2005 Radio and Submillimeter Astronomy Planning Group
Requested input from Project/Facility Directors/Leaders:
First round: 8Nov2004

I. General project/facility description
  1. Overview of the facility/project
  2. Managing institution and organization
  3. Funding sources (percent NSF, other federal, state, international,
     private)
  4. Construction history and cost (include timeline, total cost in
     constant dollars -- please indicate assumptions)
  5. Operational history and cost (ditto, as applies)

II. Technical
  1. Specifics of telescope/instrument (aperture, frequency bands,
     point source sensitivity, spectral capabilities, etc.)
  2. New capabilities anticipated/planned in next 5-10 years

III. User profile (if existing facility; please give numbers for 2003)
  1. % of "open skies" time
  2. Institutional affiliations of users
  3. Student access, involvement, usage

IV. Science Overview
  1. Bullets of current forefront scientific programs
  2. Bullets of major discoveries (all years)
  3. Bullets of science highlights of last 5 years
  4. Bullets of main **future** science questions to be addressed
     Please be as specific as possible (not just: "star formation in
     galaxies").
  5. Bullets of synergies with other major forefront facilities
  6. Bullets of **unique** contributions

V. Education/Outreach activities
  1. Visitor facility (description, programs, number of visitors,
     budget, funding sources)
  2. Student programs (description, eligibility, number of students,
     activities, funding sources)
  3. Other (as apply)

VI. Documentation/website URLs
  1. URL of facility website
  2. URL of EPO website
  3. URL(s) of any brief overviews of project/facility
  4. URL(s) of miscellaneous documentation (e.g. proposals, project
  books, science cases, etc)



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Tentative Contact List: (If you are not the appropriate contact
person, please let us know. Thanks.)

    Program            Contact
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      VLA                Lo
      VLBA               Lo
      GBT                Lo
      Arecibo            Brown
 
      ALMA               Lo
       
      EVLA               Lo
      SKA                Cordes
      CARMA              Sargent
      SP10m              Carlstrom
 
      FASR               Bastian
 
      ATA                Welch
      SMA                Moran
      ARO                Ziurys
      CSO                Phillips
      FCRAO              Schloerb
      LMT                Schloerb
      AT25               Giovanelli
      LWA                Kassim
      MWA                Lonsdale
      Other CMB          Myers, Carlstrom
 
      ARISE              Fomalont
      Herschel           Wiseman
      Planck             Carlstrom
      SIRA               MacDowell