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Recommendation Summary

We give here a summary of general recommendations. However, observers are strongly advised to read the technical sections that follow and develop an optimal observation strategy based on the demands of their individual scientific goals.

Proposers should attempt to use NIC1 or NIC2 if their scientific objectives can be met. Proposals which require NIC3 (e.g., for its field of view or spectroscopic capabilities) should recognize the scheduling limitation which campaigns may impose.
Proposers should weigh the use of the grisms in NIC3 against using narrow band filters in NIC2 or NIC1 to meet their science goals.
Proposers should dither observations that could be adversely affected by bad pixels.
Proposers should eliminate restrictive scheduling requirements (e.g., ORIENT) wherever possible to decrease the chance that their program will fail to be scheduled before the NICMOS cryogen supply is exhausted.

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