ePIC Collaboration Council Meeting

US/Eastern
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https://temple.zoom.us/j/92329335429?pwd=ccyd27aDOCzPzwapPrfRQezfy9MNwE.1

(Same password as the last General Meeting, PDG ID for a proton)

Minutes from the last ePIC CC meeting, July 27, 2024: Click here!

Minutes from the ePIC Collaboration Council Meeting on November 8, 2024

Location: Remote CC Meeting

Mode: Remote

Agenda: https://indico.bnl.gov/event/24841/

The meeting was started by Council Chair Bernd Surrow, welcoming all participants. Around 80 participants were attending via Zoom. The chair reviewed the details of the agenda.

John Lajoie provided a report from the spokesperson, including welcoming newly admitted institutions and newly appointed conveners. An overview of past and upcoming reviews and meetings was provided, including an overview of the agenda structure for the January 2025 collaboration meeting in Frascati, Italy. A summary of the TDR and publication strategy was provided. An overview of future collaboration meetings was given, reminding the collaboration for open calls of the 2025/2026 summer joint meetings and the January 2026 ePIC meeting. John emphasized that documents have been signed to establish ePIC as a CERN-recognized experiment.

Status reports were provided by Rongrong Ma on behalf of the “Ad-hoc Committee on Result Release Procedures”, by Annalisa Mastroserio on the “Publication Committee” work toward a draft document, by Brian Page on the Conference and Talks Committeework, and by Megan Connors on the “Code of Conduct Policy, along with the anticipated timeline for adopting the respective policy. Pietro Antonioli discussed plansfor the implementation of the Membership policy.

During a closed session, a vote was called to decide on the procedure for convener endorsement. The vote during the meeting favored an individual voting procedure rather than a block voting. Helen Caines presented plans for the upcoming nomination/election process for the spokesperson, CC vice-chair, and vice-chair positions of various policy committees. The last item was devoted to executing the charter for voting suspension of institutions that have not participated in multiple elections.

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    • 1
      Welcome, Agenda, Approval of Minuits
      Speakers: Bernd Surrow (Temple University), Thomas Ullrich (BNL)
    • 2
      Report from the SP Office
      Speakers: John Lajoie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Silvia Dalla Torre (INFN, Trieste)
    • 3
      Status Report - Ad-hoc Committee on Result Release Procedures
      Speaker: Rongrong Ma (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
    • 4
      Status Report - Publication Committee
      Speaker: Annalisa Mastroserio (Università degli Studi di Foggia and INFN)
    • 5
      Status Report / Implementation - Conference and Talks Committee
      Speakers: Brian Page (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Maria Zurek (Argonne National Laboratory)
    • 6
      Status Report and Discussion - Code of Conduct Committee
      Speaker: Megan Connors (Georgia State University)
    • 7
      Status Report / Implementation - Membership Committee
      Speaker: Pietro Antonioli (INFN - sezione di Bologna)
    • Closed Session
      • 8
        Discussion and Vote: Procedure for Convener Endorsement

        Endorsement of convener candidates: Block or individual votes. We foresee a council vote on this internal procedural matter at the meeting through a simple majority vote.

        Speakers: Bernd Surrow (Temple University), Thomas Ullrich (BNL)
      • 9
        Upcoming Nominations / Elections

        The election committee will present plans and timelines for upcoming nominations/elections (Spokesperson / Vice Chair positions of policy committees)

        Speaker: Helen Caines (Yale)
      • 10
        Institute Voting Suspension
        Speakers: Bernd Surrow (Temple University), Thomas Ullrich (BNL)
      • 11
        AOB