We completed the GSFC ICRR for the IRT Independent Cost Estimate.  We will 
be working a few actions from the meeting in preparation for the 3 meetings 
next week.  The systems team continued working with the various subsystem 
teams in the SDN and SPN development process.  After consultation with the 
power systems team, the Systems team accepted their recommendation to split 
the SPN design into two separate cards.  In addition, multiple meetings 
were held to address the cPCI backplane implementation approach, meeting 
and consulting with the various users from the assorted subsystem 
disciplines and line organizations for their inputs. The SDO parts, 
radiation, and systems teams held the first of a planned series of weekly 
meetings to formalize and document the ongoing parts development flow and 
parts sections and documentation database.  The systems team led a detailed 
technical interchange telecon with multiple members of the IRT in order to 
address detailed post-SCR design and implementation questions both as part 
of the ICR process and in advanced planning for the SDO PDR at the end of 
the calendar year. Finally, the SDO systems team is drafting a consolidated 
list of PDR guidelines and metrics for preliminary distribution to the 
project and IRT.  In addition the Power/Battery team, continues to evaluate 
testing of the JSB 100 amp-hr test battery and the AEA 80 amp-hr test battery.

For the Instruments, we conducted a series of ICD review meetings with the 
EVE instrument team & they went very well.  The C&DH, high speed bus, 
mechanical, thermal, and electrical systems interface requirements were 
reviewed line by line.  Comments and corrections will be updated and the 
next release is scheduled in a couple of weeks.  HMI is scheduled to visit 
GSFC for their second round of ICD discussions September 9 -10.  An ICD 
session will be set up with the SHARPP team in early September.  Tentative 
plans were discussed about the need for a similar ICD session for the 
Mission Ops Center to Science Ops Center ICD.  Instead of conducting these 
conversations individually with each instrument team, a joint session at 
GSFC will be set up (probably in late September).

Barbara Thompson and the SDO E/PO staff conducted very successful workshops 
so that project personnel could gain a better understanding of NASA's 
Education Enterprise and to generate excitement for the LWS and SDO E/PO 
programs.  Specifically, these workshops provided the tools and resources 
necessary to conduct successful and rewarding outreach experiences.  Agenda 
items included guest speakers who shared their lessons learned for doing 
classroom and community presentations, demonstrations of "canned" 
presentations and available resources already developed by NASA's E/PO 
community, and lots of hands-on activities using sunspotters, 
spectroscopes, UV Beads and magnetometers that could be easily integrated 
into a classroom.  For those who could not attend, future workshops will be 
scheduled to encourage everyone to help inspire the next generation!

Thanks,
Ken