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New Members of the SOFIA Users Group(Former SSSC)

Eric Becklin

SOFIA Chief Science Advisor

SSSC NASA Ames

May 11, 2011

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Outline of Material

• Motivation for going from SSSC to SUG

• Present members of the SSSC

• Proposed make up of SOFIA User’s Group (SUG)

• What old members need to be replaced

• Proposed membership with TBD’s

• How to get good TBD’s

• Other issues

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• In the JSPP-2, the SSPC’s primary task is to monitor the scientific operation of SOFIA, provide feedback on scientific performance and policies. They are the scientific oversight committee.

• The SUG is to review the scientifically relevant technical performance of the SOFIA observatory and to provide technical feedback. The SUG represents the user community.

• The SSSC was put in place for development of SOFIA we are now starting operations.

Motivation for Transition from SSSC to SUG

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Present Members of SSSC

• Mark Morris (Co-Chair, UC Los Angeles)

• Urs Graf (Co-Chair, University of Cologne)

• John Bally (University of Colorado)

• Ted Bergin (University of Michigan)

• Imke De Pater (UC Berkeley)

• Robert Gehrz (University of Minnesota)

• Alfred Krabbe (DSI)

• Margaret Meixner (Space Telescope Science Institute)

• Keith Noll (Space Telescope Science Institute)

• Instrument PIs (ex-officio members, non voting)

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Proposed Makeup of the SUG

• 10 Users from the community…..2 who would be from Germany.

• 2 members of the present instrument teams

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Present members that should be replaced

• Mark Morris (Been a member of and on for 15 years)

• Alfred Krabbe (Present Director of the DSI)

• Margaret Meixner (Member of the SSPC)

• Instrument PIs (all ex-officio members except for 2)

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Proposed Members• Robert Gehrz (Co-Chair, University of Minnesota)

• Urs Graf (Co-Chair, University of Cologne)

• John Bally (University of Colorado)

• Ted Bergin (University of Michigan)

• Imke De Pater (UC Berkeley)

• Keith Noll (Space Telescope Science Institute)

• TBD (US User)

• TBD (US User)

• TBD (US User)

• TBD (German User)

• TBD (German User)

• TBD (US Instrument PI)

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How to get Good new members: Present Users

• Gehrz (for Humphries)

• Harvey

• Looney

• Lundquist (for Kubulnicky)

• Werner (presently SSPC so not good)

• Whittney (for Tan)

• Cole/Rebull

• Rubin

• Neufeld

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Other good people and other considerations

• All PI’s and CoI’s that had proposals excepted or proposed

• Well known Herschel and Spitzer users. (those that have given talks at Dan Lester’s tele-talks.)

• We need to get 2 Germans…..best done by DSI or GSWG.

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Other Issues

• The members are appointed by Erick Young in consultation with Hans Zinnecker.

• The SUG reports to Erick Young.

• Do we have enough definition of work in the charter to get good members?

• For example: Future instruments will not be directly related to the SOFIA Users group.

• Relationship to the GSWG.

• We need a written charter for the SUG.