RA4. Users Group News
(C. J. Gross, HRIBF User Liaison)

The HRIBF will hold its annual Users Group Meeting in Oak Ridge this year. The meeting is planned for November 13-14, 2009; more details may be found in Feature article 10 of this newsletter. This expanded Users Group meeting is expected to become an annual event which may supplant the usual meetings carried out at the annual fall DNP meetings. The previous meetings, held jointly with ATLAS, NSCL, GAMMASPHERE/GRETINA, and RIA Users groups, will most likely be reformatted now that we are in the FRIB era. At this year's DNP, it is expected that there will be a short informational-type presentation. More details will be provided by email.

One targeted user workshop will be held November 12, 2009, immediately before the annual meeting. The workshop will be on science applications and cross-disciplinary fields at HRIBF. It is hoped that this workshop will be held at the same location (Pollard Auditorium on the ORAU campus) although there may be a conflict. Users should contact Alfredo Galindo-Uribarri for more information.