Craig, I'd like to participate this year but that day I'll just be returning from the Internet2 Meetings in D.C. so won't be able to swing it.
-gurcharan PS FYI: Collaboration SIG at I2 Meetings in D.C. April 24, 11:45-1:15pm (Lunch served) http://events.internet2.edu/2006/spring-mm/sessionDetails.cfm?session=2663&event=242 Speakers: Jon Tyman, update on RTC, Commons, and more John Yost, Collaboration, Competition, and the Network Culture of the Common Good” Greg Monaco, GPN collaboration activities Margaret Krebs, Live Stereo Telesurgery Phillipe Galvez, new EVO service Locatis, Craig (NIH/NLM/LHC) [E] wrote: > It is that time of year again and I’m wondering if others in the > community are planning to demonstrate their Access Grid nodes. We did > this last year at the National Library of Medicine with great success. > If you are interested in participating this year, please contact me. > I’m willing to do coordination of “Kids on the Grid” this year and > generate a schedule showing when different sites might be online. > > > > Last year we had permission to meet in the NCSA venue server lobby. I > asked for the lobby because sites often lurk there and I thought there > would always be some one present, but it turned out that the presence of > the interacting kids drove the lurkers away. Consequently, it might be > best to use another venue. I can offer the NLM venue at NCSA. It can > be accessed from the doorway to The World off the NCSA lobby. Last year > we set things up so the kids could interact with an application as well > as see and hear each other and it would be nice to try this again this year. > > > > We welcome those who would be willing to be online to interact with the > kids even if they are not planning to have children at their sites. > > > > Those interested should let me know if you would like to participate and > the times that you can. > > > > > > Craig Locatis > > OHPCC > > National Library of Medicine > > Bethesda, MD 20894 > > USA > > 301.434.3254 > > loca...@nlm.nih.gov <mailto:loca...@nlm.nih.gov> > > > > > -- --- Gurcharan S. Khanna, Ph.D. Director of Academic Research Computing Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623-5603 Phone: 585-475-7504 ~ Fax: 585-475-6886 Email: gurcharan.kha...@rit.edu Http: www.rit.edu/~gskpop