Schedule and Status
After the initial delay in srting the panel winding, the schedule for P2'  is back on track. One panel is wound, the wires have been soldered, and the tension measured. The second panel is in the process of being wound, it should be completed by the end of this week. The goal is to have all 3 anode panels ready by the 16 of October. The P3 panels are in the process of being measured before machinin on the Gerber. The programs for the Gerber machine are ready. Two meetings were reported about:
Buttom Meeting
Vladislav, Oleg, Giorgio and Nelson met to decide on the issue of the buttoms. Nelson presented evidence that in the worst situation with the present panels, the panel at the bottom of a stack can see up to 200 lb of force in the buttom location. Under such a force a panel "creeps" by 15-20 mils. It was agreed that for P2' we will install shims close to the buttom to spear the force on a larger area (right now the buttons apply the force only on a 0.1 square inches area => 200 lb on 0.1 inch**2 = 2000 psi ! ). For the production chambers, the design of the buttons and gurad strip will chenge to prevents this king of problem.
QA/QC in Lab 8
Oleg, Nelson, Phyllis, Giorgio,Yuri and Evgeni met to discuss the tools we want to build in order to perform QA/QC on the panels as they are machined by the  Axxiom and Gerber machine in Lab 8.  Before doing so, Oleg presented his measurement on the panels machined so far, to give an indication of which kind of tolerances are expected from the Axxiom and Gerber machines. We came up with the following proposals for tools to be used in Lab 8. The actual tolerancies will be determined after discussions with the appropriate L2 and L3 managers.

• Bar for location hole certification: this tool is used on the Axxiom machine to certify that a panel has the "high precision" holes drilled properly for further machining on the Gerber. It will consist of a bar, with pins located precisely, that will be tested on a panel before moving it to the Gerber.
• Microscope for Groove width: Oleg presented the data on his measurements of the groove width. He is seeing a gaussian,with average 500 microns, and width of approximately 40 microns (by the way, according to Yuri calculations, a 500 micron wide groove correspond to a 150 micron deep (6 mils) groove). In Lab 8 we will sample a set of grooves, and have an eye-piece with dial indicators to measure their withness.
• Relative and Absolute Strip Position: The relative and absolute position of the strips will be measured with a bar located by the alignment holes and looking at the "mark grooves" machined close to the strips. Oleg presented data that the strips are located with an overall precision of +/- 4 mils on the narrow side of the chamber, and +/-6 mils on the wider side.

Aging Test Chamber
Oleg presented a preliminary design for the aging test chamber. He will continue to work on it and try to finalize the chamber by next Wednesday. The cjamber is trapezoidal, built with parts and components of a 20 degree chamber. It will have an active area of 11"X20"X23". The anode bar can be taken from the P3 kit (of course we will have to buy them back) but we need to make new gap bars and guard strips. Andrey said that it would 1 month after he receive the designs to do it.
The chamber would have 32 strips, and 32 groups of 6 wires each. Oleg proposed to have one gap with HV on wires (to test the real configuration we will use in the experiment) and one gap with HV of the cathode strips. In that case, some of the wires would be read out individually, and the strips would be connected to an outside box where blocking capacitors would allow a pulse height read-out.  Andrey  will communcate to Oleg the precise location for the radioactive source (Fe55) holes.

• Action Item:  Andrey/Yuri Bonushkin need to figure out the request for the radioactive source holes location. 

EDR Presentation Plan
Andrey discussed the list of items to be covered by himself and Nelson in the upcoming EDR review for the CMS-EMU at CERN. They will split subjects according to the following list:

•  A.K.:
• overview of the EMU CSC design,
• critical design features (includes tolerances);
• proof of priciple: prototypes and performance summary
• production plan and overall schedule
•  N.C.:
• detailed CSC design:
• summary drawings of all chambers
• full set of drawings for ME2/2
• procurement:
• list of chamber parts with vendor quotes
•  material specifications (esp. FR4, Panels)
• status of procurement
• CSC assembly:
• block diagram of assembly stations and material flow
• tooling at each of the stations, production rate
• floor plan of Lab 8 and MP9
• Action Item:  /Nelson will prepare his presentation and ship it out to Andrey by next Wednesday (October 14)