The deadline for 4Q2003 observing requests will be approximately 1 week earlier than it would have been on our normal scheduling pattern. Institutional schedulers should send their requests to me by AUGUST 22; it will not be possible to give significant extentions beyond that date. (On our usual pattern the deadline would have been the end of the month with a couple of days "grace period".) In order to accommodate this earlier deadline, it will probably be necessary to advance the schedule of proposal deadlines, TAC meetings and so forth at most or all institutions. Thus, the change is being announced well in advance and distributed to User Cmte members and apo35-general as well as schedulers, just to make sure no one is caught by surprise. I will also endeavor to send out the institutional allocations earlier than normal. Thanks for your help, Ed Turner APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 680 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