PWG Mail Archive: Re: PWG> SC - New Orleans Meeting

Re: PWG> SC - New Orleans Meeting

From: wamwagner@comcast.net
Date: Tue Aug 30 2005 - 19:26:54 EDT

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    Is there a steering committee meeting tomorrow??

    Bill Wagner

    -------------- Original message --------------

    > Hi,
    >
    > For some discussion at tomorrow's PWG Steering Committee
    > meeting?
    >
    > Cheers,
    > - Ira
    >
    > Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    > Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    > PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    > phone: +1-906-494-2434
    > email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Don Wright [mailto:don@LEXMARK.COM]
    > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 1:24 PM
    > To: STDS-2600@listserv.ieee.org
    > Subject: [2600] New Orleans Meeting
    >
    >
    >
    > As I'm sure you are all aware, New Orleans was hit pretty hard by hurricane
    > Katrina. Fortunately, the French Quarter was built on some of the highest
    > ground in New Orleans so it may be a little faster in recovering. While we
    > all expect the October meeting will remain at the Doubletree on Canal Street
    > in New Orleans, we have a back-up plan for the IEEE Service Center in
    > Piscataway NJ. I know we really don't want to have two meetings in NJ in a
    > row but neither do we want to try to get out of the Doubletree contract
    > prematurely and spend money trying to reserve another location on such short
    > notice. For now, the IEEE offices are just a backup but you may want to
    > consider waiting to make your airlines reservations until we have something
    > definitive from the Doubletree.
    >
    > **************************************************************************
    > Don Wright don@lexmark.com
    > f.wright@ieee.org or f.wright@computer.org
    > Director of Standards
    > Lexmark International Past Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board
    > 740 New Circle Rd Chair, Patent Committee IEEE SASB
    > Lexington, Ky 40550 Member-at-large, IEEE CS SAB
    > 859-825-4808 (phone) Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
    > 603-963-8352 (fax) Member, W3C Advisory Committee
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