Outline for "A Guide for Proposing to Use ALMA During Early Science (for NA Astronomers)"

• Intro
  • What is ALMA? (brief, 1 paragraph)
  • What is Early Science?
  • When are proposal deadlines and when is early science?
  • When do we expect the next proposal deadline?
  • Who can propose?
  • Types of proposals: Standard, Large, ToO
  • How will time be allocated?

• Support for ALMA Users
  • About the NAASC
  • Funding for students, travel, page charges, other
  • Where to get help

• Capabilities during Early Science
  • Antennas/Receivers
  • Correlator capabilities
  • Standard Observing Modes (?)
  • Single-dish vs. Interferometric modes (?)

• Designing your experiment
  • "science goal" methodology
  • sensitivity calculator
  • U-V coverage requirements
  • overhead estimation

• Creating & Submitting a Proposal
  • Prerequisites
    • User Portal
    • Requirements for running OT
  • Parts of an observing proposal
    • Science justification (mandatory)
    • Technical justification (why do we need it? What goes in here?)
    • Optional additional pages for figures or tables
    • How are source lists prepared?
  • Use of the OT (brief)

• References and list of other essential documents
  • Primer
  • OT User's Guide

• will this be the only call for early science proposals
• will there be "large" proposals
• When will responses be sent?
• travel expectations: will the user be expected to travel to NAASC for obs prepration or data reduction?
• Are projects with students given special consideration?