[seek-logistics] CRITICAL: oct SEEK meeting arrangements

[Arcot Rajasekar]

Hi Matt
   Any details about where we will be staying.
thanks
	raja


On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Matt Jones wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> We've got a great technical meeting coming together for our trip to
> Santa Barbara in October.  For those of you who are attending the SEEK
> technical meeting in Santa Barbara next month, this email contains
> important logistics information.
>
>
> *** YOU need to reserve your own airline ticket asap. Details below...
>
>
> The meeting will be held from 8:00 am Oct 22 to 4pm Oct 26.  Travel for
> most of you will need to be on Oct 21 and Oct 27 to fully participate in
> the meeting.
>
> Your hotel room at the Upham will be reserved for you once you have made
> your travel arrangements and have sent your itinerary to Pam (see
> below), so please do not delay in making these arrangements.
>
> I have included a rough agenda and the current list of participants
> below. A more detailed agenda will follow in a couple of weeks. Looking
> forward to seeing you in Santa Barbara,
>
> Matt
>
>
> AIRLINE RESERVATION INFO
> ------------------------
> Please call Rio Grande Travel 1-800-778-6861 or 505/768-7999 as soon as
> possible and ask for a UNM Representative.  You may also contact the
> following representatives directly for assistance:  Rita Ortiz at
> RitaO at RGTravel.com, Tracey Fria at TraceyF at RGTravel.com or Jolene France
> at JoleneF at RGTravel.com  Tell the agent that the LTER Network Office at
> UNM (contact: Pam Griego) is paying for your ticket.  If you have any
> other problems, please e-mail the manager, Doris Phillips,
> DorisP at RGTravel.com with a copy to pgriego at LTERnet.edu.  Once you have
> made and approved your reservation, Rio Grande will forward the
> itinerary to the Network Office, which will pay for the ticket.
>
> If you wish to purchase the airline ticket yourself, please e-mail Pam
> Griego your arrival/departure dates/times, flight number and the amount
> of the ticket.  Reimbursement for the ticket will be made after the meeting.
>
> NOTE: Any airline reservations made within 21 days of the initiation of
> travel will have to be paid for by the traveler and will be reimbursed
> at the APEX 21-day advance purchase rate.  Failure to make reservations
> in a timely fashion may therefore have serious personal financial
> implications.
>
>
> AGENDA
> ------
> Date         Session
> ------       -------
> Oct 21:      evening arrivals
> Oct 22:      EcoGrid (8:00 am)
> Oct 23:      KR/SMS                 <--ERE pres 9-9:45 am
> Oct 24:      AMS
> Oct 25:      KR/SMS
> Oct 26:      AMS morning
>               Afternoon: Integration of EcoGrid, KR, SMS, AMS
>               adjourn 4:00 pm
>               departures after 6pm
>
>
> PARTICPANTS
> -----------
> I am pretty sure most people listed will be coming, but those with a ?
> after thier name are not confirmed. People with an asterisk (*) are
> local to Santa Barbara.
>
> KU
> ---
> Ricardo Pereira (probably)
> Dave Vieglais
> EcoGrid Programmer @ Kansas TBN (probably)
>
> NCEAS
> ------
> Chad Berkley *
> Dan Higgins *
> Matt Jones
> Serguei Krivov (U of Vermont)
> Jim Reichman *
> Mark Schildhauer *
> Jing Tao *
> Ferdinando Villa (U of Vermont)
> Rich Williams (arrives late on Oct 22)
>
> SDSC
> ----
> Shawn Bowers
> Bertram Ludaescher
> Arcot Rajasekar
> David Stockwell
> Jenny Wang
> Yang Yu
> Bing Zhu
>
> UNM
> ----
> James Brunt ?
> Peter McCartney (Arizona State University) ?
> William Michener
> Deana Pennington
> Amy Sundermier (Arizona State University) ?
>
>
>