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16 October 2015: Project News An executive summary of the LSST Monthly Technical Progress Report for August has been submitted to the NSF and posted on our public website: http://lsst.org/news/monthly-progress-updates Telescope and Site team members held a Final Design Review for the Hexapod and Rotator at Moog CSA in Mountain View, CA, earlier this week. The emphasis was on the software, control system, mechanical design and schedule; project response to the vendor is in progress. Key Project Personnel have been asked to extend their travel to the February Joint Technical Meeting to accommodate a half-day retreat for a discussion of Workplace Culture and the implementation of trusted reporting systems including trained ombudspersons. Steve Kahn, Victor Krabbendam, and Beth Willman circulated an LSST Project statement on sexual harassment. Upcoming Meetings with LSST Involvement: November 12, 2015: LSST Workshop, noon @ 47th DPS Meeting, National Harbor, MD November 19-20, 2015: LSST Observing Strategy Retreat, Tucson, …

9 October 2015: Project News AURA/LSST is actively soliciting applications for two new positions [1] a postdoctoral research assistant to work with Beth Willman on pre-cursor LSST science investigations: http://ls.st/hgt and [2] a Training Coordinator. In addition, recruitment for the EPO Manager has been extended another month. LSST positions at all sites can be found at www.lsst.org/hiring. The Data Management team held a successful Boot Camp earlier this week for team members distributed across three locations: Tucson, Princeton, and University of Washington. Agenda and presentations can be found on community.lsst.org; video will follow. The Telescope & Site team is attending a formal design review for the secondary mirror taking place at Harris (formerly Exelis) in Rochester, NY this week. The purpose of this review is to assess the final design and readiness of the M2 mirror cell assembly, its technical scope, schedule, management, risk and environment, safety, and health (ESH) concerns. The Camera …

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 …