The US INTEGRAL Users Committee met on February 21, 2006 to discuss various issues related to the NASA Guest Investigator Program, and the future of NASA support of the mission in the US. The agenda, and a number of the view-graph presentations follow.


INTEGRAL Users Committee Meeting


Tuesday, February 21, 2006, NASA GSFC, Building 2, rm. 8
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM


AGENDA


Coffee, Snacks 8:30
Welcome & Introduction Shrader 9:00
Mission Status, ISWT, IUG Issues Teegarden, Kouveliotou 9:10
Report from NASA HQ, MO&DA Senior Review Smale 9:35
Budget Plan: A Leaner Future? Teegarden 9:50
GOF Activities: Data Analysis Workshop, AAS Special Session, GI Program Issues, US Publication Statistics Shrader, All 10:10
Coffee Break ----- 10:40
Senior Review Preparation: Critique Proposal, Budget Plan, Oral Presentation, Strategy Shrader, Teegarden, All 11:10
Lunch Break ----- 12:15
Senior Review Preparation: Continued All 13:30
GOF Activites: NASA Archive Status Sturner 14:30
GOF Activites: High Level Data Products, Software Issues Beckmann 14:45
Break ----- 15:00
Forthcoming Events: 6th INTEGRAL Workshop, HEAD Special Session, Other Activities? All 15:30
Discussion, Actions Kouveliotou, All 16:00
Adjourn 16:00

Participants:
User Committee Members: C. Kouveliotou, C. Dudley, K. Hurley, B Paciesas, M. McConnell, G. Madejski, S. Starrfield
Intrument Team Co-I's: R. Rothschild, S. Boggs, M. Finger
Ex-Officio Members: C Shrader, V. Beckmann, S. Sturner (NASA INTEGRAL GOF), B. Teegarden (US Project Scientist), R. Harnden (NASA Program Scientist), A. Smale (Nasa HQ)
Guest Participant: D. Hartmann