As those of you who applied for telescope time at Kitt Peak for the second semester of 1997 may have already noticed, our new ALPS++ proposal database is up and running! As proposals arrive, we are able to process the LaTeX files and to import proposal information into the database. The database then can be used to generate competition lists for the Telescope Allocation Committee, to enter scheduling information, and to print letters and TAC comments to send back to investigators. The database also sends schedule information to the Web, so we can post the new telescope schedule quickly. We continue to add new features to the database to assist with receiving and reviewing proposals, scheduling telescopes, generating reports and statistics, and supporting your observing runs.
Over the next month, we will be installing the database system at CTIO and customizing the system for use by CTIO staff. Users of NOAO's southern hemisphere facilities (and the CTIO TAC) will then see the same format of reports.
Caty Pilachowski
for the SCOPE Proposal Team