Applications were due October 1, 2006

Potential hosts are invited to submit a proposal to the CS14 SOC to hold the next workshop, CS15. Please answer the questions below to the best of your ability. The proposals will be evaluated by the SOC prior to CS14, and you will be asked to make a presentation of your proposal at an SOC meeting during the CS14 workshop. The winning proposal will be announced at the CS14 banquet.

This meeting has certainly grown from the original small group of attendees at CS1, and now attracts about 300 scientists. It has become one of the (if not the) foremost meeting to discuss advances in cool stars. Attendees now expect features such as email access and banquets, in addition to the ever outstanding scientific results. Generally rooms are required for a plenary session, for breakout sessions, and a poster display area that could run to 200 posters. A group of dedicated people is needed to produce the Workshop. It has been traditional that the Chair of the SOC comes from the host institution.

Generally funds in excess of the registration fees from the participants are required to aid the attendance of some speakers, young postdocs, and graduate students. Support for the publication and group activities is also usually sought from outside sources. Such funds are obtained from the host institution, national resources, professional societies, and the commercial sector.

Please note that CS15 is slated to be a meeting outside of the United States.

Information on previous Cool Stars meetings is available.

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Please submit the following information to cs14@ipac.caltech.edu by October 1, 2006, with the subject header 'Cool Stars 15 Application':

1. Host Institution:

2. Lead scientist(s):

3. Name, address, email, fax:

4. Proposed dates of meeting:

5. Proposed site of meeting:

6. Meeting/Facility considerations (Hotel, conference center, observatory?)

7. Transportation considerations (Airports, public transportation, travel time, ease of access etc.):

8. Rooming/Hotel considerations (Range of facilities/cost):

9. Potential sources of financial support in addition to registration fees:

10. Why should CS15 be held here?

11. Anything else we should know: