Recent Meetings: Operations Working Group and Users’ Committee

The semesterly Operations Working Group meeting, engaging representatives from all National Gemini Offices and observatory staff, took place on August 21 and 22. Conducted remotely, meeting times were spread over two days in order to be reasonable for most participants around the world. The key outcome of the meeting was to set the semester 2014A Call for Proposals, which will be released August 30.

The Users’ Committee for Gemini (UCG) completed their annual meeting in Hilo as well on August 26 and 27. After an evening summit visit on August 25, the meeting commenced with key topics including plans for a user-contributed data reduction forum and new visiting observing modes. Watch for the full report from the meeting to be posted soon on the Gemini website. The UCG aims to represent the broad user experience, so please continue to let them know of your needs at any time. Member names and contact information are posted here.