GOF staffing is expected to be stable for the next few years with a gradual shift of personnel to the Astro-E effort. The archive will be moved to a new jukebox. Discussion of the status of the individual detector systems was deferred to the relevant Workshop sessions. Keith gave a presentation on the status of the instrumental calibration, and inconsistencies seen between the SIS and GIS detectors. The most significant calibration uncertainties seem to relate to problems with the telescope optical constants, rather than mirror contamination as suggested previously.
Difficulties still exist with the low energy calibration.
Workshop Preparation Much of the remainder of the meeting was spent discussing the preparations for the Cherry Blossom Workshop that immediately followed the AUG meeting. Topics for the Workshop Panel were considered and the future direction of ASCA science was discussed. The next AUG meeting is expected to be in the spring of 1998.