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Two Important Kitt Peak Committees (1Sep92)
(from KPNO, NOAO Newsletter No. 31, 1 September 1992)

Two committees that affect the lives of all Kitt Peak observers are the
Telescope Allocation Committee (TAC) and the Kitt Peak Users' Committee.

All proposals for the 4-m, 2.1-m and 1.3-m telescopes are discussed in
detail by the either the Dark or Bright TACs, and after each proposal
is discussed it is given a final grade by each member of the TAC. The
TAC also recommends the number of nights to be given to proposals that
can be scheduled. In addition, the two TACs also assign grades to all
the small telescope proposals. The actual recommendation of time on the
small telescopes (the Coud Feed, the 0.9-m, and the Burrell Schmidt) is
the responsibility of the in-house "small telescope" TAC, currently
Taft Armandroff, Tom Kinman, Phil Massey, and Caty Pilachowski.

TAC members serve three-year terms, and we list below the latest membership
list of the two TACs:

Dark Time
T. Boroson (NOAO/KPNO)
C. Hogan (U. of Washington)
D. Hunter (Lowell Obs.)
R. Kennicutt (U. of Arizona)
R. Weymann (Carnegie Inst. of Washington)
M. Whittle (U. of Virginia)

Bright Time
J. Black (U. of Arizona)
S. Edwards (Smith College)
R. Elston (Carnegie Inst. of Washington)
F. Gillett (NOAO/KPNO)
C. Sneden (U. of Texas)
D. Terndrup (U. of Ohio)

David De Young serves as the non-voting chairman of both the Dark Time
and Bright Time TACs.

The Kitt Peak Users' Committee is instrumental in discussing issues of
concern to users; a summary of topics discussed at the most recent
meeting can be found in the March 1992 issue of the Newsletter.
Membership on this committee also changes; if you have issues of
concern that you wish to be raised at one of these meetings, please
contact any of the members listed below.

KPNO Users' Committee
H. McAlister (Chairman, Georgia State U.)
      404-651-2932
      hal%chara@gsu.edu

W. Keel (U. of Alabama)
      205-348-5050
      wkeel@ua1vm.bitnet

F. Owen (NRAO)
      301-338-4700
      fowen@aoc.nrao.edu

A. Saha (STScI)
      301-338-4700
      saha@stsci.bitnet

J. Salzer (Wesleyan U.)
      203-347-9411, ext. 2827
      slaz@parcha.astro.wesleyan.edu

A. Tyson (Bell Labs, NJ)
      201-582-6028
      tyson@physics.att.com

R. Wyse (Johns Hopkins U.)
      301-338-5392
      wyse@stsci.bitnet

David De Young

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