Present: J. Billowes, P. Butler, P. Dessagne, A. Di Pietro, L. Fraile, M. Garcia-Borge, K. Heyde, A. Jokinen, B. Jonson (chairman), M. Lindroos, K. Riisager, G. Weyer, K. Riisager

Excused: J. Äystö, H. Ravn, D. Habs, G. Huber

The meeting starts at 09.00 h

1. Introductory remarks by the chairman

B. Jonson welcomes the ISCC members and announces that K. Riisager will replace G. Weyer as the Danish representative at future meetings.

2. Approval of the minutes of the 39^th meeting.

The minutes are yet to be distributed.

3. News from the AB Department

M. Lindroos presents the ‘Technical report for ISOLDE’, which is to be presented at the INTC meeting of 25.05.2004 (see attached file). The committee is told that work during the shutdown has gone smoothly and that a priority list for ISOLDE R&D can now be found on the ISOLDE upgrade website http://isolde-upgrade.web.cern.ch/isolde-upgrade. Due to the coming migration at ISOLDE from Windows95 to WindowsXP, users are requested to check applications for XP compatibility. The committee is informed that building of the hall extension will begin in July 2004 and that work on the hall partition will occur between 1^st January and 15^th March 2005.

4. Schedule
 L. Fraile states that there is only one more chance to submit proposals this year and that high quality proposals are requested due to the need to produce good results in 2005 as ISOLDE will be the only machine running at CERN.
L. Fraile summarizes the shifts that have already taken place in 2004 and then the committee is shown the shift planning for the rest of the 2004 run for both GPS and HRS (see attached file).

5. Runs in 2005
M. Lindroos reports that:

- Within the AB department T. Sieber and F. Wenander are now working 100% at ISOLDE and the links that they are making with, for example, Linac4 will be of future benefit to ISOLDE.

- P. Delahaye is working 50% for REX-ISOLDE and is paid until November 2004 by NIPNET. He has been given a ‘conditional fellowship’, which depends on funds being found.

- The ISOLDE Technical coordinator will move within the AB department to the ATB group. This will provide a more direct route to AB department management.

- Experimental area support will come from the ATB group and the board for a new OP post (Technical engineer) in this group is to be held in July 2004.

-The Director General of CERN has confirmed that ISOLDE will be the only user at CERN in 2005 so it is essential that the best use be made of this run with regards R&D. There maybe additional support during this run from the PSB operation section that could have future benefits if, at some point, permanent operators are required at ISOLDE.

- The Director General will decide in June if the 2006 run will only be for three months due to staffing requirements of the LHC installation.

- In 2007 there will be a normal run of nine months but it will take place during the winter with the shutdown during the summer.

M. Garcia-Borge requests that an organigram of how ISOLDE is placed within the new AB and PH departments be available on the ISOLDE web site.

6. INTC matters
J. Äystö is unable to be present at the meeting.

7. Collaboration finances and auditor

P. Butler informs the committee that ISOLDE should receive some cash input from the EURONS overhead next year and that it is still not known how much ISOLDE will be awarded towards the hall extension from the Director General’s special fund.

It is decided that an auditor is no longer required for the collaboration budget but a detailed expenditure list should be prepared for the February ISCC meeting.

8. Fellowships

P. Butler reports that eleven applications have been received for CERN fellowships at ISOLDE; half of which were rated ‘A’. The case for more fellows at ISOLDE has been taken to the PH Department head and ISOLDE has been assured at least one fellow from the next fellow’s board.
The committee is also told that four applications have been made for Marie-Curie fellowships at ISOLDE.

9. MoU

P. Butler states that nine out of the ten member countries have signed the new MoU. A. Di Pietro explains why Italy has not yet signed and assures the committee that it will soon do so; a meeting will take place in Catania on June 10^th to discuss future collaboration with ISOLDE.

The committee is told that ISOLDE and GANIL have signed a ‘letter of cooperation’.

10. EURONS

P. Butler tells the committee that a total of 14 million euros will be available for EURONS projects over the next 4 years.

11. EURISOL Design Study

P. Butler reports that the expert panel has reviewed the EURISOL design study. The estimated project cost is 9.1 million euros and three options have been given for the site of the project:

- GANIL / Legnaro; funded by national funding
- CERN; funded by subscription
- Objective 1 region; eligible for more EU funding

12. Application for the lasers for RILIS
B. Jonson tells the committee that the Nordic member countries together will attempt to get funding for the lasers for RILIS and requests details of what is exactly required.
 

13. A.O.B.

- P. Butler mentions the Mwatt conference to be held at CERN 25-27^th May 2004 and tells the committee that the preliminary date for this year’s ISOLDE workshop is 13-15^th December.

- B. Jonson reminds the committee about the INPC2004 conference which is to be held in Goteborg in June 2004.
- G. Weyer is thanked for his contribution as Danish representative to the ISCC committee.

The meeting ends at 11:30h