The CFHTLS: How it all started
Christian Veillet

Abstract: With the CFHTLS to be mainly completed in 2008A with likely a moderate extension in 2008B, new large programs or Legacy Surveys can be envisioned. As many do not know, or have forgotten, the process which led to the CFHTLS, this presentation will briefly summarize the genesis of the CFHTLS, from the early negotiations on a survey before the construction of MegaCam at CEA, to the final decision made at the CFHT Board a few years later.