Dear APO 3.5m community, Please take a moment to respond to the survey described below, which is located at: http://www.noao.edu/system-roadmap/communitysurvey/ I am a member of the System Roadmap committee, which is trying to produce a broad overview of ground-based O/IR astronomy, including both private and public facilities. We are trying to get the widest possible participation in the survey so that the input we give to the NSF portfolio review committee will be truly representative. Also, if you are using the APO 3.5m telescope, please note that in the appropriate place in the survey! Thanks, Suzanne Hawley Director, ARC 3.5m Telescope Apache Point Observatory ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:45:34 -0700 From: Buell Jannuzi <jannuzi@noao.edu> To: currents-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Survey of Community Needs for U.S. Ground-based Optical/IR Observing System Dear Colleagues, The System Roadmap Committee has been formed by NOAO to assess the state of the ground-based O/IR system of observing facilities, i.e. all ground-based optical/IR telescopes operated by U.S. institutions, including both federal and non-federal. We are a successor to the past ALTAIR and ReSTAR Committees that performed valuable one-time assessments of the state of the system. We are a standing committee that will advise NOAO and the community on an annual basis. We will recommend near term and long term plans to execute the scientific goals of the U.S. astronomical community as described in Astro2010 (New Worlds, New Horizons) and future Decadal Surveys. More details about the System Roadmap Committee are available at our webpage. In the very near term, a critical event for the future of U.S. ground-based astronomy will be the NSF Portfolio Review. The Portfolio Review committee has been charged by the NSF Astronomy division to recommend a balance of investments in new and existing NSF funded facilities and grants programs to enable progress on the science questions identified by Astro2010. They are to make recommendations for the period from 2015 to 2025. In order to provide input into the portfolio review process from the O/IR community, we are soliciting feedback from the broad astronomical community. We have compiled a questionnaire that will help us understand the importance of existing facilities to the community?s pursuit of Astro2010 related science. We hope that you will take 15-30 minutes to complete our survey, available here: http://www.noao.edu/system-roadmap/communitysurvey/ The results from this survey are vital to informing our input to the Portfolio Review. The information you provide will help us document the role the ground-based O/IR system will play in pursuing the high priority science identified by Astro2010. We welcome your participation in this survey. Because of the short timescale for input into the Portfolio Review, responses will be most useful if received by December 2. Sincerely yours, Tom Soifer and Buell Jannuzi Co-chairs System Roadmap Committee APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 1252 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