Fwd: Re: ANL Accss GRID

[Linda Winkler]

We plan to use AG to make the meeting more available for all attendees.
If we have multiple sites interested, multicast will be required.
lw
At 04:05 PM 5/11/2000, William Johnston wrote:
>Bill;
>I don't think that the level of "polish" that you describe
>is needed just for
>my remote attendance at this meeting.
>
>I think that MBone or unicast  video from the presentations
>and a room camera at the ANL end, together with a decent speaker
>phone at both ends would allow me to participate
>quite nicely. (I suggested your AG node to Ben because I
>knew that it was already set up with the cameras and audio
>to phone connections.)
>
>No video is needed from my end.
>If I have anything to present, I will put it on the
>Web and someone at ANL can "flip the pages" at
>your end.
>
>Bill J.
>
>Bill Nickless wrote:
>
> > Bill,
> >
> > I'm sorry for not explaining myself clearly to Linda, when she asked what
> > needed to be done for the LBL Access Grid node to be available.
> >
> > Running an Access Grid node requires preparation and rehearsal, especially
> > if it is to be an effective replacement for travel.  This means training
> > someone to act as node operator.  The best way to get this training is to
> > participate in "Nanocruises", which are multi-way live tests of the
> > technology held twice per week.
> >
>
>--
>
>    William E. ("Bill") Johnston
>    IPG Project Manager, NASA Ames Research Center
>    wej at nas.nasa.gov, http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~wej/home
>    --
>    Senior Scientist, Information and Computing Sciences,
>    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
>    wejohnston at lbl.gov, http://www-itg.lbl.gov/~johnston