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Astronomers Respond to KPNO Questionnaire (1Dec93) (from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 36, 1 December 1993) KPNO has recently distributed a questionnaire to help us evaluate both how we are doing and how we can best meet the needs of the astronomical community. The questionnaire was distributed by e-mail to over 500 astronomers who had applied to use our facilities in the past five years (as this was the only e-mail list readily available to us); we hope for a wider distribution as each recipient passes the questionnaire on to friends and colleagues. After completing the questionnaire, respondents should e-mail it back to an e-mail drop (kpno-quest@aas.org) at the Executive Office of the American Astronomical Society to assure anonymity. The e-mail header will be removed before the questionnaire is forwarded back to NOAO. We very much appreciated the assistance of Chris Biemesderfer, Peter Boyce, and the AAS with our questionnaire. If you have not already obtained a copy, and would like to respond to the questionnaire, it can be obtained via anonymous ftp from orion.tuc.noao.edu in the kpno/question subdirectory. If you have no electronic access and would like to obtain a paper copy to fill out, please contact Pat Patterson at (602) 325-9397. To date (late October) over 100 responses have been received. The results of the questionnaire will be discussed with the Users Committee in early December, presented at the KPNO Town Meeting at the winter AAS meeting in Washington D.C., and summarized in the next Newsletter issue. Thanks to all who have taken the time to respond to the KPNO questionnaire. George Jacoby, Caty Pilachowski, Todd Boroson
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