The UK ARC Node is organising a workshop that will provide an introduction to ALMA and instructions on how to work with data from the observatory, including sessions on preparing proposals, downloading data from the ALMA archive, calibrating and imaging ALMA data, and using advanced ALMA-related tools. Any individuals interested in attending this workshop should fill in this expression of interest poll by 15 November.  After that, the dates and the schedule of the workshop will be finalized.

To commemorate its first decade of science operations, the ALMA partnership is organizing a conference that will take a look back at the observatory accomplishments, highlight its latest results and look forward to future technical developments. The conference will be held in Puerto Varas, Chile on 4-8 December 2023. More information will be posted on the conference web page as it becomes available. Registration for the conference will open in early 2023.

From the start of Cycle 9, PIs and Data Delegees will be able to request the release of raw data via a convenient new interface, rather than via the Helpdesk. Note that this has no effect on the policies applying to raw data release, especially regarding the start of the proprietary period with the release of the first QA0 PASS or SEMI-PASS observation. The new interface can be accessed via the Data tab on the ALMA Science Portal, or directly at asa.alma.cl/account-editor.

A detailed report on the results of the ACA Standalone Cycle 8 2021 Supplemental Call is now available. The report details the proposal statistics and regional distributions, as well as the proposal distribution across science categories and receiver bands.

The report can be downloaded as a pdf document.

The ALMA Science Portal now has a dedicated page for the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) Observatory Filler Programs conducted in Cycles 5 and 6 at https://almascience.org/alma-data/observatory-programs. Nine filler programs were executed to fill specific gaps in the ACA observing schedule. The data were released through the ALMA Science Archive with no proprietary period. The programs have resulted in publication of multiple papers. We hope that ALMA users will continue to utilize those data (and all data in the Archive!) for their scientific research.