Telescope Proposal Process Workshop

August 10-11, 1998

Tucson, AZ

Organizers:

Caty Pilachowski and Jeannette Barnes

NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation

To make the process of applying for telescope time as simple and as scientifically productive as possible for our user community, NOAO is attempting to unify proposals and procedures for all its nighttime facilities. Since many of our concerns may be shared by other observatories NOAO is hosting a workshop on August 10-11 to bring together people faced with the task of developing proposal processes, where joint, shared, or collaborative effort might be beneficial.

The goal of the Proposal Process Workshop is to develop a shared understanding among the National Gemini Offices and the Gemini Project of the requirements and procedures for Gemini telescope proposals, and to encourage cooperation among the national observatories of the partner countries, STScI, and other institutions faced with similar issues and concerns related to the telescope proposal process.

The workshop will be held in the Main Conference Room at the NOAO Tucson office building at 950 N. Cherry Ave. If you wish to attend NOAO's Proposal Process Workshop, please contact Caty Pilachowski (catyp@noao.edu) as soon as possible. Questions about the workshop may also be directed to Caty or you can call her at 520-318-8289.

• Summary Report

• Compiled list of LaTeX keywords
• Draft list of common keywords

• Initial announcement
• Accommodations
• Final agenda (updated: 06Aug1998)
• Participant list

Links are provided below for meeting participants to review links to proposal information, proposal tools, observing tools, etc., as well as documentation about proposal processing. We encourage all workshop participants to review materials, demonstrations, and documentation about the proposal process at our several institutions prior to the workshop.

Please email Jeannette Barnes (jbarnes@noao.edu) with links to proposal-related sites at your own institution that you would like included below for review. We would also appreciate receiving postscript or PDF files (links) of any recent published papers related to proposals or proposal processing at your institution. All information will be posted promptly.

• Anglo-Australian Observatory
• Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.
• Canadian National Facilities
• European Southern Observatory (pages updated August 3 1200 CET)
• Gemini 8-Meter Telescopes Project
• Hobby*Eberly Telescope
• McDonald Observatory
• National Optical Astronomy Observatories
• Space Telescope Science Institute
• Steward Observatory, University of Arizona

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