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 === 2025 Q3 3.5m scheduling ===
- Open B-halfs available in late July and early August, including dark time!
+There are several open B-halves available in late July and early August, including dark time! 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).
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 === 2025 Q3 0.5m scheduling ===
- weeks open (early August and early September)
+There are two weeks open on the Q3 ARCSAT schedule in early August and early September. 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).
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 === Status of new instrument initiatives ===
-Ocotillo purchase orders are largely in or in the process of going in.  Procurement times are uncertain.  Soonercam survey results to be collated soon
+The Ocotillo purchase orders are largely in or are in the process of being generated and submitted.  Procurement times are uncertain. The SoonerCam survey results will be collated soon.
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 === Annual Request to Update Publication Record ===
-Please send Nancy any references for 3.5m-related publications (anything published from Jan 1 2024 to now). The deadline is June 30 (keeping this on the agenda because the response has been underwhelming). See last month’s minutes for explanation of why these metrics are important. The listing should include refereed publications and student theses and dissertations (not conference abstracts unless they are peer reviewed) that made use of data acquired with the 3.5m and/or ARCSAT, published from 2024 to the present. If a paper has been submitted to a journal but has not yet completely gone through the review process, please include that as well, with the name of the journal and “submitted.”
+Please send Nancy any references for 3.5m-related publications (anything published from Jan 1 2024 to now). The nominal deadline was June 30 but we have received relatively few responses so users are encouraged to complete this action item. See last month’s minutes for explanation of why these metrics are important. The listing should include refereed publications and student theses and dissertations (not conference abstracts unless they are peer reviewed) that made use of data acquired with the 3.5m and/or ARCSAT, published from 2024 to the present. If a paper has been submitted to a journal but has not yet completely gone through the review process, please include that as well, with the name of the journal and “submitted.”
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 ) Observing specialist - there are two postings for this; applicants should choose the one that best matches their education and experience level:
-Support Astronomer: https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/support-astronomer-nmsu-satellite-location-new-mexico-united-states
+  * Support Astronomer: [[https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/support-astronomer-nmsu-satellite-location-new-mexico-united-states]]
-Telescope Ops Specialist: https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/telescope-ops-spec-remote-locations-new-mexico-united-states
+  * Telescope Ops Specialist: [[https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/telescope-ops-spec-remote-locations-new-mexico-united-states]]
 ) 3.5m Telescope Engineer - there will be two postings for this; applicants should choose the one that best matches their education and experience level:
-Chief Telescope Technologist: https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/chief-telescope-technologist-las-cruces-new-mexico-united-states
+  * Chief Telescope Technologist: [[https://careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/chief-telescope-technologist-las-cruces-new-mexico-united-states]]
-Mechanical Engineer: posting is coming soon - check back at  https://careers.nmsu.edu !
+  * Mechanical Engineer: posting is coming soon - check back at [[https://careers.nmsu.edu]] !
 These will be advertised in the July AAS Job Register but please share this announcement with anyone whom you think would be well qualified for these positions.
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 Open action items from previous meetings:
   * Nancy: get Mt. Cuba Foundation proposal for new KOSMOS grisms submitted. STATUS: CLOSED. Nancy submitted the proposal on 6/23/25.
-  * UC reps: ask your users to complete the survey regarding needs/desires for a high speed imaging capability. The link to this survey was sent out to 35m-general on May 6, 2025 by Mukremin Kilic and it is also here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJG6zQg7YtGxGhAtaKULHyzZVZe29uHCiegcHdM0edglN1gw/viewform
+  * UC reps: ask your users to complete the survey regarding needs/desires for a high speed imaging capability. The link to this survey was sent out to 35m-general on May 6, 2025 by Mukremin Kilic and it is also here: [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJG6zQg7YtGxGhAtaKULHyzZVZe29uHCiegcHdM0edglN1gw/viewform]]  Bill is planning to collate the results, but if there are too few responses now, the survey will stay open longer. STATUS: OPEN.
-Bill is planning to collate the results, but if there are too few responses now, the survey will stay open longer. STATUS: OPEN.
   * UC reps: ask your users to send Nancy the bibliographic information for any papers published in 2024-2025 that are resulting from 3.5m or ARCSAT data. STATUS: OPEN
 New action items from this meeting:
-None.
+  * UC reps: remind your users to review the Q3 schedule and request OPEN/DD time if they can make a good case for it. STATUS: OPEN.
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