8m Users Group meeting - Tuesday May 9 2006

ESO

Summary of input to UK user survey - Malcolm Bremer

Report from UC - Malcolm Bremer

Presentation
UC agenda
Fact sheet from UC members
Fact sheet from ESO

Instrumentation update - Pat Roche

Time allocation issues

ESO future issues

end to end followup & VISTA
Access to GranTeCan

General discussion & feedback

Gemini

Instrumentation update - Rachel Johnson

Presentation

Use of Gemini - Rachel Johnson

Proposal statistics
Publication statistics

PhaseI and PhaseII issues - Rachel Johnson

Assess UK interest in time swap for other Keck instruments
Reasons for low interest in Subaru in 06B

Gemini Science Meeting - Malcolm Bremer

The next Gemini Science Meeting is planned for May 2007. Both Brasil and the US are interested in hosting it.

Future publications - Malcolm Bremer

What publications are in the pipeline?

What are the limiting factors to producing publications based on Gemini data?

General discussion & feedback