To help to define ALMA Specifications and Goals.

Two-way information for best science/technology tradeoffs, to provide information to the community and to serve as ambassadors for the project

Composition:
There shall be eight members to remain in service through the duration of ALMA Phase 1, along with two ex officio members from ALMA/EU and two from ALMA/US. These members shall have votes. In addition, active observers may attend meetings but not vote. The ASAC shall have a chairman and a vice chairman, alternating at roughly six month intervals between ALMA/US and ALMA/EU members. In the absence of the Chair, the Vice chair shall officiate. A Secretary shall take Minutes. Meetings:

Monthly teleconference at a suitable time to be established.

There will be twice a year face to face meetings.

There will be easily accessible web pages for minutes, etc.

Schedule for meetings
Teleconference once a month. (2nd Monday of each month; 5 pm CET, 11am Eastern, 8am California). First face-to-face meeting near 3-4 March. This would place our next meetings on Mon, 13 December, 1999 and 10 January, 2000.

Chair and Vice-chair nominations were to be sent to A. Wootten by Fri, 3 Dec 1999. Peter Shaver was nominated as Secretary by acclamation. Nominations were nearly unanimous. Before the vote was tabulated, Evans suggested that the ASAC Chair reresent the party not currently chairing the AEC. Subsequently, AW determned that R. Kurz i AEC Chair now. Therefore, Neal Evans becomes Chair of the ASAC with Karl Menten as Vice-Chair.

Representation of prospective partners and others
M. Ishiguro and R. Kawabe shall be active observers from Japan. L. Bronfman will be invited to be active observer from Chile. There is a possibility tha meetings may be recorded for later rebroadcast if a suitable time cannot be found for all participants.