Board Meeting 58

SAAO, Cape Town, SA

Travel and Accommodation Arrangements

8-11 November 2025 – 20 Year Celebrations, Sutherland

12-13 November 2025

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08:30-09:00 AGM25

BM#58 Notice Sept 2025 Cape Town

Attendance Register BM 58

PAPERS

1. DRAFT AGENDA for BOARD MEETING 58

1.1 Welcome
1.2 Apologies and Proxies
1.3 .1 Minutes Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
1.3.2 Draft Minutes Special Board Meeting – September 2025
1.4 Additional Items
2. Telescope and Instrument Operations
2.1  Actions from Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
2.2 SAAO Director’s Report
2.3 SALT Director’s Report
2.4 SALT Operations Report – Nov 2025
       2.4.1 Spares Feedback Oct 2025
       2.4.4 Laser Cutter Replacement Report oct 2025
       2.4.5 Configuration Management feedback Oct 2025
2.5 SALT Science Output
       2.5.1 SALT_Science_report_May_2025_Erratum v2
2.6 SUGAR report to SALT Board November 2025 (BM58)
        2.6.1 SUGAR_feedback Nov 2025
2.7 Safety and Cyber Security
       2.7.1 Cybersecurity-report-SALTboard-Nov2025
3. Project Status
3.1  Actions from Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
3.2 STC report 
       3.2.1 STC Membership
3.3 Projects Status Reports
       3.3.1 RSS Upgrade Project Report November 2025 
       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 System
       3.3.5 LFC Project
       3.3.6 Re-SAC Project_Report
       3.3.7 NIRWALS Detector
                  3.3.7.1 NIRWALS Update Report_Board_2025_Nov
3.4 NIRWALS Verification and Acceptance
3.5 Intelligent Observatory AI
4. Executive Session
4.1 Actions from Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
5. Corporate Governance
5.1 Actions from Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
5.2 Draft Minutes BEC 88
5.3 SALT Strategic Plan – November 2025
        5.3.1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6hHQDQucGBI2Ko7oJ-QgOBj2JbIErvM/edit#heading=h.n0sgve2i12yr
5.4 Risk Register
5.5 External Review Recommendations Follow-up
       5.5 SALT EXTERNAL REVIEW 2023_updates Nov 2025 (document received late)
6. Business Management
6.1 Actions from Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
6.2 Finance and Audit Committee
6.3 SALT Financial Status
        6.3.1 Debtors and Funds – Oct 2025
6.4 Shareholding Status
6.5 ANNUAL OPERATIONS PLAN 2026_27
       6.5.1 Annual Performance Plan 2026-27
6.6 Annual Operating Budget 2026-27
       6.6.1 Annual Tech Ops Budget 2026-27
6.7 AR&DF Projects 2026-27
6.8 Ops Levy Allocation 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
8.1 Actions from Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
9. Next Meetings
9.1 Actions from Board Meeting 57 – May 2025
9.2 Details of 59th meeting
9.3 Venue and Schedule for 60th and 61st meeting
10. Closure
DOCUMENTS FOR NOTING ONLY
2.4.2 Dome sealing final report 2025 (For Noting)
2.4.3 Chiller replacement report oct 2025 (For noting)
2.4.6 Louver Upgrade report Oct 2025
3.3.8 RSS Longslit Final Report