Hall A Coordinating Committee  meeting June 21, 2007.
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In attendance:  Tim Holmstrom (chair, TH), John Arrington (JA),
		Xiaodong Jiang (XJ), Kent Paschke (KP), Kees de Jager (CdJ),
		Rob Feuerbach (RF), Pete Markowitz (PM, by phone).


1) TH welcomes new members (RF, PM) from recent election.
    i) CC duties are reviewed:
       a) Organize Hall A Collaboration meetings
       	 - invite speakers
	 - include analysis workshop, other special topics
       b) General review of Hall A Collaboration abstracts and papers
       	 - Especially important for conference proceedings, which are
	    otherwise not reviewed.
       c) Hall A annual report
       d) Proposal review for Hall A collaboration status, before  
each PAC
       e) Manage collaboration business (membership list, etc).
       f)  In general, carry issues important to collaboration
   ii) Duties of the CC Chair are reviewed
       a) organize CC elections
       b) voice of CC to Collaboration
       c) organize proposal review (or delegate this task)
   iii) Duties of CC Secretary are reviewed
       a) keep/post CC meeting minutes
       b) create Hall A Collab meeting agenda

2) JA was elected new CC Chair.

3) RF was elected new CC Secretary

4) Proposal Review:  2 proposals were submitted.
    Comments were provided on each proposal. One (GMp at high Q2)
    was approved for Hall A collaboration status.  The second was  
submitted
    late and incomplete, and was deferred due to lack of time for  
review. This
    proposal will be considered again for Hall A Collaboration status  
after the PAC.

5) TH reminds CC of JA suggestion from Sept'06 CC meeting that a  
review of
    the Hall A Collaboration charter should be considered in order to  
simplify
    and clarify rules, esp. re. publication.  No plan of action is  
adopted.

6) TH brings up the continuing issue of experiments having difficulty
    filling shifts.  CdJ points out that it is important for  
collaborators to
    ensure a broad base of support for experiments through  
involvement of
    and appropriate range of institutions.  There is unanimously  
agreed that
    moral suasion (as opposed to, for example, a new collaboration
    requirement) remains the best method for addressing this issue.

7) CdJ mentions, as a subject for future consideration, that the  
collaboration
    will need to consider its future form (rules, organization, etc)  
in light of
    the probability of Hall A becoming a special installation  
facility in the
    12 GeV era.

8) CdJ reminds the CC that the production of archival papers is an
    important imperative and that pressure must be maintained to
    keep archival papers as a reasonable priority.