# Presentation: 135462

## GLAST Users Committee (GUC)Report

- Josh Grindlay
- GLAST SWG Meeting
- Stanford
- Oct. 1, 2004

## GUC Members

- Josh Grindlay (Harvard; Chair)
- Dave Bertsch (GSFC)
- Roger Brissenden (SAO)
- Jim Buckley (Washington U.)
- Wim Hermsen (Leiden)
- Jim Ling (JPL)
- Alan Marscher (BU)

- Reshmi Mukherjee (Barnard)
- Rene Ong (UCLA)
- Rita Sambruna (GMU)
- Greg Stacy (LSU)
- Mark Strickman (NRL)
- Ann Wehrle (JPL)

*Ex Officio Members*
- David Band, Don Kniffen, Jon Ormes,
- Chip Meegan, Peter Michelson, Steve Ritz

## Aug. 9-10, 2004, Meeting Agenda

## Slide 4

## Slide 5

## Highlights from Minutes(Minutes posted at http://glast.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/resources/guc/) 

- Mission Report (Steve Ritz presentation)
- Data Challenges (DCs) extend to HEASARC?
- Links between DCs and Pipeline releases?
- User Support (David Band presentation)
- Software docs should emphasize cookbooks
- TOOs should be widely publicized for joint obs
- Joint GLAST-other mission proposals should be allowed
- Committee recommends Science Policy Document

## Representative issues (cont.)

- All Sky Monitor role for GBM? (Jim Ling)
- Can BATSE-type survey be done with GBM?
- GI programs before launch to implement S/W?
- GUC requests GBM vs. BATSE comparisons
- Observing Plans
- Figure of merit of pointing vs. survey needed
- GUC supports emphasis on Survey vs. pointing
- GUC supports Deep Survey programs
- Data Policy (Steve Ritz)
- “Honor Statement” not needed
- GUC supports cost impact of GLAST Fellows

## Representative issues (cont.)

- Multiwavelength campaigns (Dave Thompson)
- GUC strongly supportive
- Interest in pre-launch planning: Large Programs?
- Roles for GUC? (Committee discussion)
- Oversee GSSC
- Review NRAs
- Guidance for resource balance (GI vs. GSSC)
- GLAST Science Symposia and Community outreach
- Support for Senior Reviews in later mission

## Slide 9

## GUC Charter (Draft)

- The GUC provides broad-based input from the GLAST User Community to
- the GLAST Project and NASA Headquarters. Its primary purpose is to
- ensure that interests of the Guest Investigator (GI) community are served
- by the GLAST Science Support Center (GSSC) and Instrument Teams in planning
- for and executing GLAST development and operations. Key areas
- that the Committee shall consider and review include: analysis software
- and data distribution from the GSSC, data rights and policy issues,
- planning for NRAs for selection and execution of GI programs,
- balance of resources for GI programs and support for the analysis and
- data distribution tools developed by the GSSC and Instrument Teams, broad
- dissemination of GLAST science results through Symposia, and future
- development of the field with a GLAST Fellows Program. The GUC
- shall be the primary interface between the user community and Project
- over its lifetime and assist the Project Scientist in preparation
- for future Senior Reviews of the mission during its operational phase.

## GUC Charter (cont.)

- Members of the GUC are chosen by the NASA HQ Program Scientist and Chair,
- in concurrence. Approximately 12 members from the high energy astrophysics
- community and external to the Project shall constitute the Committee,
- with staggered terms of 3 years. Members are chosen for their expertise
- in a broad range of fields, including Particle Physics, relevant to GLAST
- as well as (secondarily) distribution of institutions. The Chair shall also
- serve as an ex-officio member of the Science Working Group (SWG) and be the
- principal conduit between the GUC and SWG.
- The GUC shall report to the GLAST Program Scientist at NASA HQ and Project
- Scientist. Minutes of the Committee meetings, as well as presentations,
- reports and recommendations, shall be posted on the GUC website. Agendas of
- meetings shall be posted well in advance of meetings to encourage
- input from the community at any time.