[Olympus] Report to PRC

[Michael Kohl]

Dear Doug,

you stated that you do not want to spend much time on this but a 24-page 
report is not so short and giving only a few hours of reviewing time is 
too short for any meaningful comments.

I am concerned that if a written report like this is rushed to submission 
with lots of plots with inadequate explanations then the committee will 
come to false conclusions and concerns.

For example the GEM efficiciency plots look horrible but then it is said 
in just a half sentence that the impact of the inefficiencies is probably 
minor. It transmits the wrong impression and puts us on a bad spot. 
This is just an example and I am sure I will have many more concerns.

We could discuss this with Joachim Mnich later today and agree on a 
schedule for them to receive it say in a week from now, allowing us to 
polish this a bit more.

Best regards
   Michael


On Mon, 3 Feb 2014, Douglas Kenneth Hasell wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> 	Attached is the draft report I would like to send to the PRC later today.  As I stated earlier I don't think we should expend any extra effort in preparing this report.  It should just reflect our current status.
>
> 	Please read through the report and send me an E-mail if I have mis-represented anything or made any errors.  This was put together very quickly with my naive understanding so I apologize in advance for all my mistakes.
>
>                                                    Cheers,
>                                                            Douglas
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