Dear Colleagues, In this email: * 1. hotel reservations check * 2. online schedule & participants list * 3. submitting talks * 4. workshop webcasting * 5. connectivity & printing at STScI -- * 1. -- Hotel. Please ensure that you have made your hotel reservations. The registration form only keeps the dates of attendance for book-keeping, no advance reservations are done by STScI. For reference, the links to the three nearest and most convenient hotels are given here, http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/mgct/mgctHotels#colonnade , and at any time you may contact Grace Lee, our Travel Coordinator (glee@stsci.edu or 410-338-2620) for assistance. -- * 2. -- Schedule. The up to the minute updated schedule is available at http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/mgct/MGCTSchedule.html and the participants list is at http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/mgct/mgctParticipants Copies of both will be provided with your registration package when you sign in Monday morning. Don't forget that we start at 8:45am. -- * 3. -- SPEAKERS: We would like copies of all powerpoint/keynote talks for the online archive. We would especially like to have these *before* your talks, if at all possible, so that they can be uploaded onto one of our STScI laptops before your session. o * Please name your presentation files , e.g. aeinstein.ppt * o * Please email your talk to tullos@stsci.edu, or be prepared to have us transfer it via memory stick as soon as possible after you arrive. * -- * 4. -- Webcasting. The entire workshop will be webcast in real time, and archived. The live link is available through http://www.stsci.edu/institute/itsd/information/streaming You may want to pass this on to your colleagues. All available talks will be made available as supporting material to the webcasts themselves. -- * 5. -- Connectivity at STScI. The STScI Auditorium, where the workshop is being held, has open-access wireless on our Visitor's Network. We also have wireless and actual dhcp cables at various locations around the Institute that you are welcome to use. For details, please consult this page: http://www.stsci.edu/institute/itsd/networks/visitorNetworkConnect This webpage also describes how one may print while connected to the Visitor's Network. We are looking forward to having everybody here in a few days. Good journey to everyone. For the SOC, Lexi Moustakas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOC: Mark Dickinson Harry Ferguson Mauro Giavalisco Karl Glazebrook Norman Grogin L. Moustakas Daniel Stern ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~