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The USNVO Initiative
•ORIGINS
–VO
White Paper (Alcock, Prince, Szalay): Jun1999
–First
NVO Workshop (JHU): Nov 1999
–Formation
of Initial Working Groups (Science, Management, Technical): Nov
1999
–Formation
of Interim Steering Cte: Feb 2000
–Second
NVO Workshop (NOAO): Feb 2000
–Presentations
to NASA and NSF: May 2000
–First
Major NVO Meeting (CIT): Jun 2000
–Submission
of Proposal to NSF: May 2001