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)
   >>>>>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1
   >>>>>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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