BEC 87

BEC 87 – 5 February 2025

to be held via Zoom at 08:00 EDT = 15:00 SAST = 18:30 IST

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Agenda

1. Welcome (BC)

2. Draft Minutes BEC 86

3. SALT Directors Report – Feb 2025 (ERC)

4. Project Status Report

4.1 SALT Observatory Scientist Report – Feb 2025

4.2 Technical Operations Report – Feb 2025

4.3 SALT Dome Incident – 29-10-2024 updated CMS

4.4 RSS VIS update Feb 2025 v3

5. NIRWALS Valuation

6. Project Priorities and Budget Estimates – AR and DF Fund

6.1 SALT Project Charter SCAM Replacement

6.2 LFC Project – Support for Malcolm Scarrott PhD at Heriot-Watt University

7. Staffing – vacancies, appointments, etc.

8. SAAO/SALT OMA, including KPI’s and Shared Cost allocation

8.1 SAAO-SALT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT 2025 Draft 23-12-2024

8.2 Draft SAAO-SHARED SERVICES Cost-Allocation-to-SALT-2025-Agreement-15-12-2024

9. Annual Operations Plan 2025/26

10. Financial Report as at 31 December 2024 (LL)

10.1 SALT Project Charter – KVM TCS Spares – 26012025

10.2 SALT Project Charter Chiller Replacement

10.3 SALT Project Charter Laser Cutter Replacement

11. NRF time sold to LSST

12. US funding for South Africa/SALT given current USA executive orders