ESO Council 152nd Meeting

Garching, 3 and 4 December 2019

Draft Agenda

3 December Session Document for Status
08.30 C 1 Closed Session      
09.30   2

Opening of Meeting

     
  O   a. Verification of credentials Verbal Information  
  O   b. Adoption of agenda Cou-1864 rev. 2 Approval - Simple Majority Approved - public
09.45   3 Approval of Draft Minutes of Council Meetings
     
  O   a. Draft minutes - 150th meeting - open sessions   Cou-1849 Approval - Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
  R   b. Draft minutes - 150th meeting - restricted/closed sessions Cou-1850 conf. Approval - Simple Majority Approved - confidential
  O   c. Draft minutes - 151st (extraordinary) meeting Cou-1868 conf.
Approval - Simple Majority Approved - confidential
10.00 R 4 Report by Council President Verbal Information  
10.30     Break      
10.45 O 5 Remarks Director General Verbal Information  
11.30 O 6 Scientific and Technical Matters - report by STC Chair STC-639 Information Public
12.15     Lunch break      
13.15   7 ALMA      
  O   a. Status report Verbal Information  
  R   b. Highlights of ALMA Board Cou-1869 conf.
Information Confidential
14.00   8 La Silla Paranal      
  O   a. La Silla Paranal Status Report Verbal Information  
  O   b. PIP Plan and 6 Monthly Report - September 2019 Cou-1853 rev. 2 Information Public
14.45     Break      
15.00   9 ELT      
  O   a. ELT Project 6 Monthly Report - October 2019 Cou-1870 conf. Information Confidential
        Cou-1871   Public
  R   b. Report by ELT Programme Scientist Verbal Information  
  R   c. MICADO Addtional GTO Approval Cou-1873 Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
  R   c. ELT Project 6 Monthly Financial Overview - September 2019 Cou-1854 conf. Information Confidential
  R   d. Report by EMAC Chair EMAC Report (conf.) Information Confidential
  R   e. Total Cost Estimate of ELT including PFS-B Verbal Information  
        Cou-1872 conf. Simple Majority Approval - postponed
18.15     End of Day 1      
4 December Session Document for Status
08.30   10 Finance Matters      
  R   a. Report by Finance Committee Chair including Summary of Recommendations and Decisions from:        
      - 157th (extraordinary) Meeting FC 2226 Information ESO internal
        FC 2227 conf. Information Confidential
      - 158th Meeting FC 2235 conf. rev. 2 Information Confidential
  O   b. Scale of Contributions Cou-1834 rev. 2 Approval - two-thirds of all Member States Approved - ESO internal
  O   c. Adjustment of Remuneration and Allowances for ESO International Staff Cou-1855 rev. Approval - Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
  O   d. ESO Budget 2020 and Forward Look 2021-2023 Cou-1856 rev. Approval - two-thirds of all Member States Approved - public
  R   e. Financial Services for Instrumentation: the ESO Deposit Facility Cou-1844 conf. rev. 3 Approval - Simple Majority Approved - confidential
10.00   11 Personnel Matters      
  C   a. Appointments Cou-1874 conf. Approval - Simple Majority Approved - confidential
  C   b. ESO Personnel Statistics Cou-1865 conf. Information Confidential
  C   c. Recruitment and Statistical Information Cou-1866 Information ESO internal
10.30     Break      
10.45   12 HR Matters      
  O   a. Report of Tripartite Group Verbal Information  
  O   b. Prolongation of Dependency of a Child Cou-1857 Approval - Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
  O   c. Review of Rehabilitation Procedure Cou-1858 Approval - Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
  O   d. Amendments to Staff Rules and Regulations R VI 1.01-1.03 and R B 3, Rules of Procedure of the Standing Advisory Committee Cou-1859 Approval - Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
  O   e. Extension of Progressive Retirement Programme Cou-1860 Approval - Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
11.30 C 13 Elections Cou-1875 conf. Approval - Simple Majority Approved - confidential
12.00 O 14 Technology Transfer of ESO Intellectual Property Rights Cou-1867 rev. Approval - Simple Majority Approval - postponed
12.30 C 15 Closed Session      
13.00     Extended lunch for delegates to meet personnel      
14.30 C 16 Closed Session      
15.00   17 Observing Programmes      
  O   a. OPC Rules of Procedure Cou-1863 rev. Approval - Simple Majority Approved - ESO internal
  O   b. OPC Report OPC-151
Information Public
  O   c. Statistics on Telescope Time Distribution Cou-1876 rev. Information Public
        ALMA Statistics Information Public
15.30   18 Date of next meetings Verbal Information  
15.45   19 Any Other Business      
16.00 R 20 Review of Meeting Summary      
16.15     Close of meeting      
             
      Cou-1878 public - Summary of Recommendations and Decisions of 152nd Council meeting (public)
     
      Cou-1878 conf. - Summary of Recommendations and Decisions of 152nd Council meeting (confidential)      

Presentations

Presentation            Classification          
Report by Council President   Confidential   
Remarks by Director General   ESO internal
Scientific and Technical Report ESO internal
ALMA Update ESO internal
La Silla Paranal Status Report ESO internal
ELT Status Report Confidential
ELT Programme Science Confidential
MICADO GTO Confidential
ELT Financial Overview Confidential
EMAC Report Confidential
Budget 2020
ESO internal
ESO Deposit Facility Confidential
Personnel Statistics Confidential
Recruitment and Statistical Information ESO internal
Prolongation of Dependency of a Child
ESO internal
Rehabilitation Board ESO internal
Rules of Procedure of Standing Advisory Committee                
ESO internal
Extension of Progressive Retirement Programme ESO internal
Technology Transfer of ESO IP Confidential
March 2020 Committee of Council meeting ESO internal