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<p class="xxxxmsonormal"><span style="color:black">Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxmsonormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">Members of the Australian astronomical community are invited to nominate for positions on the </span><span style="color:#212121">Australia Telescope User Committee (ATUC) and </span><span style="color:black">Time Allocation
Committee (TAC) of the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Below please find an outline of the vacant positions and a brief summary of each committee. The closing date for nominations is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Wednesday 31 March 2021</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Australia Telescope User Committee (ATUC)</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">ATUC is a group of ten to fifteen scientists, including two student members, that represents the users of the Australia Telescope National Facility. ATUC meetings are a forum for users to raise any issues regarding the operation of
the facility and to suggest changes to its operation. ATUC also discusses and recommends priorities for ATNF future development plans. ATUC meets twice a year, usually in April and October. Members are appointed for a term of three years, with student members
being appointed for one year (two meetings). New members will join ATUC beginning at its October 2021 meeting.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">More information:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/raHGCr81nyt88qJp9i7IUNb?domain=atnf.csiro.au">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/management/atuc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">ATNF Time Assignment Committee (TAC)</span></b><span style="color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The TAC is the committee that reviews and grades proposals for time on the Parkes radio telescope, Australia Telescope Compact Array and Long Baseline Array and host country time on antennas of the Canberra Deep Space Communication
Complex at Tidbinbilla. In future, the TAC will also review proposals for Guest Science Projects on the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). The TAC meets twice a year, generally in early February and late July. Members are appointed for a
term of three years. New members will join the TAC beginning at its February 2022</span><span style="color:#212121"> </span><span style="color:black">meeting. Expressions of Interest from researchers in the fields of pulsars, star formation, radio galaxies
and AGN, transients, and polarisation are particularly encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxxxxmsonormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">More information:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/yeZfCvl1rKi779VGXSX6XAJ?domain=atnf.csiro.au/">http://www.atnf.csiro.au/management/tac/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Next steps</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Nominees are asked to send their name, affiliation and a < 100 word summary of their specialisation to Amanda Gray (<a href="mailto:Amanda.Gray@csiro.au">Amanda.Gray@csiro.au</a>) by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Wednesday
31 March 2021</b>. Please include in the subject line of your email which committee you are interested in.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">ATUC and the TAC are sub-committees of the ATNF Steering Committee (ATSC). At its May meeting, the ATSC will review nominations for membership, taking into consideration the range of specialisations and experience required for effective
operation of its sub-committees. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For further information, please contact Phil Edwards (<a href="mailto:Philip.Edwards@csiro.au">Philip.Edwards@csiro.au</a>).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Regards</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#00A9CE">Douglas Bock <br>
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CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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