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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Friends!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let me start by telling everyone who is attending
the AG retreat</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>at Argonne this week that I will miss the
opportunity to get together</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with all of you. I will remain in Lawrence in
order to provide post-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>operative home care for my wife who will undergo
minor surgery.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We anticipate no difficulty-- I'm simply paying
back some of the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>huge debt I owe following my knee
replacements!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now-- Business: The PACS, under Steve
Gordon's (OSC) lead are </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>undertaking to formalize the documentation of the
Access Grid--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>something that many of us have worked at (or talked
about) for several</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>months. The Kansas group is participating an would
like to have</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>your help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve has made some "writing assignments" and has
posed a rather</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ambitious "first draft" schedule (February
9). The rather long list of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>document topics has been subdivided. I
do not claim to be the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>repository of all knowledge and therefore invite
you to help with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>those topics that "make your toe tap." I am
attaching the fraction of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve's list that I have agreed to work
on. Please look it over: if you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>spot a topic that interests you then let me know
ASAP. I will respond</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>immediately with a copy of the "Guidelines for
Authors-first draft document</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that Steve put out today.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance for your
contributions!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken Bishop</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>