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| === Additional site, telescope and instruments discussion === | === Additional site, telescope and instruments discussion === | ||
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| + | We held a public Open House at APO on October 11, during which we welcomed roughly 200 visitors to APO for tours, talks and interactive exhibits. Thanks to the nearly 30 volunteers from APO, Sunspot Solar Observatory, | ||
| There were three class visits in Oct-Nov and another one coming up at the end of this week. Currently most of the training responsibilities have been transferred over to Russet and Amanda. | There were three class visits in Oct-Nov and another one coming up at the end of this week. Currently most of the training responsibilities have been transferred over to Russet and Amanda. | ||
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| === Website update === | === Website update === | ||
| - | We are tentatively planning to launch the new website on January 13, 2026. We are currently working on updating the procedure for staff access for the portion of the website that will be behind a login. The old website will still be accessible, at least for some TBD time period, but ideally we would like users to migrate to the new site and let us know if there is critical information that they can no longer find. | + | We are tentatively planning to launch the new website on January 13, 2026. We are currently working on updating the procedure for staff access for the portion of the website that will be behind a login. The old website will still be accessible, at least for some TBD time period, but the goal is for all users to migrate to the new site and let us know if there is critical information that they can no longer find. |
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| === Recap from ARC Board of Governors meeting === | === Recap from ARC Board of Governors meeting === | ||
| - | Nancy presented a subset of slides from her presentations to the ARC Board of Governors meeting in early November to provide the UC reps with a summary of the operations, science achievements, | + | Nancy presented a subset of slides from her presentations to the ARC Board of Governors meeting in early November to provide the UC reps with a summary of the 2025 operations, science achievements, |
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| === Plans for Jan. 2026 AAS meeting === | === Plans for Jan. 2026 AAS meeting === | ||
| - | We are planning to have a joint APO-SDSS-SciServer booth at the January 2026 AAS meeting in Phoenix. We'd love to connect with faculty, staff, postdoc and student users of APO while at the meeting. Please stop by the booth, and please let us know if any of your department members are planning to present results derived from APO data so we can showcase them! | + | We will have a joint APO-SDSS-SciServer booth at the January 2026 AAS meeting in Phoenix. We'd love to connect with faculty, staff, postdoc and student users of APO while at the meeting. Please stop by the booth, and please let us know if any of your department members are planning to present results derived from APO data so we can showcase them! |
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| === Data archiving discussion === | === Data archiving discussion === | ||
| - | Nancy discussed the fact that we are exploring the possibility of working with an exiting | + | Nancy discussed the fact that we are exploring the possibility of working with an existing |
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| New action items from this meeting: | New action items from this meeting: | ||
| * UC reps: alert your users that if they plan to attend the Jan. 2026 AAS meeting and present results derived from APO data they should notify Nancy. | * UC reps: alert your users that if they plan to attend the Jan. 2026 AAS meeting and present results derived from APO data they should notify Nancy. | ||
| + | * UC reps: please discuss the idea of archiving our 3.5m data with your users and report back with any reactions, either positive (e.g., advantages that they see to having a data archive) or negative (e.g., potential issues or concerns). | ||
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| === Proposed meeting schedule for 2026 === | === Proposed meeting schedule for 2026 === | ||
| - | There was no objection to maintaining the same meeting schedule in 2026, i.e. the first Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am MT. The only exception will be in January, since the first Tuesday conflicts with the AAS meeting so we moved it one week later. Therefore, the 2026 meeting dates will be on Jan 13, Feb 03, Mar 03, Apr 07, May 05, Jun 02, Jul 07, Aug 04, Sep 01, Oct 06, Nov 03, Dec 01. Nancy will send around an updated Zoom calendar | + | There was no objection to maintaining the same meeting schedule in 2026, i.e. the first Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am MT. The only exception will be in January, since the first Tuesday conflicts with the AAS meeting so we moved it one week later. Therefore, the 2026 meeting dates will be on Jan 13, Feb 03, Mar 03, Apr 07, May 05, Jun 02, Jul 07, Aug 04, Sep 01, Oct 06, Nov 03, Dec 01. Nancy will send around an updated Zoom meeting |
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