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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Members of the international astronomical community are invited to nominate for positions on the</span><span style="color:#212121"> </span><span class="xil"><span style="color:black">Time</span></span><span style="color:black"> Allocation <span class="xil">Committee</span> (TAC)
of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). The closing date for nominations is <b>Friday 11 September 2020</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xm-2847353733987231347xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">The TAC is the <span class="xil">committee</span> that reviews and grades proposals for <span class="xil">time</span> on the MWA. The TAC meets twice a year, to assess
proposals in the field of low frequency radio interferometry including but not limited to studies of the Sun and ionosphere, low frequency continuum and polarimetric imaging, Epoch of Reionisation observations, and low frequency radio transients. Members are
appointed for a term of two years and we are seeking up to four new members of the TAC. New members will join the TAC beginning at its September/October 2020</span><span style="color:#212121"> </span><span style="color:black">meeting. Current TAC members are
listed here: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Q9oBCNLJyQU2GmM1FmJW95?domain=mwatelescope.org">https://www.mwatelescope.org/team/people#TAC</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xm-2847353733987231347xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Nominees are asked to send their name, affiliation and a <100 word summary of their specialisation to the MWA Director, Prof. Melanie Johnston-Hollitt (Director@mwatelescope.org)
by <b>Friday 11 September 2020</b>. Please include in the subject line of your email that you are applying for consideration as a member of the MWA TAC.</span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xm-2847353733987231347xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">For further information, about the operation of the TAC please contact the MWA Principal Scientist, Dr Luke Pratley (Sceintist@mwatelescope.org).</span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xm-2847353733987231347xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Best regards, </span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xm-2847353733987231347xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Melanie</span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BSc(Hons - Physics), BSc. (Math. & Comp. Sci.), PhD, FASA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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