13 November 2024 – Strategic Session
14 & 15 November 2024 – Board Meeting
Ongegund Lodge, Somerset West, Cape Town, SA
Travel and Accommodation Arrangements
ZOOM INVITATION
BM#56 Notice Sept 2024 Cape Town
Attendance Register BM 56
PAPERS
1. AGENDA for BOARD MEETING 56
1.1 Welcome
1.2 Apologies and Proxies
1.4 Additional Items
2. Telescope and Instrument Operations
2.2 SAAO DD: SALT Director’s Report
2.3 Operations Report
2.3.1 Telescope Throughput
2.3.2 Plan for the Control of Spares Stock
2.3.3 Laser Cutter Replacement
2.3.4 Plan for Improving Mirror Cleaning System
2.4 SALT Science Output
2.4.1 NIRWALS Shared Risk Proposals
2.5 Safety
3. Project Status
3.2 STC Report
3.3 Projects Status Report
3.3.1 RSS Detector Project (RSk, ERC)
3.3.2 Options – Field of View
3.3.3 SALTICAM Replacement Resource Requirement
3.4 SII Project
4. Corporate Governance
4.4 DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE AND MEMBERSHIP
4.4.4 SUGAR
4.5 Risk Register
4.6 Marketing and Publicity Plan
4.7 Strategic Plan Sep 2023 v2
4.8 SALT External Review
4.9 SAAO-SALT Operations and Maintenance Agreement 2025
4.9.1 Costing Model
4.9.2 KPI
5. Executive Session
6. Business Management
6.2 NIRWALS Valuation (RS)
6.3 SALT Financial Status (LL)
6.3.1 Funds and Debtors
6.4 Shareholding Status
6.4.1 UKSC
6.4.2 UW
6.5 Annual Operating Plan 2025/26-2027/28
6.6 Annual Operating Budget 2025/26-2027/28
6.6.1 SALT Tech Ops Budget
6.7 Project Management Plan and Budget 2025/26 – 2027/28
6.8. Ops Levy Allocation 2025-26
6.9 SALT Collateral Benefits at Partner Institutions
7. Corporate/Financial Decisions
7.2 Financial Requests
7.3 Corporate Decisions
7.3.1 Election of SALT Board Chair
8. Review of Action Items and Decisions
9. Next Meetings
9.2 Details of 57th meeting
9.3 Venue and Schedule for 58th and 59th meeting
10. General
10. Closure