sPHENIX is a new detector at RHIC.

[Gunther M Roland <rolandg AT mit.edu>]

If you haven't entered the doodle poll yet, now would be a good time to do 
so. 

Best,

Gunther and Dave


> On Oct 15, 2019, at 10:55 PM, Gunther M Roland <rolandg AT mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> Friends,
> 
> As we discussed at the last general meeting, we are planning to hold a 
> week-long software and computing mega-workfest at BNL in December or 
> January, in place of the usual late-year collaboration meeting. At the 
> workfest we will have software tutorials for new collaborators, parallel 
> sessions for various aspects of our simulation and reconstruction chain and 
> online software. We will also have internal discussions regarding our 
> computing plan, as well as meetings with BNL and NPPS management with the 
> goal to decide on a staffing plan for critical software tasks by the end of 
> the meeting. We will make a particular effort to allow remote 
> participation, although as always nothing beats face-to-face discussions.
> 
> A doodle poll for picking a date can be found here:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doodle.com_poll_d6y5ywshqp4yh4ge&d=DwIFAg&c=aTOVZmpUfPKZuaG9NO7J7Mh6imZbfhL47t9CpZ-pCOw&r=lu0kHEdD8jtg27x_W4cXhZTEE_SX42u5KNwDalzVu0I&m=9WBQVlBjRBvHvLyNctZ0Lye06DWbA5qM-4ukV2ooEjc&s=FuSw6yC_0I6g9Fbn5r9w9c0iQifKxMfglW7MQqOZ-bw&e=
>  
> 
> We would like to decide on a date by this week's general meeting.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Gunther and Dave