendance Register BM 58

PAPERS
1.1 Welcome
1.2 Apologies and Proxies
1.4 Additional Items
2. Telescope and Instrument Operations
2.2 SAAO Director’s Report
2.3 SALT Director Report
2.4 SALT Operations Report
       2.4.1 Spares Feedback Oct 2025
       2.4.2 Dome sealing final report 2025 (For Noting)
2.5 SALT Science Output
2.7 Safety and Cyber Security
3. Project Status
3.2 Report of STC
       3.2.1 STC Membership
3.3 Projects Status Reports
       3.3.1 RSS Detector Upgrade (RSS VIS)
       3.3.2 Slit Mask IFU (SMI)
                  3.3.2.1 Feedback_IFU_Oct_2025
                  3.3.2.2 SMI specifications and requirements
       3.3.3 Sophia Camera
       3.3.4 Throughput Measurement System
       3.3.5 LFC Project
       3.3.6 Re-SAC Project
       3.3.7 NIRWALS Detector
3.5 Fibre Lab Position Paper
4. Executive Session
5. Corporate Governance
5.3 Strategic Plan
5.4 Risk Register
5.5 External Review Recommendations Follow-up
6. Business Management
6.2 Finance and Audit Committee
6.3 SALT Financial Status
6.4 Shareholding Status
6.5 Annual Operating Plan 2026/27
6.9 NIRWALS Valuation
6.10 SALT Collateral Benefits at Partner Institutions
7. Corporate/Financial Decisions
7.1 Financial Requests
7.2 Corporate Decisions
8. Review of Action Items and Decisions
9. Next Meetings
9.2 Details of 59th meeting
9.3 Venue and Schedule for 60th and 61st meeting
10. Closure