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Change in Schedule of McMath-Pierce Nighttime...(1Jun93)
Operations
(from NSO, NOAO Newsletter No. 34, 1 June 1993)

As our resources continue to diminish, we must find ways to reduce our overhead
costs for providing community access to the facilities. The present quarterly
basis for proposal submission and review, and telescope scheduling, has added a
measure of flexibility which is unique within NOAO. However, it is clear that a
semester schedule would significantly reduce the administrative burden to a
level which is commensurate with our present resources. A schedule which is in
synch with the rest of Kitt Peak would also be easier for the Operations and
Support office to manage.

The NSO will therefore modify the scheduling of the nighttime program from its
present quarterly frequency to a semester basis, with the semesters and
proposal submission deadlines coinciding with those of KPNO. As part of the
transition from the current quarterly schedule to the new semester schedule,
the deadline for proposals for an expanded fall quarter extending from 1
October 1993, to 31 January 1994, is 15 July 1993. Proposals for the spring
semester (1 February 1994 to 31 July 1994) will be due on 30 September 1993.

Mark Giampapa, John Leibacher

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