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Introduction
This is the first LSST:UK Newsletter, so we should explain why it is appearing and why now. When we started the lusc-announce email list, we said that it would be a low-traffic list, and a number of people have told me that they appreciate that we have stuck to that, so that they know that any message they receive on the list will be significant. As we approach survey operations, there will more information to share with the community, and we have decided to aggregate the non-time-critical material into regular newsletters, rather than increase the frequency of emails on the lusc-announce list.
Newsletters will be circulated as PDF attachments to emails to the lusc-announce lists, with a table of contents presented in the main body of the email. A version will also be available on the LSST:UK Confluence Wiki site, since it is expected that many newsletter items will link to longer documents available on the wiki. Our intention is to produce newsletters each month with the hope that a regular schedule will encourage members of the LSST:UK community to plan ahead and provide updates on their work within the Science Collaborations and the STFC-funded LSST:UK Science Centre programme.