The nucleus of an instrument advisory team for the Backscattering Spectrometer was organized at a one day workshop held at Argonne National Laboratory, May 14, 1999. The meeting participants (PDF 12.3K) and those elected to the executive committee generated a letter with recommendations (PDF 15.9K) for the instrument design and capabilities that was forwarded to the SNS Experimental Facilities Division (now the Neutron Scattering Science Division) Director. If you would like to join the IAT for the Backscattering Spectrometer, please contact the instrument scientist, Eugene Mamontov.