Green = complete   Red = currently critical

• Run 9 Preparation Tasks (includes commissioning at startup
  • ZDC SMD hardware preparation Whitten
    • planning and analysis - Hal, Valpo, LBL
    • install DAQ and testing - Aihong
    • Calibration and monitoring - Ramon
  • VPD as polarimeter - LBL
  • Trigger plan
    • L0, L2 optimization - TAMU
    • FMS
    • coordination with other PWGs
  • L0 trigger monitor from trigger data - Pibero
  • DSM replacements - Hank
  • Analyze 2008 data to:
    • check triggers etc.
    • BSMD operation, gains
    • influence of low mass on gammas
  • L2 algos
    • coordination - Corliss
    • endcap gamma-jet - Ilya
    • barrel gamm-jet - Betancourt
    • dijet algo - Page
    • Peds - Page
    • monitoring web pages - Betancourt
    • Upsilon - Haidong Liu
    • Ws - Seele
    • Calibration - Corliss
    • High energy - Corliss
  • BEMC gain equalization
    • Eta = 1 and -1
    • E/W balance and phi dep in east
  • BSMD, BPRS readout upgrade and data compression
    • Hardware - Visser, Jacobs
    • hardware tests post delivery
    • zero suppression, peds
      
    • software infrastructure and monitor - Leight
      
  • BPRS Calibration and readiness
    • Characterization from previous runs - Balewski
    • FPGA fixes for cap ID - Visser
    • HV adjustments, fiber fixes
  • Resolve hole in East Barrel trigger - Pibero
  • Shielding additions at top of tunnel - Bill, Al, Jim
  • Pplot upgrades to match changes - G. Webb, Tsai and Trentalange
    • Daq reader - core group
    • EMC - Walker
    • BSMD compression
    • trigger changes
    • DSM changes
  • DSM wiring modifications and test
    • Rewire - Engelage, Gagliardi
    • tests - G. Webb, Grebenyuk
  • High luminosity monitoring
    • L measurement planning - Hal
    • Scalers - Ernst, Jim, Joe, Hal, Dave, Chuck
    • L measurement implementation
  • TPC monitor FGT prototype - ANL, Majka
  • 500 GeV preparation
    • BSMD staturation studies
      • W program - Seele
      • gamma, pi0
    • Trigger differences from 200 GeV - Carl
    • Other
  • ESMD->DDL data path and necessary software changes
  • EEMC maintenance - Jacobs, Sowinski
  • BEMC maintenance - Tsai, Trentalange
  • FMS trigger work
    • Remap cabling for cluster triggering - Jim Drachanberg and/or
    • rebuild pre-shower system - Jim Drachanberg and/or

• Run 9 Startup and During Run Tasks
  • Scaler check out - Bridgeman
  • Luminosity monitor checkout
  • Real time monitor of lumi/local pol - LBL
  • CDEV monitoring - Sowinski
  • AGS polarimetery - Spinka, Underwood, Haixin Huang
  • RHIC polarimetry - Spinka, Underwood, Qinghua/student
  • RHIC polarimeter monitor and recording - Jones
  • ZDC SMD tuneup
  • Commission BEMC - Grebenyuk, Cendejas, Tsai, Trentalange
    • check calibration
    • check ADC timing
    • on call expert
  • Commission EEMC - IU with help
    • check calibration
    • check ADC timing
    • on call expert
  • Commission FMS
  • Commission BBC
  • Trigger setup
    • EMC trigger bit timing - Hank et al
    • Rates and thresholds scans and settings
    • confirmation good to go
    • L2 testing
    • L2 monitoring and updating
    • L2 on call expert

• Preparation for analysis
  • Luminosity -Jones
  • runlist and QA - Page/Sowinski
    • Spin data base
    • Fill by fill spin patterns - Page
    • Bunch offsets and load DB
  • Calorimeter Readiness
    • EEMC - IU
      • peds and status
      • claibrations
    • BEMC
      • peds and status
      • calibrations

• Ongoing Service Work
  • EEMC hardware maintenance - IU
  • EEMC software coordinator
  • EEMC calibrations
    • Sampling fraction MC studies
    • pi0, eta, electron, mips
  • BEMC hardware maintenance - Tsai and Trentalange
  • BEMC software coordinator
  • BEMC calibrations - Tsai and Trentalange
    • pi0 - Renee
    • time dependence - Renee
  • BEMC GEANT model refinements - Tsai and Trentalange
    • Other GEANT model refinements
    • TPC endcap and electronics - ANL
  • FMS
    • Calibrations
    • run 9 - Zagreb
    • Root framework software - PSU,TAMU
    • FPD++ calib. - Poljak
  • Common analysis software
    • Trigger simulator software - Fatemi, Grebenyuk?
    • L0 - Fersch
    • EEMC codes - Gagliardi/Huo
    • L2 ported to simulator incl. data base of params
    • Vertex finding and tracking
    • Jet finder
    • gamma maker
    • pi0 algos BEMC
    • pi0 algos EEMC
  • FGT project - Simon, MIT, IU, KU, ANL, Valpo
  • Tier 2 simulations - Btancourt