governance

ACCORD
Council Charter

ACCORD is a special council that fosters cooperation among the major U.S. ground-based optical/infrared observatories.

Current ACCORD Activities

 Letter to the NSF concerning FY07 budget issues (July 2006)

 Funding for Adaptive Optics in the US: An Overview (June 2006)

 NSF Update (June 2006)

 AO Systems: Present State, Scientific Accomplishments, Future Plans (March 2005)

 ACCORD News

 Past Meeting Minutes

COUNCIL MEMBERS
Dr. Charles Alcock
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Dr. Michael Bolte  (Chair)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of California

Dr. Wendy Freedman
Observatories of the Carnegie Inst. of Washington

Dr. Guenther Hasinger
Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawaii

Dr. Suzanne Hawley  (Vice Chair)
Department of Astronomy
University of Washington

Dr. Patricia Knezek
WIYN Observatory

Dr. Shri Kulkarni
Astronomy
Caltech

Dr. David Lambert
McDonald Observatory, University of Texas

Dr. David Silva
National Optical Astronomy Observatory

Dr. William Smith  (ex officio)
AURA

Dr. Peter Strittmatter
Steward Observatory
University of Arizona