RHIC Retreat 2002 March 5-7, 2002 The 2002 RHIC Retreat will be held Tuesday, March 5^th through Thursday, March 7^th at Gurney’s Inn located in Montauk, Long Island

Overall Agenda Retreat Goals Steering Group Meetings

Tuesday, March 5^th - Morning Opening Session F. Pilat	Wednesday, March 6^th – Morning Machine Reliability M. Brennan - D. Bruno	Thursday. March 7^th – Morning Machine Experiments & Diagnostics W. Fischer – P. Cameron
Tuesday, March 5^th – Afternoon Machine Performance T. Satogata – L. Ahrens	Wednesday, March 6^th – Afternoon Machine Integration A. Drees – J. Van Zeijts	Thursday, March 7^th – Afternoon Closing Session TBD

RETREAT CLOSEOUT SESSION

Welcome F. Pilat

Performance Planning T. Roser

Machine Performance L. Ahrens, T. Satogata

Machine Reliability M. Brennan, D. Bruno

Machine Integration A. Drees, J. Van Zeijts

Beam Experiments & Diagnostic P. Cameron, W. Fischer

Retreat Summary F. Pilat

Attendance

Attendance is by invitation only, in order for the discussion groups to be small, open, and direct. See the list of invitees

Registration

Registration for the retreat will be held on Monday, March 4^th, at Gurney’s Inn in the Lobby from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Dinner will follow at 7:30 pm in the Sea Grille Dining Room.

Registration Form

View list of current registrations

Meals

A Full Buffet Breakfast will be served daily from 7:00 – 8:30 am in the Caffé Monte

Lunch will be served from 12:00 – 2:00pm in the Caffé Monte

Dinner will be served at 7:30 pm in the Sea Grille Dining Room

Transportation

Due to the low interest in bus transportation car pooling is suggested.

Expenses

· All double occupancy room* charges will be covered by a binding contract between Brookhaven National Laboratory and Gurney’s.

· Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included (drinks are not included).

· No per diem will be given or reimbursed to lab employees since no out of pocket expenses will be incurred.

· Petty cash vouchers will be used to reimburse mileage (if an individual chooses to use their own car), after the retreat.

· Phone calls and other miscellaneous expenses other than what is mentioned above will be the sole responsibility of the guest.

*Single occupancy rooms are available for an extra cost to the individual, see Mary Campbell for details.

Location

Directions to Gurney’s Inn can be found at:

http://may2k.tripod.com/directions_to_gurney.htm

Retreat Dinner

A retreat dinner will be organized for Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm in the Sea Grille Dining Room.