* Signed MOUs at the end of Software Institutional commitments

* pre-announcement of Software organization/tasking/inst. commit. meeting
   mid-September, BNL(Atlas room)  + EVO, 1-1/2 days

* Geometry : Assemble relevant information, Build next version of geometry in VMC with
  proper hooks for the final/real things

* Slow simulation efforts and coordination between Purdue and IPHC…schedule phone
   meeting for first half of August
Hi Softies, the HFT CD2/3 review is over and it went very
well. Now it is time to deliver! While I was here (BNL)  
several things came up as byproducts of the review and
discussions with Flemming et al. Here is an update:
   
1) We have right now a student learning the xml-way to
   write geometry structures. The goal would be to have 
   one or two more people familiar with this mechanism
   and eventually update (read 'start bulding') the HFT   
   geometry in gSTAR/VMC. It is a lot of work but several
   things (engineering etc) are fixed so we can put them
   in (new beam pipe, supports etc).
2) Flemming and I agree that it is time to try for a
   software face-2-face meeting (even if EVO is involved).
   August (Analysis meeting) is too soon and November
   (Collab. meeting) too late, so we thought mid-September
   for a 1-1/2 day meeting at BNL + EVO for those that
   cannot come. Tasks/Updates/Inst.interests/commitments
   will be the items to discuss. MOU are being finalized
   and DOE asks for an update to our original RMP tables
   (yearly FTE commitments per institution for 2011-14)
3) I talked to Mark Winter (IPHC-Strasburg, MAPS developer)
   and they have done a lot of work on slow simulation
   (among other interesting things). We are in the process   
   of first exchanging some info and then I will schedule a  
   phone meeting between them and Purdue (+other interested
   parties) to see how we can benefit from this work. Our
   goal would be to do small scale studies on the cluster
   shape etc as a function of pt, angle etc and parametrize
   this behaviour for an semi-slow Pxl simulator in the
   MC chain.
4) Also Eric and I agreed to build a sector prototype with
   all 4 ladders to begin PIXEL survey studies. Jonathan
   will go to LBL soon to work on this.
5) I also asked Jonathan to start building a Kalman fitter
   HFT library (for secondary vertex fitting with 2-3 etc
   decay daughters). Everybody can use it then, instead
   of him working with individuals from scratch every time.
6) Another thing is excersising the 'official' evaluation
   chain with HFT info. Jonathan is looking into what we
 Another thing is exersising the 'official' evaluation
   chain with HFT info. Jonathan is looking into what we  
   need to modify (if any) and he will come back with some
   proposal.
   
These are the items I have in the radar for the moment. 
Between vacations and other activities I will try to schedule
a 
couple of Software Friday meetings in the summer to   
get updates on these and other items.

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