From:	Jeff Clark
Sent:	Friday, April 15, 2005 11:26 AM
To:	Andrew Ritchie (E-mail); Andy Broff (E-mail); Bill Larch (E-mail); Bob Campbell (E-mail); Brad Carter (E-mail); Cathy Devlin (E-mail); Greg Shank (E-mail); Jeff Clark (E-mail); Jim Gutzwiller (E-mail); Jim Matasic (E-mail); Jim Moritz (E-mail); Jim Rutherford (E-mail); Jim Wells (E-mail); John Haegelin (E-mail); Jose Gutierrez (E-mail); Keith Selby (E-mail); Ken Goshorn (E-mail); Mark Cooper (E-mail); Michael Minotti (E-mail); Pat Fetterman (E-mail); Riccardo Conti (E-mail); Ron Buck (E-mail); Scott Richards (E-mail); Steve Kennedy (E-mail); Tom Franklin (E-mail); Wim Van Dam (E-mail)
Cc:	Frank Farber; John Zalar
Subject:	T-12 Minutes of April 15 2005
Attendance - Scott Richards, Jeff Clark, Riccardo Conti, Bob Campbell, Cathy Devlin, Pat Fetterman, Jim Gutzwiller, Ron Buck, Jim Matasic, Jim Moritz, John Haegelin, Tom Franklin, Ken Goshorn, Greg Shank

Minutes - of April 7 2005 were approved.

Hardware Availibility - the late April / early May start for the matrix is in jeopardy if we wait for ring 'batch' delivery, which cannot be promised until May 20. Mack believes that there are no differences between the rings available today and those that will arrive in batch (they are made to the same specs, and are the same p/n). Quick feedback from the statisticians is that the 'in stock' rings and the 'batch' rings can be worked into the matrix design. It should be noted that the rings are not truly made in 'batch' quantities, the term 'batch' in this case refers to an order quantity. It is the second ring that is causing the availibility problem. Some desire was expressed to run top and oil rings from the new batch with the currently available second rings. After much discussion, it was agreed that the matrix design group be consulted to confirm that the matrix design can adequately handle a potential difference due to the ring 'batches'.  Upon receipt of the feedback, the group will reconvene on Tuesday to further discuss. Ron Buck was asked to investigate the cost of switching out the top and oil rings.

Engine Build Workshop Feedback - the general feedback from the engine build workshop was very positive. It was felt that the workshop was worthwhile and Southwest was thanked for their efforts in leading the workshop.

Non-Matrix Stands - labs were encouraged to feed the TMC their estimates on how many non-matrix stands may be run along side the matrix.

Next Conference Call - 2:00 pm Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 19th.

Regards,

Jeff Clark
Staff Engineer
ASTM Test Monitoring Center
6555 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
412-365-1032
412-848-8843 (cell)
jac@astmtmc.cmu.edu