HPS Executive Committee

Present Committee membership: Spokespeople plus Nathan Baltzell, Matt Graham,  Marzio de Napoli, and Raphael Dupre. Stepan Stepanyan as chair.

The role of the executive committee is outlined in the bylaws(pdf). Minutes of EC Meetings are summarized in the meeting list below.

The EC formally approves thesis topic proposals in accord with HPS Thesis Policy 2.pdf .Approved and suggested topics
are listed in HPS Thesis Topics.ppt .

The EC has established a policy for shift taking, given here: HPS Shift Policy 3.0.pdf .

The EC has reviewed and collected procedures for blinding, analyzing, presenting, and publishing HPS physics results.
They include rules for presenting HPS results in theses. They are here:Procedures for Presenting and Publishing Physics Results in HPS (003).DOCX

The HPS Executive Committee originally consisted of F-X Girod, M. Graham, T. Maruyama, T. Nelson, and the three HPS spokespeople, M. Holtrop, S. Stepanyan, and J. Jaros (Chair). Regular members were first elected early in February 2012. Girod and Maruyama were elected to 2 year terms; Graham and Nelson to one year terms. An election for new members was conducted at the June Collaboration meeting, 2013. In this election T. Nelson was re-elected, and R. Dupré was elected. At the June Collaboration meeting of 2014, F-X Girod and Takashi Maruyama were re-elected for another 2 year term. At the July Collaboration meeting of 2015 in Orsay, Tim Nelson and Raphael Dupre were re-elected for another 2 year term.

At the April Collaboration meeting in 2016 at SLAC, Nathan Baltzell and Matt Graham were elected, replacing F-X Girod and Takashi Maruyama.

At the May 2018 Collaboration meeting at JLAB, John Jaros stepped down as a co-spokesperson and EC chair. Tim Nelson became a co-spokesperson of HPS together with Maurik Holtrop and Stepan Stepanyan. Collaboration re-elected Raphael Dupre and elected a new member, Marzio de Napoli, to EC. 

Weekly Meetings: