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>
