  We present the ground-based activities within the different working groups of
the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC). The activities aim at the
systematic characterization of the 5000+ KASC targets, and at the collection of
ground-based follow-up time-series data of selected promising Kepler pulsators.
So far, 36 different instruments at 31 telescopes on 23 different observatories
in 12 countries are in use, and a total of more than 530 observing nights has
been awarded.
  (Based on observations made with the Isaac Newton Telescope, William Herschel
Telescope, Nordic Optical Telescope, Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, Mercator
Telescope (La Palma, Spain), and IAC-80 (Tenerife, Spain). Also based on
observations taken at the observatories of Sierra Nevada, San Pedro Martir,
Vienna, Xinglong, Apache Point, Lulin, Tautenburg, Loiano, Serra la Nave,
Asiago, McDonald, Skinakas, Pic du Midi, Mauna Kea, Steward Observatory, Mt
Wilson, Bialkow Observatory of the Wroclaw University, Piszkesteto Mountain
Station, Observatoire de Haute Provence, and Centro Astronomico Hispano Aleman
at Calar Alto. Based on data from the AAVSO International Database.)
