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| === Website Modernization Effort === | === Website Modernization Effort === | ||
| - | We are now planning to move forward with two parallel efforts, One is some work on the back end of things to stand up | + | We are now planning to move forward with two parallel efforts, One is some work on the back end of things to stand up a dummy server to practice the changeover from our old website to a new one. The other is to engage with a wider set of stakeholders to obtain feedback on the website design. This activity will ramp back up after the new year. |
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| === IT Security === | === IT Security === | ||
| + | We are increasingly concerned about potential IT security threats to our system. One possible change that will be made in the coming months is to change (and more regularly update) the TUI password. We will continue to provide details to our users as these plans develop. | ||
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| === Recent ARC BoG Meeting === | === Recent ARC BoG Meeting === | ||
| - | xxx | + | Nancy presented a summary of the 3.5m-related activities for 2024 (including science highlights from each ARC member institution) at the ARC Board of Governors meeting on Friday November 8, 2024. The Board was positive about our reports and approved our budget request for 2025. |
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| === Status of new instrument initiatives === | === Status of new instrument initiatives === | ||
| + | Nancy provided some updates on instrumentation. Ocotillo underwent a Critical Design Review in mid-October and the review panel is working on finalizing their report to deliver back to the instrument team. Work is continuing on the new echelle spectrograph (now called ASPEN, short for ARC Spectrograph for Echelle iNvestigations) and some funding requests have been submitted. We will continue to update this group on a regular basis concerning both initiatives. | ||
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| * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q4 and Q1 schedules and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. STATUS: OPEN. | * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q4 and Q1 schedules and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. STATUS: OPEN. | ||
| * UC reps: remind your users that they can propose to use Agile in Q1 2025 (but must include a backup instrument). STATUS: CLOSED. | * UC reps: remind your users that they can propose to use Agile in Q1 2025 (but must include a backup instrument). STATUS: CLOSED. | ||
| - | * UC reps: alert your users to the fact that plans are being formulated for decommissioning DIS. | ||
| Open action items from this meeting: | Open action items from this meeting: | ||
| - | xxxxxx | + | * UC reps: poll your Agile users concerning whether or not they adjust the camera gain setting |
| + | * UC reps: alert your users to the fact that plans are being formulated for decommissioning DIS (see below). | ||
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| === All Other Business === | === All Other Business === | ||
| - | None. | + | Nancy raised the topic of decommissioning DIS. It is no longer performing in an optimal fashion and was not serviced in Q4 due to the fact that there was no demand for the instrument. Notably, 2024 was the first year that KOSMOS was the most frequently used instrument on the 3.5m, with ARCES as the second-most requested instrument. Nancy and Bill are developing a decommissioning plan and will provide more updates in Q1 2025. Meanwhile, UC reps: please alert your users to our plans for DIS and let us know if there is any feedback from the users. |
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| === Next meeting === | === Next meeting === | ||
| - | The next meeting will be on January 7, 2025 at 10:30 MST. (??) | + | The next meeting will be on January 7, 2025 at 10:30 MST. |
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