[ASA] Impact of COVID19 shutdown on ESO P105 successful proposals and upcoming Users Committee Meeting (29-30 April)

[Caroline Foster]

Good afternoon everyone,

Please forward this email to all interested parties.

I email you all as the Australian ESO Users Committee representative.

I forward below an email from ESO regarding the treatment of successful P105 proposals. ESO has decided that observations lost during P105 would not be compensated even for A-ranked programs. Successful P105 PIs are asked to resubmit their proposal with the mention that they were successful in P105 (see details in the email below). This does not apply to large programs, which will be carried over.

Given that the UC poll has already closed, I am keen to hear your thoughts on this decision, or indeed any aspect of your ESO user experience by private email. The ESO Users Committee meeting is coming up on 29-30 April, so please do send me any concerns so I may best represent your views at this year’s meeting.

Clear skies!

Best, Caroline
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Dr Caroline Foster
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From: ESO Electronic Newsletter <esoenews at eso.org<mailto:esoenews at eso.org>>
Subject: Advice Regarding the Resubmission of Period 105 Proposals
Date: 16 April 2020 at 7:23:32 pm AEST
To: "esoenews at eso.org<mailto:esoenews at eso.org>" <esoenews at eso.org<mailto:esoenews at eso.org>>


Message to ESO users with time allocated in Period 105



Science operations ceased at all ESO observatories in the week following 22 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. As a result, approved Period 105 programmes are being significantly affected. At this point in time, no robust predictions can be made regarding exactly when operations will resume, but ESO is closely monitoring the situation and will continue to issue updates when appropriate.



Although in accordance with current policies some Period 105 A-ranked Service Mode runs may be carried over into Periods 106-107, observing time lost in Period 105 will not be compensated. If the constraints of your Period 105 programme (e.g. target coordinates and/or time constraints) allow, you may wish to resubmit your accepted Period 105 proposal(s) before the Period 106<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/gWw6Ck81N9t47812FQx0td?domain=eso.org> deadline of 23 April 2020



Please note that all proposals will be considered on an equal basis. However,  in order to help ESO to identify and track resubmissions internally, please enter “Resubmission of accepted P105 proposal.” in the Special Remarks field in the  p1 proposal submission system<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/BLqVClx1Njiky0pRSq0Zr6?domain=eso.org>.



Please e-mail opo at eso.org<mailto:opo at eso.org> if you have any further questions about resubmitting your accepted Period 105 programme.



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