Structure

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The Executive Meeting, Leiden, 21 September 2004:

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Management Board

Strategic decisions will be made by the OPTICON Board which will meet not less than once per year. The board will comprise a representative of at least each of the following contractors:

The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge/IoA
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
European Space Agency –RSSD division
European Southern Observatory
Institut National Des Sciences de L’Univers
Institut National Des Sciences de L’Univers: Institute d’Astrophysique de Paris
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
Universiteit Leiden
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft : Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft : Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysik
NOVA, the Netherlands national graduate astronomy programme
Nordic Optical Telescope Scientific Association
Greek National Committee for Astronomy
RDS, the German national Observatory Directors’ forum
Commission for Astronomy of the Swiss Academy of Sciences
Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik
RA3, the Spanish national astronomy departments forum


Executive Committee

A subsidiary body of the OPTICON Board, to be known as the OPTICON Executive Committee, will oversee the day-to-day implementation of the OPTICON programme. This will meet not less than twice per year. The membership will comprise a representative of each of the following contractors:

The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge: OPTICON Co-ordinator (Chair)
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
European Southern Observatory
Institut National Des Sciences de L’Univers
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft : Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie
NOVA
Nordic Optical Telescope Scientific Association


Management Team

The OPTICON Co-ordinator will appoint a management team (to be called the Project Office) led by a Project Scientist.


Management of Individual Activities

Each network and JRA will have an identified chairperson. This individual will be responsible for producing the main deliverables of that particular activity. This individual, or their delegates, will be responsible for reporting on progress to the board and Executive Committee.

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