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| - | Attending: Nancy Chanover (NMSU), | + | Attending: Nancy Chanover (NMSU), |
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| - | Jamey Eriksen | + | |
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| * Seattle - nothing to report | * Seattle - nothing to report | ||
| - | * FGCU | + | * FGCU - no report |
| - | * NAPG | + | * NAPG - no report |
| - | * Oklahoma | + | * Oklahoma |
| - | * NMSU | + | * NMSU - nothing to report |
| - | * BYU | + | * BYU - nothing to report |
| - | * JHU | + | * JHU - nothing to report |
| - | * Georgia State | + | * Georgia State - nothing to report |
| - | * Colorado | + | * Colorado |
| - | * Washington | + | * Washington |
| - | * UVa | + | * UVa - nothing to report |
| - | * Wyoming | + | * Wyoming |
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| === Additional site, telescope and instrument discussion === | === Additional site, telescope and instrument discussion === | ||
| - | xxx | + | APO received a few inches of snow in the last couple of days and they are expecting another storm at the end of this week. There was a water line leak last week and the T1 cable was damaged during the digging process in repairing the water leak. The T1 connectivity has been restored as of yesterday. The telescope is working well. |
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| + | We did not receive any user feedback concerning the recent computer issue. Anyone with questions or concerns is encouraged to contact Nancy. | ||
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| + | UC reps were asked to remind their users that Agile is expected to be available for Q1 but anyone who proposes to use it must also request a backup instrument. | ||
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| === 2024 Q4 3.5m scheduling === | === 2024 Q4 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | We have some unassigned time in Q4 (Oct 26B, Nov 23B and 28B (short), and several | + | We have some unassigned time in Q4 (Nov 23B and 28B (short), and a fair bit in December). Users should look at the schedule and follow the usual channels for requesting this time (i.e. email Russet, Amanda, Ben, Nancy and their institutional scheduler when submitting requests, and provide a proposal cover page if you don't already have a program scheduled for the current quarter). |
| UC reps: Please remind your users to respond to their set-up emails at least 24 hrs in advance of their scheduled observing time. | UC reps: Please remind your users to respond to their set-up emails at least 24 hrs in advance of their scheduled observing time. | ||
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| === 2025 Q1 3.5m scheduling === | === 2025 Q1 3.5m scheduling === | ||
| - | xxx | + | The Q1 allocations going out this afternoon and proposals will be due on November 25. Agile will be back in Q1 and people can request it (but see above re: needing a backup instrument). DIS will be offered in shared-risk mode only during Q1 as there are no plans to service it in Q4. UC reps: please notify your users that we are beginning to plan for the decommissioning of DIS. Anyone with questions or concerns should notify their Users Committee representative as we will be discussing this at future UC meetings. |
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| === 2024 Q4 0.5 scheduling === | === 2024 Q4 0.5 scheduling === | ||
| - | The Q4 ARCSAT scheduled is posted. There was a lot of demand for it this quarter but it seems that everyone got (pretty much) what they wanted. | + | The Q4 ARCSAT scheduled is posted. There is time available in the last week of December |
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| === Website Modernization Effort === | === Website Modernization Effort === | ||
| - | xxx | + | Comments are coming in and the team continues to address the issues that users have brought up. We are working on a test server to do a simulation of flipping the switch to the new site. |
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| === Upcoming ARC BoG Meeting === | === Upcoming ARC BoG Meeting === | ||
| - | xxx | + | The ARC Board of Governors meeting is in several days. Thanks to those who have provided science highlights; Nancy can still accept them through the end of the day. |
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| Open action items from previous meetings: | Open action items from previous meetings: | ||
| - | * Nancy: get ROM costs for new KOSMOS grisms. Sarah reported that she has a finalized quote from one vendor. The grism design turns out to be a little complicated, | + | * Nancy: get ROM costs for new KOSMOS grisms. Sarah reported that she has a finalized quote from one vendor. The grism design turns out to be a little complicated, |
| * Nancy: Ensure that a short description of the impact of satellites be posted on the APO website somewhere and updated every 6 months or so. Nancy received examples of this issue from Anne Verbiscer and will get something added to the current (and new) web site. STATUS: OPEN. | * Nancy: Ensure that a short description of the impact of satellites be posted on the APO website somewhere and updated every 6 months or so. Nancy received examples of this issue from Anne Verbiscer and will get something added to the current (and new) web site. STATUS: OPEN. | ||
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| * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q4 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. | * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q4 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. | ||
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| - | | + | * UC reps: alert your users to the fact that plans are being formulated for decommissioning DIS. |
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| === All Other Business === | === All Other Business === | ||
| - | xxxx DIS xxx. | + | None. |
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