Data Reduction Forum Is Now Open

We are pleased to announce the release of the Gemini Data Reduction User Forum, located at http://drforum.gemini.edu/. This is intended as a user-supported site for the trading of ideas, scripts, best practices, and for taking part in user-driven public discussions on data reduction processes and strategies. If you have written a script, procedure, tip, or a description of your own process that you think other Gemini users may find helpful in reducing their data sets, please consider posting it here. The Forum's "start here" page gives a brief introduction and some points to note when posting or taking part in discussions. Both the observatory and the Users’ Committee for Gemini are keen to see this Forum well utilized and helpful to a broad segment of our user community. To encourage your involvement, Gemini Director Markus Kissler-Patig has agreed to award Director’s Discretionary observing time to two individuals who will be selected based on the usefulness of their posts. More details will be provided at the forum site soon.