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Meeting opened at 8:32am
Meeting closed at 10:30am
Ani, Lucineh, Vatche (15 minutes):
Seismic group will meet with the relevant Ministry soon as direct by the PM.
The letter to the PM about the science law was received and there has been communication from the government. Waiting for next steps.
Lucineh, Vatche (5 minutes):
Editorial Board is now formed and a call for articles will be launched in January.
Ani, Vatche (5-10 minutes)
Conference will be held on March 29 at USC. Organizing committee includes Kevork Abazajian, Ruben Abagyan, Mary Papazian, and Vatche Sahakian. On the USC side, it includes the leadership and organizing staff of the Armenian Studies Center.
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Adam, Vatche (5-10 minutes):
We had a meeting with the president of the Armenia Fund for potential future collaborations. We will follow up with concrete steps.
Adam, Al, Nerses, Vatche (10 minutes):
We will form a team that includes Adam, Al, Nerses, Raffi Kassarjian, Hrant Khachatrian, and Vatche Sahakian to develop a temporary solution to the delay in the installation of the nVidia supercomputer.
Mark (5 minutes):
We will ask the economists within ASOF whether they would like to present a discussion on the new law on taxation at the Dilijan conference.