The Gemini Agreement establishes the management structure of the Gemini
Project. The Gemini Board is the supervisory and regulatory body, an Executive
Agency is empowered to act on behalf of the parties to arrange for construction
and operations of Gemini, and a Managing Organization is responsible for
day-to-day management of the Project.
The Gemini Board
The Gemini Board is the primary forum for interactions and decisions between
the Partners and has overall budgetary and policy control over Gemini. It
defines committees as necessary, determines schedules, apportions costs,
provides guidance to the Managing Organization, determines policy and
procedures for allocation of observing time, and reports to the Partners on
the progress of Gemini. The Gemini Board discharges these responsibilities
through an annual calendar of meetings, which is determined by the provisions
of the Gemini Agreement. This schedule of meetings and the actions which are
required under the Agreement are shown in Appendix A.
The Gemini Board, according to the Gemini Agreement as amended, is composed
of eleven members:
- 4 members appointed by NSF
- 2 members appointed by PPARC
- 2 members appointed by NRC
- 1 member appointed by UH
- 1 member appointed by CONICYT - Universidad de Chile
- 1 member appointed, on an alternating basis, by SECYT-CONICET (Argentina)
and MST (Brazil).
The member from UH votes on scientific matters concerning Gemini North only.
During 1994-1995, the member from SECYT-CONICET was the voter; MST has
appointed an observer to the Board. The members during 1994 were:
| Board Member | Institution | Country |
|---|
| Dr. Peter S. Conti (succeeded by Dr. Robert Kirshner) | University of Colorado | US |
| Dr. Alan Dressler | Carnegie Observatories | US |
| Dr. James R. Houck | Cornell University | US |
| Dr. G. Wayne van Citters | NSF | US |
| Dr. Ian F. Corbett | PPARC | UK |
| Dr. Malcolm S. Longair (Chair) | University of Cambridge | UK |
| Dr. Donald C. Morton | NRC | Canada |
| Dr. Gordon A. H. Walker | Univ. of British Columbia | Canada |
| Dr. Robert McLaren | University of Hawaii | UH (US) |
| Dr. Claudio Anguita (Vice Chair) (succeeded by Dr. Enrique d'Etigny) | CONICYT | Chile |
| Dr. Juan Carlos Forte (succeeded by Dr. Oscar A. Campoli) | SECYT | Argentina |
| Dr. João Steiner (observer) | University of San Paulo | Brazil |
The Executive Agency: NSF
The Executive Agency for the Gemini Project is the National Science
Foundation (NSF) of the United States. It is empowered to execute the decisions
of the Gemini Board, to handle the financial contributions of the Gemini
partners, and to communicate decisions of the Board to the Managing
Organization.
Dr. G. Wayne van Citters, acting for NSF, is a member of the Gemini Board.
Other personnel are the Executive Assistant, Dr. Susan Kayser, and the
Executive Secretary, Ms. Mary Lou Renninger. Several offices within NSF
provide support to the Project.
The Managing Organization: AURA
The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA) was
established as the initial Managing Organization by the Gemini Agreement. Its
responsibilities are described above. Dr. Sidney Wolff, the first Director of
the Gemini Project, has guided the Project to its present flourishing condition.
The senior key personnel in 1994 were:
- Project Director: Dr. Sidney C. Wolff (succeeded in November 1994
by Dr. C. Mattias Mountain)
- Project Scientist: Dr. C. Mattias Mountain (after November 1994, Dr.
Fred Gillett, acting)
- Project Manager: Dr. Richard Kurz
The AURA corporate office contact is Mr. Richard Malow.
National Project Offices
Gemini can operate successfully only if the Project makes effective use of
the infrastructure that already exists in the Partner countries. To facilitate
this, each Partner to the Gemini Agreement is establishing a National Project
office. The functions of these offices are to formulate input to the Project
through national Science Advisory Committees, to provide engineering support
for managing instrumentation and other projects and for technical reviews, to
support the user community in pre- and post-observing activities, to provide
technical support beyond that available at the telescope sites, and to be
responsible for instrumentation undertaken by the partner countries. The
National Project Offices may also manage the national telescope time allocation.
A National Project Office typically has a Project Scientist and a Project
Manager. The personnel during 1994 were:
| US | Project Scientist | Dr. Todd Boroson |
| UK | Project Scientist | Dr. Roger Davies |
| Project Manager | Dr. Terry Lee |
| Canada | Project Scientist | Dr. Gordon Walker |
| Project Manager | Dr. Andrew Woodsworth |
| Chile | Project Scientist | Dr. José Maza (acting) |
| Argentina | Project Scientist | Dr. Gustavo Carranza |
| Brazil | Project Scientist | Dr. Miriani Pastoriza |
| Project Manager | Dr. Francisco Jablonski |
Science Committee
The Gemini Science Committee has the responsibility of making science policy
recommendations to the Project Director, with an independent report to the
Board. It meets twice a year. The members of the Gemini Science Committee
during 1994 were:
- Dr. C. Mattias Mountain (Chair) (succeeded by Dr. Fred Gillett),
International Gemini Project Office
- Dr. Tim Davidge (Secretary), Canadian Gemini Project Office
- Dr. Charles Beichman, California Institute of Technology
- Dr. Todd Boroson, US Gemini Project Office
- Dr. Roger Davies, University of Durham
- Dr. Alan Dressler, Carnegie Observatories
- Dr. Richard Ellis, University of Cambridge
- Dr. Juan Carlos Forte, Observatorio Astronómico
- Dr. Robert Gehrz, University of Minnesota
- Dr. Jay Gallagher, University of Wisconsin
- Dr. Andrew Lawrence, University of Edinburgh
- Dr. Hugo Levato, Complejo Astronómico El Leoncito
- Dr. Simon Lilly, University of Toronto
- Dr. José Maza, Universidad de Chile
- Dr. Miriani Pastoriza, Instituto de Física, UFRGS
- Dr. Gordon Walker, University of British Columbia
Finance Committee
The Gemini Finance Committee of the Gemini Board oversees the financial
matters of the Gemini Project, meeting twice a year. It provides advice on
keeping the budget within the constraints of cash flow and of total
expenditure. During 1994, the members of the Finance Committee were:
- Mr. Michael Pawlowski (Chair), NRC
- Mr. Jeff Down, PPARC
- Mr. Albert Muhlbauer, NSF
- Mr. Aaron Asrael, NSF
- Dr. G. Wayne van Citters, NSF
- Dr. Donald Morton, NRC
- Dr. Ian Corbett, PPARC