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WIYN AGREEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Paragraph Warranties ............................................................................................................................... 1 New Members and Transfer of Membership .......................................................................... 2 Governance...........................................................................................................................3-8 Capital Contributions .........................................................................................................9-12 Commissioning of the Observatory..................................................................................13-14 Operations and maintenance ............................................................................................15-22 WIYN Director…………………………………………………………………………… 23 Use of the Observatory………………………………………………………… …24-29 Disputes and Arbitration ..................................................................................................30-31 Instrumentation......................................................................................................................32 Dissolution .......................................................................................................................33-34 Withdrawal.......................................................................................................................35-40 Transfer of a Partial Share of Observing Time .....................................................................41 Default..............................................................................................................................42-43 Site Lease ..............................................................................................................................44 Liability .................................................................................................................................45 Amendment ...........................................................................................................................46 Memorandum ........................................................................................................................47 Primary Representation.........................................................................................................48 Execution...............................................................................................................................49 D:\WIYN AGREEMENT.doc 1 As amended through April 2004 EXHIBIT A................................................................................................................................... MEMORANDUM..................................................................................................................... TABLE 1 - WIYN PAYMENT SCHEDULE .......................................................................... EXHIBIT B ................................................................................................................................... ESTIMATED COSTS AND SCHEDULE ............................................................................... TABLE 1 – PROTECTED EXPENDITURES ......................................................................... TABLE 2 - PROJECTED EXPENDITURES BY YEAR ........................................................ D:\WIYN AGREEMENT.doc 2 As amended through April 2004 WIYN AGREEMENT Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the University of Wisconsin Madison (hereinafter "UW"), Indiana University (hereinafter "IU"), Yale University (hereinafter "Yale"), and the National Optical Astronomy observatories (hereinafter "NOAO") hereby establish an educational and research Consortium to be known as the WIYN Consortium, or WIYN, for the design, construction, and operation of a 3.5 meter telescope with a multi object spectrograph, additional instrumentation, and related support buildings to be located at Kitt Peak, a mountain in south central Arizona. The telescope, enclosure, support buildings, general use instrumentation, and associated equipment shall collectively be known as the WIYN Observatory (hereinafter the "Observatory"). The institutions forming the Consortium shall be referred to as the "Members". IU, Yale, and UW shall be referred to as the "University Members". WHEREAS NOAO is an unincorporated division of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), a private, non profit corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Arizona. AURA has a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF), an instrumentality of the United States Government, to operate government owned astronomical research facilities on land leased by the NSF from the Tohono 0'Odham Tribe on Kitt Peak in the Quinlan Mountains in Arizona. This WIYN Agreement anticipates that NSF will grant WIYN a sublease for a portion of that site permitting WIYN to come upon the site, and there construct and operate the Observatory that is the subject of this Agreement. NOAO also has arranged for construction of the 3.5 meter mirror and cell that is a component of the telescope to be erected pursuant to this Agreement and will contribute the mirror and cell to the project. The Members recognize that NOAO's participation in this Agreement and its obligation hereunder are subject to the approval of the NSF under Cooperative Agreement No. AST-8947990 with AURA and that such obligations are effective and enforceable only so long as that Cooperative Agreement and any successor Cooperative Agreement of the NSF with AURA remains in effect; and, WHEREAS UW is a state institution of higher education within the University of Wisconsin System under the control and supervision of the Board of Regents, a body corporate of the State of Wisconsin. UW includes among its faculty engaged in research and teaching, the faculty of its Department of Astronomy. The Astronomy faculty believe that the Department, its faculty and students would benefit greatly by access to the use of the astronomical observatory facility that is the subject of this Agreement. Being convinced of the worth of the project by information received from the scientists and by the recommendation of the academic administrators the Board of Regents has authorized UW to become a Member of the WIYN Consortium and has authorized the Chancellor of UW to take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to fully participate in the responsibilities and benefits accruing the UW as a Member of such Consortium; and, WHEREAS IU is a state institution of higher education entrusted by the State of Indiana to the control and supervision of The Trustees of Indiana University, a board created by Statute. IU includes among its faculty engaged in research and teaching, the faculty of its Department of Astronomy. The Astronomy faculty believe that the Department, its faculty and students would benefit greatly by access to the use of the astronomical Observatory facility that is the subject of D:\WIYN AGREEMENT.doc 3 As amended through April 2004 this Agreement. The IU Astronomy faculty, as well as the appropriate academic administrators, have considered the cost and benefits and have recommended that IU become a Member of the WIYN Consortium and The Trustees of Indiana University, acting through the President of the University, have accepted the recommendation and authorized IU to become a Member of the VIIYN Consortium and to take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to fully participate in the responsibilities and benefits accruing to IU as a Member of such Consortium; and, WHEREAS Yale is a corporation specially chartered by the Colony and State of Connecticut, which includes among its faculty engaged in research and teaching the faculty of its Department of Astronomy, and which has determined, based on the recommendations of that faculty, that Yale's research and teaching will benefit from the use of the astronomical observatory facility that is the subject of this Agreement and from participation in the WIYN Consortium established herein. NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration and for the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement; it is agreed by and between the parties as follows: Warranties 1.) Each Member represents and warrants that the Member is familiar with the obligations and benefits contemplated by this Agreement and further represents and warrants that the Member is entering into this Agreement in the highest good faith, will use its best efforts to fulfill the commitments set forth in this Agreement and will promptly disclose to the other Members non- confidential information that may materially affect the funding, operation, or cooperative undertaking of the WIYN Consortium. New Members and Transfer of Membership 2.) Additional members may be added to WIYN or current membership assigned to another institution only under such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon by the Members, through a two thirds vote of all Directors with voting rights then in office on the Board of Directors established in this Agreement. Governance 3.) The governing body of WIYN shall be known as the Board of Directors (hereinafter the "Board"). 4.) The Board shall come into being upon the execution of this Agreement and shall be responsible for carrying out this Agreement. D:\WIYN AGREEMENT.doc 4 As amended through April 2004 5.) The Board shall cause the formation of a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the