The "experiment" in electronic submission of proposals, which began about three years ago, has been enormously successful. Last semester, all but two of the 229 proposals were submitted electronically. This procedure is not only more convenient for observers, but significantly increases our efficiency in dealing with the large number of proposals and using the new database developed for the TAC and scheduling process.
For the upcoming 1998A semester, we are especially encouraging observers to prepare and submit their proposals via the World Wide Web. This is a new procedure that is described in an article in the SCOPE Section of the Newsletter. This article describes the new database and the details of proposal submission. We encourage investigators to read the instructions and utilize the new WWW proposal submission process.
Dick Joyce