From November 9 through 10, the ALMA Board was held in Madrid, Spain. Fom Japan, Shoken Miyama (Director General of NAOJ) attended the meeting with ALMA-J executive membes including Masato Ishiguro (ALMA-J Project Director), Tetsuo Hasegawa (ALMA-J Project Manager), Ryohei Kawabe (ALMA-J Project Scientist), and Ryusuke Ogasawara (Representative of NAOJ in Chile). In the meeting, discussions were held on the operation plan and policies on employment and time allocation. The picture shows Tetsuo Hasegawa, ALMA-J Project Manager, reporting the progress of ALMA-J in the morning session of the first day.