- Package #3 repair: last Friday we started testing the top cell (after we opened it once and removed a lint) and it was tripping again. On Monday we opened the package for a second time and looked more carefully: there were some small balls on two sense wires and section of a field wire that looked suspicious. We tried to clean these places and closed the package, turned out again without success. Troubleshooting the problem is difficult because it appears from time to time once per several hours. The dark currents are very low, there's no constant noise  and we can't localize the problem. We decided to open the package tomorrow morning, put the wire frame on the stringing table at 90deg (Bill's idea) and scan the wires with the camera. We will clean if possible, or replace the bad wires and next week will give it another try. If it still doesn't work, we will put a new wire frame (#

- This week there were significant changes in the re-baselined schedule. The last- and this-week-schedule related to the FDC installation are linked above. Almost all of the FDC installation activities are delayed by 1-2 months, so the insertion into the magnet happens in the beginning of January 2014. From Eugene we know the big change is a result of a manpower spike that had to be smooth out. Beni: if this is the case probably additional manpower from the universities could help. However, Beni learned from Fernando the real reason is the the timing of the receiving of the fADC125 and F1TDC, and their testing/installation in the crates and racks and here students could not help. Expect more discussions in the coming meetings.

- In this case the chance that we will have to leave Blue Crab but the infrastructure in the Hall will not be ready for the FDC installation, is very big. According to Rusty Sprouse the plan for Blue Crab is to extend  the lease by one month (till the end of September), but has not been done yet. In the best base we will have to leave end of August, but the installation will start in October according to the new schedule, so we need to find a storage space. ESB has climate control but is very dirty. Bill: what about space in TDEF? Beni: can we move the clean room (or part of it) from Blue Crab to the ESB?