- 1. Date / Time: , Tuesday, July 30, 2008 8:30 am ~ 12 noon Eastern Time (3YDH)
- RSVP required: Please respond to susan.turnbull@gsa.gov to register for a badge if you plan to attend in person or remotely by teleconference. (3YDI)
- 3. Onsite Attendees - National Science Foundation Directions: (3YDJ)
- Go to main NSF bldg. at 4201 Wilson Blvd.(Stafford I Building). Go around corner to the NSF visitor entrance at N. Stuart and Ninth Sts. Get visitor badge here. (3YDK)
- After receiving visitor badge, take the elevator to the 12th floor, NSF Board Room, Room 1235, (3YDL)
- Use of laptops - NSF no longer requires visitors to have their laptops routinely scanned in room 357 before connecting to the NSF wireless network. (3YDM)
- First time users, however, must go to room 357 to have the wireless access key entered. (3YDN)
- Your laptop will now be scanned automatically when connecting to the NSF wireless network. To ensure access to Internet via the NSF network please prepare your laptop in advance with the latest DAT files and Service Pack updates. (3YDO)
- If traveling by: (3YDP)
- a. Car: Parking lot below the Stafford I and II buildings (entrances on Wilson and N. Stuart) (3YDQ)
- b. Subway: Ballston metro station - exit to right along N. Stuart. Walk one block to main NSF entrance at N. Stuart and Ninth Sts, Ballston, VA. (3YDR)
- Visiting the NSF (3YDS)
- Ballston Area Hotels (3YDT)
- 4. Remote Teleconference Access: (3YDU)
- Conference Call-in number: (3YDV)
- PASSCODE: (3YDW)
- Please mute your phone, by pressing "*6" on your phone keypad, when the talk is in progress. To un-mute, press "*6" (3YDX)
- Please do not put your phone on hold, you may re-dial into the teleconference at any time. (3YDY)
- Shared Screen support: (will be available 5 minutes before session starts and throughout the workshop) (3YDZ)
- point browser to: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800 (3YE0)
- view-only password = colab (3YE1)
- if your computer is behind a firewall, you may need to configure the firewall to allow the shared-screen traffic (ref: vnc access details;) (3YE2)
- alternatively, just download the presentation material ("slides") and run them locally on your own machine (3YE3)
- Questions, Answers & Discourse: (3YE4)
- Please mute your phone, by pressing "*6" on your phone keypad, when the talk is in progress. To un-mute, press "*6" (3YE5)
- You can also type in your questions or comments through the browser-based chat tool as follows:'' (3YE6)
- Point a separate browser to: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/colab_20080730 (3YE7)
- login with: username = "colab_20080730" ... password = "colab" (3YE8)
- Once you have access to the page, click on the "settings" button, and identify yourself (by modifying the Name field). (3YE9)
- You can indicate that you want to ask a question verbally by clicking on the "hand" button, and wait for the moderator to call on you; or, type and send your question into the chat window at the bottom of the screen. (3YEA)
