NSLS-II Damping Wiggler XAS Station: Initial Workshop Announcement

This message was sent to the members of the NSLS XAS community on 17 September, 2007 using a mailing list provided by the NSLS User Office:

• Dear colleague,
  
  As a member of the NSLS X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy community you
  may know that the NSLS-II project has recognized X-ray Absorption
  Spectroscopy as one of the core competencies of the future NSLS-II
  community and, accordingly, has designated one of the six NSLS-II
  Project Beamlines to be an XAS facility.  This will be one of the
  initial beamlines built as part of the NSLS-II construction project.
  
  The NSLS-II management requires the formation of a Beamline Advisory
  Team (BAT) for each of the project beamlines (as it will for all future
  NSLS-II beamlines).  The purpose of the BAT is to define the scientific
  mission of the beamline and to provide expertise and oversight for the
  design, construction and commissioning of that beamline.
  
  The initial step in the formation of the BAT is to hold a workshop
  that will assess the needs of the community and define the beamline's
  scientific mission to respond to those needs.  It is expected that the
  BAT will form during or shortly after the workshop.  The first order
  of business for the BAT will be to submit a Letter of Intent to
  NSLS-II presenting the BAT membership and outlining their vision for
  the scientific mission and technical requirements of the beamline.
  This Letter of Intent will be reviewed by the Experimental Facilities
  Advisory Committee (EFAC) who will make recommendations to the NSLS-II
  project.
  
  The purpose of this email to state that I am volunteering, along with
  Paul Northrup (the NSLSII contact person for the XAS Project
  Beamline), to organize the workshop, which is tentatively scheduled
  for mid-January.  More information about the workshop and about the
  intentions of the NSLS-II management regarding the formation of the XAS
  BAT can be found at http://xafs.org/NSLSII/DampingWigglerXasStation.
  
  You will be hearing from Paul and I throughout the autumn as plans for
  the workshop begin to take shape.  We welcome your input and
  suggestions -- anyone wishing to contribute to the workshop is
  encouraged to contact one of us.
  
  Regards,
  Bruce Ravel and Paul Northrup