3/9 demo at BU

[Jonas Talandis]

EVL would like to join you, though we'll rely on the glamorgan and brith 
bridges....




At 12:58 PM 3/8/00 -0500, Jennifer Teig von Hoffman wrote:
>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.
>
>


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Jonas Talandis
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
University of Illinois at Chicago
voice: 312-996-3002  fax: 312-413-7585
jonast at evl.uic.edu