Gemini Open House at the AAS meeting

An informal Gemini Open House held at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Long Beach, California, stimulated many lively discussions (Figure 3). Plans for visiting instruments and options for a rapid peer-reviewed time allocation process generated the most interest among participants. These conversations will continue at other partner astronomy meetings throughout this year, which Gemini Director Markus Kissler-Patig plans to attend. We do expect visiting instruments to be open to all soon, with plans for both the Differential Speckle Survey Instrument (DSSI) and TEXES at Gemini North during 2013B. Full details will be included in the regular call for proposals.