reminder: AG @ BU demo 3/16

[Jennifer Teig von Hoffman]

Hello all - -

Below is detailed information about tomorrow's demo for the NoX meeting
at BU. Bob Olson and Bill Nickless have both agreed to attend; we would
also appreciate participation from ACCESS-DC if possible, and anyone else
who's available to join us.

Last week's demo went great! Many thanks to everybody who participated.

- Jennifer

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DATE/TIME:
Thursday, 3/16, 11:00 AM Eastern Time - - we need you to arrive AT LEAST
30 minutes early for testing! This is very important. (Last week we had
problems and only managed to pull off the demo as beautifully as we did
because the participants arrived 20 minutes late.)

GENERAL:
Be on the MUD!! And if at all possible, try to have multicast working at
your site. I'd really really really like to avoid the bridge for this
one. Really.

AGENDA:
* What the AG is and how we use it at BU (Jennifer Teig von Hoffman) -
  5-10 min

* Introduction of 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 Technology of the Access Grid (Bob Olson) - 5-10 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.


BACKGROUND ON PARTICIPANTS:
I have been told that NoX is in many ways similar to SoX. NoX is the group
responsible for the Aggregation Point in Boston which will connect BU to
Abilene in the near future. This is a very technical group of people, so
we need to be prepared for relatively complex technical questions (perhaps
more fun than those time-to-market questions, eh?).

I don't have a list of participants, but the NoX web site is brief and
well worth reading if you're going to participate in the demo. The most
descriptive page is at:

http://www.nox.org/NoXPrimer7-99.htm