(Travis, Jordan, Randy, Betsy, Corey, Mitchell, Kim, Gerardo)

During the end of last week, Thursday and Friday, and during this week we had a chance to prepare the dome for its removal.  The annulus system was vented with nitrogen. Most bolts were removed last week, Jordan and Corey did a good job with that task.  Wiring for comms and electrical were removed early this week, as were the wires for the gauge pair and the annulus ion pump.  Electrical conduits were detached from the dome and pushed down and out of the way.
Today we were given the go ahead to remove the dome, dust monitor was checked, all zeroes, then the tent was removed, cables and counterweights were attached to the dome, spreader bar (with load cell) was attached to dome lifting lugs.  We already had a good gap at some points of the dome, but the O-rings were still very sticky, dome would not let go.  After prying from multiple points we were able to separate the dome from the chamber, the O-rings were checked and found to be stuck in a few spots, lifted the dome some more until we only had a little bit of play at the four remaining bolts.  We managed to unstick the O-rings with the O-ring tool without problems, once the O-ring was cleared, we removed the bolts and picked up the dome slowly, to make sure the O-ring was indeed free, since no issues were noted, Randy picked up the dome to almost clearing the top of the ISI, the O-ring protectors went on, then we installed a tall C3 cover on the ISI, it took 3 of us to accomplish that. We finished with the chamber cover fastened at the chamber flange with no issues, pretty soon the C3 cover billowed up due to the purge air.  Then our attention went to cover the dome opening, we then handed the dome over to Randy and Mitchell.  The tent went back up without problems and Randy parked the dome at the north bay floor, over some dunnage.

Thank you all for your help.