Joining OSSOS

To join a team there are three steps:

1) One must prepare a small proposal. This describes your participation and interests: tell us what you are interested in, and how you want to go about studying that. Tell us what telescopes you can get access to, and what time restrictions you expect to have in the next year or so. 1-2 paragraphs is all that's needed. Then email the proposal to both the team leader of the team you plan to join, and the Core Team.

The relevant team leader will then send your proposal to every member of that team. They all have to approve, to make sure that no one has science stolen from them or unexpected responsibility by adding new members: if there are multiple people working on the same thing, they all need to agree to work together.

2) After the team leader has let you know that their team has unanimously approved your membership in the team, you then need to send an email to Core and the team leader stating that you agree to the membership terms document. Please read this! It is a simple set of rules making sure that no one has their science taken or toes stepped on during publication. Send that acceptance email to both your team leader and Core.

3) Finally, last step is to get wiki access. Get a CADC account (free, easy, and useful!) and once it's activated (takes a day or so), send an email to Core requesting wiki access.

Once all that is done, you will be added to the members list on this wiki, stating your science interests, and added to the collaboration email lists.

Everyone has to follow these steps. No single member hasn't already gone through this. It just puts everyone on the same footing and makes sure that everyone has seen all the necessary information. If you wish another one of your colleagues to join the group, they must go through the same process. There can be no exceptions at this point so as to avoid confusion.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Email the Core Team at ossoscore@gmail.com.