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   * Washington - nothing to report
   * BYU - nothing to report
-  * Colorado - a user reported the IRAF data reduction guides and scripts for ARCTIC are not available through the wiki any more (referring to this page: [[http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/apo-wiki/doku.php?id=arctic]]). **Nancy will track this down and get the wiki updated.**
+  * Colorado - a user reported that the IRAF data reduction guides and scripts for ARCTIC (from Karen Kinemuchi) are not available through the wiki any more (referring to this page: [[http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/apo-wiki/doku.php?id=arctic]]). **Nancy will track this down and get the wiki updated.**
   * JHU - nothing to report
-  * Oklahoma - Muk previously had some questions about the timing information in Agile image headers and Russet and Bill looked into it; Muk thanked them for their efforts. He is looking forward to his OU class visit next week coming (which will include Muk, a TA and 5 students)
+  * Oklahoma - Muk previously had some questions about the timing information in Agile image headers and Russet and Bill looked into it; Muk thanked them for their efforts. He is looking forward to his OU class visit next week (which will include Muk, a TA and 5 students)
   * Georgia State - nothing to report
   * FGCU - nothing to report
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 === Additional telescope and instrument discussion ===
-March and April are busy months with numerous visitors coming to the site. BYUCam on ARCSAT is ready for community use. The Agile image timestamps are accurate but the sync issue is still being investigated. The ARCTIC diffuser rotation issues that were seen during cold temperatures has been fixed. The control software is not giving a valid rotation flag (i.e. when it is rotating at speed the flag is not registering). We recommend that users continue to use the instrument (with the diffuser rotation) as is. It looks like the rotation is still happening at proper speed; it may be slightly below the nominal 2 Hz threshold but until Bill can take it apart and clean it we won't know for sure. For this week, as long as the star's diffraction spikes are being smeared out it should be considered acceptable for science (if not, we recommend defocussing the instrument a bit). There is an issue with a ghost image in the TripleSpec data that Russet is investigating. We are meeting with Lowell Observatory engineers next week to discuss M1 realuminization. Users are urged to upgrade to python3 if they have not already done so, and to use the latest python3 version of TUI. Because python2 is no longer being supported we will not be able to support or troubleshoot python2-based version of TUI any longer.
+March and April are busy months with numerous visitors coming to the site. BYUCam on ARCSAT is ready for community use. The Agile image timestamps are accurate but the sync issue is still being investigated. The ARCTIC diffuser rotation issue that was seen during cold temperatures has been fixed. The control software is not giving a valid rotation flag (i.e. when it is rotating at speed the flag is not registering). We recommend that users continue to use the instrument (with the diffuser rotation) as is. It looks like the rotation is still happening at proper speed; it may be slightly below the nominal 2 Hz threshold but until Bill can take it apart and clean it we won't know for sure. For this week, as long as the star's diffraction spikes are being smeared out it should be considered acceptable for science (if not, we recommend defocussing the instrument a bit). There is an issue with a ghost image in the TripleSpec data that Russet is investigating. We are meeting with Lowell Observatory engineers next week to discuss M1 realuminization. Users are urged to upgrade to python3 if they have not already done so, and to use the latest python3 version of TUI. Because python2 is no longer being supported we will not be able to support or troubleshoot the python2-based version of TUI any longer.
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      * the ToO policy is not easily found. //We are working on a document// that we can post on the scheduling page to make this information more easy to locate.
   * Nancy: get updated on pyKOSMOS and report to UC next month. Status: OPEN.
+  * UC reps: notify your users about the option of using pyvista (and/or some of the other packages listed above) for data reduction. -> CLOSED
+  * UC reps: notify your users that Nancy is seeking 1-2 more echelle users to participate in the tiger team charged with firming up the science requirements for a new echelle spectrograph. -> CLOSED
+  * UC reps: poll your department users and if there is a need for a remote training in option for Q2, notify Russet ASAP (within the next day or so). -> CLOSED
+  * UC reps: remind your users that they should notify us if their plans change and they wish to forfeit their week of scheduled ARCSAT time. -> CLOSED
 New action items from this meeting:
   * Nancy: track down missing ARCTIC data reduction scripts for wiki.
   * UC reps: notify your KOSMOS users that counts > 150k are not physical.
-  * UC reps:
+  * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q2 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it.
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 === All Other Business ===
-AAS meeting in Albuquerque June 4-8
+The June 2023 AAS meeting will be held in Albuquerque on June 4-8. Although we are not normally in the habit of having an exhibitor booth at the summer meetings, particularly after just having been at the preceding winter meeting, we (APO) will have a booth at this meeting given its proximity to APO. It represents an excellent opportunity to highlight exciting science results enabled by a New Mexico-based astronomical facility like APO. If anyone from our ARC member institutions or lease partners is planning to attend the June AAS meeting please let Nancy know so we can promote their work!
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