Minutes: SBS Meeting April 3, 2013 Attendees: John LeRose, Alexandre Camsonne, Bogdan Wojtsekhowski, Mark Jones, Brian Quinn, Seamus Riordan, Sergey Abrahamyan, Charles Perdrisat, Carlos Ayerbe Gayoso, Kondo Gnanvo, Vina Punjabi, Adam Sarty, Gordon Cates, Mitra Hashemi Shabestari 1) Bogdan Wojtsekhowski a) Presentation re possible para-hydrogen target i) See link ii) Discusses the importance of a polarized proton target for various experiments iii) Explains concept (1) Close to zero magnetic field (2) Oscillating polarization (3) Only conceptual at this time b) Presentation re planning the collaboration meeting i) See link ii) Several people have problems with the proposed date (5/31-6/1) (1) Alex will conduct a web pole to determine the best time iii) Suggests general structure of the meeting and topics for talks c) Presentation re preparations for GMn i) See link ii) Field calculations for BigBite and SBS together indicate 100 Gauss field at BigBite shower detector. Bogdan will work on magnetic shielding -JJL