Australia Telescope Users Committee

Introduction

The Australia Telescope Users Committee (ATUC) is a group of fifteen to twenty scientists (the number varies from year to year) who represent the users of the Australia Telescope National Facility. This committee is appointed by the ATNF Steering Committee and meets twice a year, usually around June and December.

ATUC meetings are a forum for ATNF users to raise any problems they have experienced with the operation of the Facilities and to suggest changes to its operation: this discussion provides feedback for the ATNF management. ATUC also discusses and recommends priorities for ATNF future development plans and costings. If you have a matter you would like raised at an ATUC meeting, please contact one of the members, or fill in the online feedback form.

ATUC also request agenda items and report back to users on their meetings via 4 emails to a general list per year, generally before and after each ATUC meeting.

ATUC have terms of reference to operate under.

The most recent meeting was held on 28th/29th October 2009.

You can contact ATUC via the following: ATNFUsersCommittee[at]csiro dot au

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Documents for the next ATUC Meeting

• The next ATUC meetings will occur on 26/27 May and 20/21 October 2010.

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Document Repository

Repository of documents presented at ATUC meetings that users frequently ask for.

• Proposed changes to the TAC process
• L/S and C/X options for ATCA
• ATNF Science Priorities
• ATNF Future Operations
• Millimetre White Paper
• Miriad review June 2006

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ATUC Science Meetings

• CABB Science Day 13 May 2009
• ATCA Science Day 11 June 2008
• ATNF Science Symposium 30 April 2007
• Scientific Opportunities with the Compact Array at 25-50 GHz 31 May 2005
• xNTD Science Workshop 6 April 2005
• ATCA Broadband Backend Upgrade Workshop 13 September 2004

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Proceedings of Previous Meetings

28th/29th October 2009	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's Reply and ATUC Status
13/14/15 May 2009	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's Reply and ATUC Status
27/28 October 2008	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's Reply and ATUC Status
7/8 May 2008	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
5/6 November 2007	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply,WVR Report
1/2 May 2007	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
23/24 Oct 2006	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
6/7 Jun 2006	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
1/2 Dec 2005	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
15/16 Jun 2005	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
9/10 Dec 2004	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply (MS Word)
15/16 Jun 2004	Agenda	Supporting documents	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply (MS Word)
3/4 Nov 2003	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply (HTML, MS Word).
3/4 Mar 2003	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
5/6 Nov 2002	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
11/12 Apr 2002	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
13/14 Nov 2001	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
19/20 Mar 2001	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
26/27 Oct 2000	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
9/10 Mar 2000	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
September 1999	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
March 1999	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
November 1998	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
March 1998	Participants	Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
November 1997		Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
March 1997		Agenda	ATUC Report to the Director	Director's reply
December 1996			ATUC Report to the Director
May 1996			ATUC Report to the Director
November 1995			ATUC Report to the Director
April 1995			ATUC Report to the Director
November 1994			ATUC Report to the Director

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Current AT Users Committee Members

(Dates of first and last meetings are shown.)
Chair
Dr Sarah Maddison	(May 2009 - Oct 2011)	Swinburne University of Technology
Secretary
Dr Stacy Mader	(May 2008 - Oct 2010)	Australia Telescope National Facility
Members
Dr. Andrew Walsh	(Oct 2007 - May 2010)	James Cook University
Dr Hayley Bignall	(Oct 2008 - May 2011)	Curtin University
Dr Tara Murphy	(Oct 2008 - May 2011)	University of Sydney
Dr Indra Bains	(Oct 2008 - May 2011)	Swinburne University of Technology
Dr. James Urquhart	(Oct 2008 - May 2011)	Australia Telescope National Facility
Dr. John Dickey	(Oct 2009 - May 2012)	University of Tasmania
Dr. Chris Springob	(Oct 2009 - May 2012)	Anglo Australian Observatory
Student Members
Aquib Moin	(Oct 2009 - May 2010)	Curtin University
Elizabeth Mahony	(Oct 2009 - May 2010)	University of Sydney

The AT Steering Committee appoints new members to ATUC. New members usually start their first meeting in October and finish their three year term after the May ATUC meeting in their last year. Students are appointed for one year (two meetings). The AAO also has a Users' Committee, (AAOUC).