  The VAO (Virtual Astronomical Observatory) Science Council (VAO-SC) met on
July 27-28, 2011 at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in
Cambridge MA, to review the VAO performance during its first year of
operations. In this meeting the VAO demonstrated the new tools for astronomers
that are being released in September 2011 and presented plans for the second
year of activities, resulting from studies conducted during the first year.
This document contains the recommendations of the VAO-SC for the second year of
activity of the VAO.
