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2 October 2015: Update: Earthquake In Chile LSST construction activities on Cerro Pachón have returned to normal following the recent earthquake. The concrete batch plant is back in operation and the 70-ton crane is on the summit, placing steel frames at the corners of the facilities building. See image on FaceBook(link is external). Project Office News B. Willman traveled to New Haven to speak to the AURA Board of Directors about preparing the community to conduct LSST science, and traveled to Monterey to present a talk at the GMT Community Workshop about "LSST - A Discovery Machine for ELT Era Science". See Beth’s GMT slides(link is external). S. Kahn gave the AURA Board an update on LSST construction progress; work on the Operations Governance Plan continues. Z. Ivezic, chair of the Project Science Team, reports that last week’s meeting included these discussion topics: A planned “clarification” update to the Science Requirements Document Development …

25 September 2015: Update: Earthquake In Chile Damage to LSST was minimal from last week’s earthquake, including no injuries to LSST personnel, as described in our 9/18/15 Facebook posting: https://www.facebook.com/myLSST. LSST Site Manager Eduardo Serrano has since informed us that the concrete plant has been leveled and the road to the summit is now open; the 70-ton crane is on site. Besalco's surveyors are doing a General Survey of all reference points used for construction post-earthquake, work that will take a few more days to complete. Project Office News Beth Willman visited LSST Corporation Member Institution Texas A&M this week to talk about LSST and near-field cosmology. The Project Office has taken steps to ensure that LSST can operate normally for a period of time in the event of an October 1 government shutdown and possible continuing resolution. Managers participated in a two-day training session to determine if LSST is required to obtain …