3/9 demo at BU

[Jennifer Teig von Hoffman]

Hello all - -

Below is detailed information about tomorrow's demo at BU. So far I know
that ACCESS, ANL, and UKy are planning to participate; anybody else who's
available is more than welcome to join us (please let me know ahead of
time if you can).

Also, a reminder: we are having another demo next Thursday, 3/16, at
11:00 AM Eastern time, for a meeting of the NoX group. We anticipate
challenging technical questions from the NoX group, and are hoping once
again that ANL and ACCESS can participate. And since I'll see the ANL
folks next week, I can pester you all about it there. ;-)

- Jennifer

DATE/TIME:
March 9, 10:30 AM Eastern Time - please arrive at least 30 minutes early
for testing!!

GENERAL:
We need you to be on the MUD!!! It's our only backchannel. And I think we
all know how maddening it is to need to contact somebody at a remote site
and not be able to raise them on the MUD.

Multicast/bridge strategy: Multicast at BU is good again, so we're
planning to start out on multi provided that the critical sites are
available. (For this demo, we consider it critical that BU, ACCESS, and
ANL see/hear each other.) If multicast fails partway through the demo,
we'll have to play it by ear depending on where we are in the agenda at
the point of failure. Watch the MUD.

AGENDA:
* What the AG is and how we use it at BU (Jennifer Teig von Hoffman) - 5
min

* Introduce BU and remote staff - 5 min
  - I will ask everyone to give 20-second explanation of what their
    use/relation is to the AG (ie, you set up the networking, you installed
    the node, you use it for meetings, etc.)

* The TelePresence Microscopy Site (Nestor J. Zaluzec) - 5 min

* Questions/Answers - 5-10 min
  - I'll encourage the audience to address their questions directly to
    anybody on the AG or at BU. I'd like them to get a real sense of the
    group-to-group collaboration. Please jump in to answer questions you've 
    got the answers to.

* Adjourn
  - We'll officially adjourn the meeting, but much of the audience will
    remain in the room for a while. Small groups are going to be going
    upstairs to take turns on the I-Desk, so a number of stragglers might
    stick around in the AG room. If you can stay available for more casual
    conversation, please stay on camera and leave your speakers on.

PARTICIPANTS:

Guy Fincke, Chair     Fincke and Associates
Michael Eizenberg     Educational Travel Alliance
Michael Ervolini II   Charter Research Corporation
John Glode
Joseph Goldman        Color-Tex International
Douglas Gorman        Information Mapping, Inc.
Irwin Heller          Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris et al
Paul Lazay            Ironbridge Networks
John Levy
Bruce Male            American International Bakeries, Srl
Mark Parent           Profile Systems, Inc.
Steve Peltzman        GRL Co. & CPBD Co.
Ronald Sidman         The First Years, Inc.
Richard Strong        Trigen-Boston Energy Corporation
Willard Lee Umphrey   Quantitative Advisors, Inc.
Ron Zwanziger         Selfcare, Inc.

. . . and the usual BU crew.