By the way, an eight page document on preferred and priority access has been drafted, and will be discussed by the BPAC in its early June meeting. Combined with the three new clauses referred to above, a lot of these issues will become clearer. I cannot talk about this in any detail because of the current contract negotiations with NRCan. The techniques of interest to NRCan will be available in the initial 10 lines. The priority access arrangements will be consistent with the old clause 8.
Equitable access is a high level principle in all access arrangements.
All of the initial beamlines must be owned by the University of Saskatchewan. It is anticipated that any proprietary fee for service use of the facility would provide ownership of all data and IP to the client. Further discussion of issues will permit clarification of CLS policy in this regard. The BPAC is a scientific planning and advisory group appointed by and reporting to, the CLS Executive Director. Help implement FAC recommendations.