1. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Cycle 11  CfP Release: Dec 15 2008  POG, final A Eff : 15 Jan 2009  GTO: 43 proposals  Deadline: 17 March 2009  # Proposals: 668  Requested time: 93761 ksec  Oversubscription: 5.6  Joint time: Spitzer, Hubble, XMM, Suzaku, NOAO, NRAO

2. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Cycle 11 Proposal Submission  668 submitted proposals  *5.6 oversubscribed (based on time)  45 LP, 9 VLP  Fewer LPs cf Cycle 10 (64)  65 Archive, 40 Theory

3. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Total Time Request Change from Cycle 10  Time request: +9%  LP+VLP request: -6%

4. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Oversubscription by Category  LP/VLP will compete for full 6 Msec  LP/VLP Over-subscription: 6.1

5. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Gratings Proposals  Grating request down 25%  HETG is the variable

6. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Archive/Theory Results  Archive:  Budget: $1050K  Over-subscription: 4.4  Theory:  Budget: $600K  Over-subscription: 5.3  Cycle 10 over-subscription similar, A+T budget was increased by $410K

7. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Joint Chandra Proposals: (other Observatory TACs)  XMM TAC: 3 approved, in ObsCat  HST TAC: SM-4 ongoing, no call  Spitzer:  6 Feb 2009 deadline, no joint proposals solicited  Joint time will resume Feb 2010 Call

8. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Peer Review  23-26 June 2009, Hilton, Logan Airport  13 topical panels, 1 Big Project Panel (BPP)  Program as last year:  Tues, Wed: topical panels  Wed evening: BPP organizational session  Thurs, Frid: BPP  Panels:  1,2: Stars, Planets  3,4: SN, SNR, NS  5,6,7: Binaries, Galaxies: Populations  8,9,10: Clusters, Galaxies: Diffuse  11,12,13: AGN, Extragalactic surveys

9. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office Upcoming Major Events  Workshop: SNR and Pulsar Wind Nebulae in the Chandra Era, 8-10 July 2009, Double Tree Guest Suites Hotel, Boston  Conference: Ten Years of Science with Chandra: 22-25 Sept, Boston, MA

10. Chandra Users’ Committee, 6-7 Apr 2009 Chandra Director’s Office New Design of CXC Science Website