As described elsewhere in this Newsletter, we are upgrading the database used for, among other things, handling electronically submitted observing proposals and scheduling the telescopes. Since proposals for both KPNO and CTIO are now submitted to NOAO, there is a potential for confusion in the traditional seasonal reference to the observing semesters. For that reason, the designations "spring" and "fall" will be superseded by the more hemisphere-neutral terms "A" and "B," which will respectively refer to the first (February-July) and second (August-January) semesters of an observing year.
Dick Joyce