A concept for an on-line platform for scientific collaborations between amateur and professional astronomers

1. Pro-Am Astronomywww.astro-pro-am.org A concept for an on-line platform for scientific collaborations between amateur and professional astronomers. Pedro Russo Leiden University/IAU russo@strw.leidenuniv.nl

2. Vision An on-line platform to foster the collaboration between professional and amateur astronomers. Bring together amateurs and professional to make sense of the Universe through collaborations and data share. A shared space and free resource to help the communities to achieve common goals.

4. To foster pro-am collaborations.

5. To raise awareness of the results coming from pro-am collaborations.

7. Sitemap #2 Scientific Data Request data Submit/Share data Explore existing data Resources The scientific process Standards in astronomy How-to guides: Equipment, Software Types of data: Images, Spectroscopy, Radio Repository of presentations

8. Inspiration

9. Inspiration

10. Timelime July: JENAM2011: Public discussion Establishment of a Steering Committee July - August Roadmap definition First design mock-up September - November Recruiting editor (September) Web-development

11. Timelime December Website beta version January 2012 Official release: AAS 219th Meeting — 08-12 January 2012 Austin, TX August 2012 IAU GA: First review meeting

12. Necessary resources Webhosting and developing Part-time (paid) editor/data curator Promotion

13. List of Pro-Am projects Open Google document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJIVVRveQB6SUvIpu_fnT4Ei-yQ4IGaMTM6NPOgbM78/edit?hl=en_GB