1. MICE VC Alain Blondel 30 August 2007 1 MICE VC 103 MICE news -- see Malcolm's news for an inventory. -- great funding news all summer from USA! (phase II) -- news on beamline construction and planning today

2. MICE VC Alain Blondel 30 August 2007 2  Aspirational MICE Schedule as of july 2007 15 November 2007 Or January 2008 STEP I April 2008 STEP III July 2008 STEP II STEP IV Delivery of 1st FC May 2009 STEP V summer 2009 STEP VI end 2009 (or 2010) UK PHASE I UK PHASE II ?

3. MICE VC Alain Blondel 30 August 2007 3 MEETING CALENDAR Weekly or bi-weekly meetings on MICE installation and Planning at RAL. NEXT Exec Board: tomorrow 13:30 GMT (main item: MICE technical management) Next MICO meeting: Thursday 13 september at RAL Funding agency committee 21 September (back at RAL) Next Video Conference Thursday 27 September 2007 MICE collaboration meeting CM19 7-10 October 2007 will include a MICO meeting (John Cobb and Marco organizing) WG meetings (go look at the meeting calender on MICE web site)

4. MICE VC Alain Blondel 30 August 2007 4 MICE funding in FP7 An IA proposal will be made in the context of ESGARD Includes workpackages on (muon cooling related) RF cavity surface studies (R. Saviour -- Cockroft) 200 MHz RF power source with new technology (Dyacrodes, CERN) (advanced cooling ideas for MICE? improvements over existing MICE infrastructure? <== will need to be investigated further) Networking activities Transnational access Paul Kyberd and I are in touch with the management of the IA (Erk Jensen CERN)