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SWST team changed. Non-rotating member are now Rachel Rosen and Andy. Other members are selected depending on the topics that need to be discussed.
Restarting post-ObsMode telecons. Proposed cadence up to the 01 Sept Go/No Go deadline: 20 June - 12:30 UT, 18 July - 12: 30 UT, 01 Aug - 12:30 UT, 22 Aug - 12:30 UT, 31 Aug - 12:30 UT
Resubmissions document: will be ready soon
Software deployment schedule: main topic of tomorrow's iSOpT-ICT leads telecon
- All SSS should have a deputy
Offline obsmode/workflow meeting: still under discussion
The issue with the high RMS regarding all Total Power observations with more than pointing has now been solved (https://jira.alma.cl/browse/PRTSPR-32686).
Everyone OK with Cycle 7.5 schedule.
Need to replace two members on ESAC. Suggestions?
Carryover long baseline programs. Do we have any cases that "didn't get observed in Cycle 5 because (most likely) it was a daytime object and we can't observe B7 in the daytime - especially in long baselines so the carryover had almost 0% chance of being observed... " [AR]

Mid-year reviews starting soon
Budget preparations starting
UC report received:
- UC42.R01: to consider starting the 1-year proprietary period of a normal programme run at the time that that run is declared completed or terminated (rather than on an OB- per-OB basis, as it is the current practice). The rationale behind this recommendation is to allow successful PIs to be able to analyse and publish their complete datasets without the risk of partial results being published in advance by the community. Explore if this same recommendation can be applied to ALMA, although the UC understands that ESO cannot take a unilateral decision in this respect.

Note: this recommendation does not apply to large programmes and ESO public surveys.

- UC42.R02: to provide ALMA PIs with calibrated measurement sets (MS) and keep them for at least a month. This will speed up the process of re-obtaining final science images in the cases that this is necessary.
- UC42.R05: remote users
  - to ensure accessibility to all ESO technical workshops / schools by providing remote access by default;
  - to investigate ways to engage remote sites also with the hands-on aspects of workshops, supported via established technologies;
  - to continue organizing ALMA tutorials and schools on data analysis (which include, e.g., combining data from different instruments).
- UC42.R08: to continue improving the ALMA completion rate for A-ranked and DDT programmes.
- UC42.R11: to continue investigating the sources of bias in the OPC / ARP grades, and consider applying possible remedies, such as those already tried by other observatories (e.g. placing PI/co-I list at the end of proposals, or hiding list of PI/co-Is overall).
- UC42.R15: to consider communicating, linking and highlighting all future important updates through the ESO Science Newsletter. According to the users, this is their preferred and most read ESO means of communication. Also include an yearly summary of the main UC recommendations in the Newsletter.

Guidelines for science assessors attached
New draft software release process document attached. Comments, please let me know by end of next week
iSOpT issues:
- Requirements for Cycle 7 ACA supplemental call (SCIREQ-1454)
- How to increase throughput of B9/B10 projects? More C-rated projects or SV?
- Issues with scheduling time critical observations. How do we mitigate the issues that we are having with scheduling
- HF observations during the day - should we remove these restrictions? Seems like the weather should dictate the observing… are the antenna issues just a red herring?
- There is a major issue with several TP observations, with the Time-on-Source being underestimated.
- Need feedback from Large Programme PIs (ASAC)

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