News:
 There is 2 items with yesterday's date:
  08/10/1999  - General Teleconference scheduled for 
                25 August 1999,  9 am - 12 pm EST.
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  08/10/1999  - technical meeting scheduled for 26-27 August 1999 in
NPAC
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(and here are details:)


IOE Teleconference Meeting,  August 25, 9:00 - noon EST
  Agenda
    9 am - 10 am   Overview of ARL IOE efforts.
   10 am - 11 am   Overview of ASC IOE Interests
   11 am - 12 pm   Where and How ASC and ARL can collaborate
  Details
   - definition of expectations and requirements more detailed than
     current SoW
   - expected scalability, reliability, performance, capabilities
   - security requirements (internal and external access)
   - type and amount of data, access restriction
   - future users, roles and privileges
  Expected participants
   NPAC: Roman Markowski
   NCSA: John Melchi
   ARL:  E. J. Grabert
   ASC:  Charlotte Coleman 

IOE Technical Meeting, 26-27 August 1999
  Agenda 26-27 August 1999
   - overview of available technologies related to the project
   - definition of components what must be bought, designed
     and implemented to satisfy project SoW
   - detailed design of all components of portal architecture
     and database backend
   - definition who is doing what and when
   - establishing communication channels between developers
     for regular exchange of information and testing sessions
  Participants
   NPAC: Roman Markowski, Yuping Zhu, Jungkee Jake Kim
   NCSA: John Melchi, Doug Fein
   ARL:  Derek Moses
   ASC:  Tracey Smith,  Marlon Pierce