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### Useful Links
* [SLS DUO Calendar](https://duo.psi.ch/duo/public_calendar.php)
* [SLS Operation Elog](https://elog-gfa.psi.ch/SLS/?rsort=Wann)
* [SLS Beamline Contacts](https://sls.gitpages.psi.ch/uom/BeamlineContacts/)
* [SLS Status Overview](https://gfa-status.web.psi.ch/status-sls/)
* [SLS Shift Crew Plan](http://gfa-operation.intranet.psi.ch/plan/week.php)
* [SLS Accelerator Wiki](https://acceleratorwiki.psi.ch/wiki/Portal:SLS2)
### Mailing Lists
The following mailing lists have been prepared for the SLS 2.0 Operations Management:
* **PSI.SLS-MDM** (SLS 2.0 machine experts are the members)
* **PSI.SLS-UOM** (SLS 2.0 beamline experts are the members)
* **PSI.SLS-JCM** (SLS 2.0 managers / coordinators and responsibles)
CPS members can register via their secretariat. Please send other membership requests to [felix.armborst@psi.ch](mailto:felix.armborst@psi.ch).
### Meetings
* **Machine Development Meeting (MDM)**
Focused on machine development shifts for the SLS 2.0
* Target audience are machine experts and interested beamline experts
* Reports on machine development shifts and operation
* Requests for and planning of upcoming machine development shifts
* **User Operations Meeting (UOM)**
Focused on the beamline development shifts for SLS 2.0
* Target audience are beamline experts and interested machine experts
* Reports on beamline development shifts and operation
* Requests for and planning of upcoming beamline development shifts
* Requests for and planning of upcoming user operations shifts
* **Joint Coordination Meeting (JCM)**
Focused on the exchange of information between the different managers / coordinators for the SLS 2.0
* Participants are the SLS 2.0
* Operations Manager
* [Felix Armborst](mailto:felix.armborst@psi.ch)
* [Jonas Kallestrup](mailto:jonas.kallestrup@psi.ch) (deputy)
* Machine Coordinator
* [Jonas Kallestrup](mailto:jonas.kallestrup@psi.ch)
* [Felix Armborst](mailto:felix.armborst@psi.ch) (deputy)
* Area Coordinator
* [Elmar Zehnder](mailto:elmar.zehnder@psi.ch)
* [Juri Honegger](mailto:juri.honegger@psi.ch) (deputy)
* Machine Responsible CAS
* [Hans Braun](mailto:hans.braun@psi.ch)
* [Thomas Schietinger](mailto:thomas.schietinger@psi.ch) (deputy)
* Machine Responsible CPS
* [Frithjof Nolting](mailto:frithjof.nolting@psi.ch)
* [Oliver Bunk](mailto:frithjof.nolting@psi.ch) (deputy)
### Mandates
The SLS 2.0 Operations Manager is [Felix Armborst](mailto:felix.armborst@psi.ch) and has the following mandate:
* **Develop and steer overall operation, development and shutdown schedule**
* Coordinate with all stakeholders including operations and other accelerator facilities at PSI
* Planning of annual DUO SLS Operations calender schedule
* Report all relevant information including short term machine and beamline development plans at weekly internal operations meetings (WöBs)
* **Develop and steer machine and beamline development plans**
* Coordinate with **machine** groups on equipment, control and SW readiness and validation testing
* Coordinate with beam dynamics groups on machine development activities
* Coordinate with beamline groups on beamline development activities
* **Develop and steer operator training**
* Defining theoretical and practical requirements for obtaining different levels (A-, and B-Operator)
* Preparing and conducting theoretical and practical operator trainings
* Preparing and conducting theoretical and practical operator exams
* **Handling of any schedule or technical issues**
* Analyse performance impact
* Develop mitigation measures in collaboration with responsible groups
* Report possibly resulting investment requirements to machine coordinator
* **Develop and maintain deployment plans for interfaces, high level SW and equipment integration**
* Follow up testing and update planning
* coordinate with control responsible for the SLS
* **Prepare and analyse the SLS 2.0 operations statistics**
* Report the annual SLS 2.0 operations statistics at the European Synchrotron Light Sources Workshop (ESLS)
* Write SLS 2.0 part of the annual report "Operation of the PSI Accelerator Facilities"
* Analyse operations statistics with regard to accelerator reliability and propose improvements
The SLS 2.0 Machine Coordinator is [Jonas Kallestrup](mailto:jonas.kallestrup@psi.ch) and has the following mandate:
* **Follow up latest developments in Beam Dynamics / Collevtive Effects simulations and measurements, analyse performance impact and steer studies and mitigations**
* **Develop measurement techniques** for hitherto poorly quantified parameters
* **Report to**
* Bereichskonferenz 1/month
* Every other week Extended ASA Meeting on Machine Topics
* 2 Budget Workshops / year
* **Facilitate maintenance tasks**
* collect information from expert groups
* compile reports describing equipment to maintained, summarizing possible solutions together with potential timelines and costs.
* present report to relevant PSI management layers
* coordinate execution of solutions
* **Address technical aspects limiting SLS 2.0 operation and science, and propose upgrades**
* collect information from expert groups
* compile reports describing the limitations and their impact on SLS 2.0 operation and science, summarizing possible solutions together with potential timelines and costs.
* present report to relevant PSI management layers
* coordinate execution of solutions
* **Liaison with beamlines to ensure that the SLS 2.0 storage ring meets their scientific needs**
* develop and implement beam operation modes that addresses current and future needs of SLS 2.0 beamlines
* propose and develop novel beam operation modes which may enable so far unexplored science, and survey their applicability to SLS 2.0 beamlines
Documentation on how to create such a website is available on [gitlab](https://git.psi.ch/pages).