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| === Additional site, telescope and instrument discussion === | === Additional site, telescope and instrument discussion === | ||
| - | The weather improved during May (although thunderstorms are in the forecast for later this week!). Dust and winds have been the main weather | + | The weather improved during May (although thunderstorms are in the forecast for later this week!). Dust and wind have been the main weather |
| Joanne has been in touch with Bill about the turnaround time for new slit masks for KOSMOS; the bare minimum is 2 weeks but ideally people should allow longer. She may ask for some more masks to be made this week in preparation of her summer observing runs (on June 28 and in Q3). | Joanne has been in touch with Bill about the turnaround time for new slit masks for KOSMOS; the bare minimum is 2 weeks but ideally people should allow longer. She may ask for some more masks to be made this week in preparation of her summer observing runs (on June 28 and in Q3). | ||
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| === 2024 Q3 3.5m scheduling === | === 2024 Q3 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | Amanda is working on the draft schedule; we hope to have it done by the end of this week or early next week. | + | Amanda is working on the Q3 schedule; we hope to have it finalized and published |
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| === 2024 Q2 0.5 scheduling === | === 2024 Q2 0.5 scheduling === | ||
| - | All of the Q2 time on ARCSAT is spoken for (the last week of June is reserved for engineering). The call for Q3 requests will go out after the 3.5m schedule is published, and proposals will likely be due in the last week of June (with the Q3 schedule starting in early July). The shutdown dates for ARCSAT will be same as for the 3.5m, i.e. August 12-26. | + | All of the Q2 time on ARCSAT is spoken for (the last week of June is reserved for engineering). The call for Q3 requests will go out after the 3.5m Q3 schedule is published, and proposals will likely be due in the last week of June (with the Q3 schedule starting in early July). The shutdown dates for ARCSAT will be same as for the 3.5m, i.e. August 12-26. |
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| === Website Modernization Effort === | === Website Modernization Effort === | ||
| - | Idea: have users look at the new web site and check if the stuff you access | + | A lot of work has been done behind the scenes to develop a new APO web site. Shane Thomas has created a whole separate web site with a more modern front end and database-driven apps on the back end. It has been time consuming to port all of the existing web site content over, which was the first step, and recently we have been evaluating how to improve the user experience and remove redundant or unnecessary information. We are now at the point of being ready to solicit feedback on the content of the new web site. All users are encouraged to review |
| - | Ben Williams provided an update regarding work being done to develop a new APO web site. Shane has created a whole separate web site with a more modern front end and database-driven apps on the back end. It has been time consuming to port all of the existing web site content over, which was the first step, and then evaluating how to improve the user experience and remove redundant or unnecessary information. We are getting close to the point where we will be ready to seek broader feedback on the new web site from the user community; we are aiming to provide the link to new site at the next Users Committee meeting so people can check it out and provide feedback. | + | The deadline for providing feedback |
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| Open action items from previous meetings: | Open action items from previous meetings: | ||
| - | * Nancy: get ROM costs for new KOSMOS grisms. | + | * Nancy: get ROM costs for new KOSMOS grisms. |
| - | * We are in the process of putting together some quotes and working with vendors, and will make decisions from there. We will use examples that had been requested by users previously in order to get quotes so we have some idea of what will be possible. STATUS: OPEN. | + | * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q2 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. STATUS: OPEN. |
| - | * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q2 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. | + | * UC reps: remind your users to send Nancy references for all 3.5m- and 0.5m-related publications from Jan. 1 2023 to present by the deadline of June 30. STATUS: OPEN. |
| - | * UC reps: publication record | + | |
| Open action items from this meeting: | Open action items from this meeting: | ||
| - | * UC reps: web site | + | * UC reps: please notify your ARCTIC users that the diffuser rotation capability is available once again. |
| + | * UC reps: ask your users to review the alpha version of the new web site to determine whether the content they are used to finding on the web site is still there and easy to find. All feedback should be provided through the Google sheet given above. The deadline for user feedback on the web site content is July 2. | ||
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| === All Other Business === | === All Other Business === | ||
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| + | None. | ||
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