Colleagues, As you know, our first technical meeting for the CSG-IPPM project will be next Friday, February 7, at the "Big Ten Conference Center" in Chicago. We'll begin at 9am and end by 4pm. We have a lot to discuss!
Proposed Agenda
Overview and status
Relationship with other efforts (NetScarf, PSC/LBL, NLANR)
Other potential Surveyor sites: Europe, Asia, Canada, Nysernet, ...
Design issues to be decided:
- What tests do we want to do?
- Platform issues
- Operating environment, scheduling tests, meta-language?
- Access control, security
- Database issues: data collection, data access
Analysis concepts, suggestions
Development help: we need more programmers!!
Next Steps....
Logistics
The Big-10 Conference Headquarters and meeting facility is located at 1500 West Higgins Road, Park Ridge, Illinois (708) 696-1010. If you are flying into O'hare, we recommend taking the Marriott Shuttle to get there.
Walk out of the lower level baggage claim area and wait in the hotel courtesy bus area on the median strip. There are two areas outside each terminal, located toward the ends of the terminals. Marriott advertises that the shuttle runs every 15 minutes. They stop at both the Suites and the Hotel. Marriott also has an arrangement with the Big-10. Ask the driver to let you off at the Big-10 facility, which is located between the Suites and the Hotel.
The entrance to the facility is at the rear of the building. Usually the driver will stop at the entrance. However, if they are busy, the driver will stop in front of the building and you will have to make your way across the intersection, which is protected by a stop light, and around to the rear of the building.
If you will be spending the night, we recommend that you stay at the Marriott O'Hare (NOT the Suites). Marriott O'Hare is within walking distance of the Big-10 Conference Center and usually offers special rates to folks using the Big Ten Conference Center. Their reservation line is (1-312-693-4444).
Guy and I look forward to seeing you there.
David