To members of the 3.5m users community: As documented in recent 3.5m users committee minutes, the NSF has charged a committee (called ReSTAR) with carrying out a survey of the astronomical community to assess the interest in supporting scientific programs on small and moderate sized (less than 6m) telescopes. This comes from the Senior Review report, and the 3rd Telescope Systems Workshop report, both of which highlighted the need for telescopes of this size. Obviously the 3.5m falls into this class. If you have not already done so, please take a moment to go to the ReSTAR web page and provide your input. An NSF program that provides funding for telescopes of this size could be an attractive option for improving our instrumentation and supporting our operations in the future. The committee web page is located at: http://www.noao.edu/system/restar and the form to submit input is linked off that page. The committee will meet next on July 30-31 to consider the input; responses received before then will be most likely to be effective. Suzanne Hawley Director, ARC 3.5m Telescope APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 1042 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO