Dear colleagues:

We want to thank you all for contributing to the working groups
activities, participating in the Rome meeting, and for the excellent
presentations and the very useful discussions. We achieved a lot for
B-Pol. The letter of intent was submitted, and we continued to converge
toward an agreed configuration of our payload.

Here we would like to remind you of two important outcomes of the meeting:

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1) We confirmed that the basic configuration will be a SAMPAN-like
   instrument. We also decided that several changes will be considered
   before finalizing the proposal.  These are listed below:

Delta 1 : Consider a configuration without fast spin, but with
the addition of an internal polarization modulator

Delta 2: Consider an extension to lower frequencies: This has to be 
defined after
         2.1) refined foreground analysis
         2.2) prospects for forthcoming independent surveys
         2.3) prospects for improved detection technology
         2.4) analysis of delta cost

Delta 3: Consider the addition of polarization pure horns and
planar OMTs

Delta 4: Consider the option of mirrors instead of lenses for
the telescope

Delta 5: Consider the presence of an on-board calibrator
(either on a daughter satellite and/or an internal callamp)

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2) We agreed on the following list of people in charge for writing the
   proposal (of course with help from all members of working groups). Here
   is a breakdown of the different chapters of the proposal:

a) Executive Summary (Page limit = 2)
and
b) Introduction (Page limit = 1)
STEERING COMMITTEE
(DE BERNARDIS, BOUCHET, EFSTHATIOU, KREYSA, REBOLO)

c) Scientific objectives (Page limit = 11)
BUCHER, BURIGANA

d) Mission profile proposed to achieve these objectives
(Page limit = 2)
PONTHIEU, PIACENTINI

e) Proposed payload instrument complement required to achieve
science objectives

PICCIRILLO +
MAFFEI, VILLA (optical system)
PIAT, WITHINGTON (detection chain)
DESERT, MASI (cryogenics)

f) Basic spacecraft key factors (Page limit = 5)
and
h) Key technology areas (Page limit = 2)
PIAT, PICCIRILLO, DE BERNARDIS, BERSANELLI

g) Science Operations and Archiving (Page limit =2)
STOMPOR, NATOLI, CHALLINOR

i) Preliminary programmatics/Costs (Page limit = 2)
STEERING COMMITTEE

We will hold a first teleconference early next week among the
colleagues listed above to organize the writing activities.
These activities should produce a first proposal draft within
five weeks.

Best regards,

Paolo de Bernardis
Martin Bucher
Carlo Burigana