Subject: The Portfolio Review and the Optical-IR System

From: Suzanne Hawley

Submitted: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:40:53 -0800 (PST)

Message number: 1296 (previous: 1295, next: 1297 up: Index)

To the members of the ARC 3.5m community,

I'd like to call your attention to the statement recently issued by the 
Ground-based OIR System Roadmap Committee (of which Michael Strauss and I 
are both members) on the NSF/AST Portfolio Review Committee report.  You 
can find the statement at: 
http://www.noao.edu/currents/201211.html#statement

The Portfolio Review Committee recommendations will have a significant 
impact on ground-based OIR astronomy.  With concerns about the health of 
the OIR community in mind, the System Roadmap Committee statement makes 
recommendations regarding the implementation of the report that are 
intended to reflect the views of the broad community.

Please take a moment to review the statement and, if you agree with it, to 
endorse it.  The aggregate voice of community opinion is important in 
determining the outcome of the Portfolio Review process.

To endorse the statement, visit the System Roadmap Committee's petition 
website: 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dC1lSENxMEJOLWVJXy1ldVdPR0RCQnc6MQ 
and enter your name and affiliation, check the "I endorse the statement" 
box, and hit "Submit".  You may also endorse the statement by sending an 
email to system.roadmap@gmail.com.

Comments and questions on the statement are welcome at an online community 
forum: http://ast.noao.edu/node/201 or by email to 
system.roadmap@gmail.com.

Suzanne Hawley
ARC 3.5m Director

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