the interaction collaboration

Status report

Katie Yurkewicz

November 2012

The InterAction Collaboration

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2012 InterAction Collaboration members

• Full members CERN DESY Fermilab KEK TRIUMF* STFC*

*Change in status from 2011

• Associate members (monetary contribution) Argonne Berkeley Brookhaven IHEP Beijing* IN2P3 INFN SLAC

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2012 InterAction Collaboration members

• Associate members (in-kind contribution) IPMU ILC GDE INFN Frascati INFN Gran Sasso IRFU/CEA JINR NIKHEF

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2012 funding status

$85K

- $86.6K

+ $12K

= $10.4K

Annual contributions

Estimated expenses

Carryover from 2011

Available in 2012 or carryover for 2013

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MOU Status

• MOU language agreed to by the collaboration at the May 2012 meeting

• In May 2012, DOE ordered all of its laboratory to submit all MOUs including international collaborators to DOE for approval before signing

• Fermilab submitted the InterAction Collaboration MOU to DOE for approval in early September

• As of early November, despite inquiries, there is no information about the status of our MOU

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Additional background

• Since DOE’s new order, Fermilab has so far received approval only for a couple of MOUs that do not include any commitment of funds.

• The InterAction collaboration MOU is Fermilab’s first submission that includes monetary transactions.

• Fermilab is optimistic that the MOU will be approved before the spring collaboration meeting.

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MOU and funding for interactions.org

• In 2012, the only institution for which the MOU appears to have posed a problem for funding is IHEP Beijing (and possibly also INFN)

• Invoices for 2013 will be sent in April• Will the lack of an MOU pose a problem for

other institutions in 2013? • Can we wait until the business meeting in April

to discuss other possibilities for the MOU?

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8 First Global Particle Physics Photowalk

9 First Global Particle Physics Photowalk

10 First Global Particle Physics Photowalk