Legislative Visit
Tom Coffin
tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Mon Oct 4 17:01:43 CDT 1999
Has anyone collected data on how much the backchannel calls cost?
Chautauquas?
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At 03:35 PM 10/4/99 -0500, Lisa Childers wrote:
>Kirk,
>
>Yes, ANL will be on-grid on 10/6 from 1:50-2:30 CDT.
>
>I recommend we begin system tests at 1:00 CDT. Someone from NCSA
should set
>up a backchannel telecon for the AccessGrid technicians to use during the
>system tests and demo. The telecon info should be mailed to the list
>monitored by AG technicians:
>ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov.
>
>Lisa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kirk Hard [mailto:khard at ncsa.uiuc.edu]
>Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 9:40 AM
>To: Lisa Childers
>Cc: scott at ncsa.uiuc.edu
>Subject: RE: Re: Legislative Visit
>
>
>Lisa,
>Thank you for your help in assisting us with the visit by Representative
>Howard. It looks like the window for the ACCESS grid portion of our visit
>will be from about 1:50 to 2:20 or 2:30. Please let us know if that time
>frame is good for you--I am trying to organize all the pieces of the
visit.
>
>Scott, can you please contact the New Mexico folks to see if we could take
>advantage of their ACCESS grid demo scheduled during that timeframe?
>
>Thank you for your help, Lisa.
>
>Kirk Hard
>At 10:46 AM 10/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Scott,
>>
>>We'll be there. Rep. Howard has visited ANL a few times - it will be
good
>>to talk w/her again. The 1-3pm time window is CDT, correct?
>>
>>Ernie Herrara at the University of New Mexico has an AccessGrid demo
>>scheduled for that day at 2:00-2:30 CDT. UNM will be showing the AG
to Air
>>Force Corporate Information Officers. In our experience, the more folks
>>interacting together on the grid, the more compelling the experience. Is
>it
>>possible for you to coordinate with Ernie (Ernie Herrera) and John
>>Greenfield (green at arc.unm.edu) and perhaps get everyone on the grid at
the
>>same time?
>>
>>Lisa
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Scott Lathrop [mailto:scott at ncsa.uiuc.edu]
>>Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 11:09 PM
>>To: Lisa Childers
>>Cc: khard at ncsa.uiuc.edu
>>Subject: Fwd: Re: Legislative Visit
>>
>>
>>Can we get your help to have someone from ANL to participate in an ACCESS
>>Grid demo of about 30 minutes with Illinois State Representative Connie
>>Howard on October 6 between 1 and 3 PM?
>>
>>She has been supportive of the Illinois Century Network, and we would
like
>>to showcase a variety of technology and its impact on Illinois.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Scott
>>
>>
>>>>>X-Sender: tip at pop.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Unverified)
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>>>>>Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:08:48 -0500
>>>>>To: Kirk Hard <khard at ncsa.uiuc.edu>, pls at ncsa.uiuc.edu
>>>>>From: Tom Prudhomme <tip at ncsa.uiuc.edu>
>>>>>Subject: Re: Legislative Visit
>>>>>Cc: taras at ncsa.uiuc.edu
>>>>>X-md5sum: 17e923956d12089573df0054d4010e41
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>>>>>
>>>>>Kirk,
>>>>>
>>>>>In general, I would like to be at these sort of events, schedule
>>>>>permitting. Legislative people tend to like the perspective of how
>>>>>advanced technology might really impact people's lives (i.e., the
>voters)
>>>>>that I can provide. Let me know how I can help with this visit.
>>>>>
>>>>>Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>At 03:19 PM 9/27/99 -0500, Kirk Hard wrote:
>>>>>>Larry,
>>>>>>It looks like State Representative Connie Howard will make a visit to
>>NCSA
>>>>>>on October 6 between 1 and 3 p.m. You will recall that she chairs
the
>>>>>>House Computer Technology Committee. You spoke to her committee in
>>>>>>February and this is an opportunity to follow up with her in in
>>Champaign.
>>>>>>She is here to chair a hearing later in the day on a separate
>>issue--DCFS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Will your schedule allow you to be a part of any or all of her visit?
>I
>>>>>>would like us to be as productive as possible in the time we have.
>>>>>>Obviously, we would like her to see the CAVE, the I-Wall and
>>ImmersaDesk,
>>>>>>(perhaps we could do a demonstration similar to the one we did for
Sen.
>>>>>>Fitzgerald) but I am also hopeful that we can talk about programs and
>>ways
>>>>>>in which we can engage her and her colleagues. I want to find a way
>for
>>>>>>Allison to visit with her if possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At any rate, let me know if this will be possible for you. It is
also
>>>>>>possible we could invite the other legislators and staff who will
be in
>>>>>>town for this other hearing. As I determine who is available, we
will
>>set
>
>>>>>>a schedule.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Kirk
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--------------------------------------------------
>>>>>Thomas I. Prudhomme, Ph.D.
>>>>>Senior Associate Director
>>>>>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
>>>>>(217) 244-3425
>>>>>(217) 265-8022 FAX
>>>>>tip at ncsa.uiuc.edu
>>>
>>>
>>>--------------------------------------------------
>>>Thomas I. Prudhomme, Ph.D.
>>>Senior Associate Director
>>>National Center for Supercomputing Applications
>>>(217) 244-3425
>>>(217) 265-8022 FAX
>>>tip at ncsa.uiuc.edu
>>>
>>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------------
>>Scott Lathrop
>>EOT Program Manager, NCSA
>>217-244-1099 (voice)
>>217-265-8022 (FAX)
>>
>
>
>
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Tom Coffin .......................... tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu
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