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[Gerard Visser <gvisser AT indiana.edu>]

hi Rahul,
	I see on your slides for the review (slide 15) that you are still conceiving of 
6 patchpanel assemblies, albeit now with 6 patchpanel boards each.
	We have, ready to go [modulo 2x bias voltage fix if that is mandated], 3 
assemblies (of the 6 that IST used) with 12 patchpanel boards each. Why make 
extra work to take those all apart, build new mechanical parts, and put them all 
back together again as 6 assemblies of 6? Can't we just mount 3 assemblies of 
12? (I'd propose in 12, 4, 8 o'clock positions - thus a simple subset of what 
you're now proposing - and I guess that can't cause any problems.)
	Please consider it. It seems to me we have enough to do that we shouldn't be 
rebuilding PPB assemblies.
	Of course I do not mean any changes in the slides for the review, this minor 
matter will fly under radar. But let's change the plan if you agree, after the 
review.
        Thanks, sincerely,

                Gerard