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+### Cruz: Specutils maintainer
+
+### Project Team
+Kelle Cruz
+
+### Project Description / Scope of Work
+Actively participate in specutils development to enhance functionality and usability.
+
+#### Roadmap Items
+- Provide next-generation spectroscopic analysis tools usable by individual researchers and larger surveys.
+- Improve support for reading and writing spectra using the IVOA SpectrumDM.
+
+#### Project / Work / Deliverables
+- Work on specutils writers to verify metadata is consistent with various datamodels, especially IVOA Spectrum DM1.2
+- Improve specutils documentation, especially regarding i/o and metadata.
+- Identify ways to expand specutils user base
+- Engage in monthly Spectroscopy dev telecons
+
+### Approximate Budget
+Cruz 2 weeks of summer salary, including fringe and overhead:
+$ 10,562
+
+### Period of Performance
+Jan 1-–Dec 31, 2026