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ITAC NEWS -- August 12, 2002

Montgomery, AL -- ITAC Meeting Information
September 10 - 12, 2002

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Today is August 12, 2002 and this is ... ITAC NEWS!

This E-Mail is for WRD ITAC members, the WRD Information Technology Policy Advisors

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Charlie Merk
Chief, Configuration Management Support Unit
Office of Information
Water Resources Division
U. S. Geological Survey

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• Next Meeting
• Next Meeting Logistics
• District Web Pages
• ITAC Action Items Status
• Agenda Items
• Web Page URLs

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What:	ITAC Meeting
When:	Tuesday, Sep 10 at 8:30 am to Thursday, Sep 12 at 11:30 am
Where:	Alabama District Office: Montgomery, Alabama: ITAC Meeting room is off-site at the Alabama Judicial Building Montgomery, Alabama Address and directions will be distributed later. Alabama District Office 2350 Fairlane Dr., Suite 120 Montgomery, AL 36116 (334) 213-2332 Fax: (334) 213-2348
Who:	ITAC Members District Chief:   Athena Clark Tel:   (334) 213-2332 X19 Email:   athclark@usgs.gov Logistics Contact:   Jymalyn Redmond Phone:   (334) 213-2332 X34 Email:   jredmond@usgs.gov Site Administrator Contact:   Lori Crabtree Phone:   (615) 837-4720 Email:   crabtree@usgs.govv

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• Lodging

• A block of 20 rooms has been reserved for the USGS ITAC meeting at the Legends located at:

2500 Legends Circle, Prattville, AL 36066

• To make reservations:

• Call 334-290-1235.
• Ask for Annie Schmitz in Reservations.
• Mention that you are attending the USGS Conference and the desk is ready to make your reservations at the agreed rate of $99.00 which includes breakfast.
• Shuttle service is available from the Montgomery Airport through the Hotel if you inquire.
• *** Reservations must be made by August 19, 2002 to assure the special guest room rate.
• The perdiem rates for the
• The Legends is located:

• 25 minutes from Montgomery's Dannelly Airport with service by ASA - A Delta Connection, Northwest Airlinks and U.S. Airways Express.
• 1-1/2 hours from Birmingham

and

• 2-1/2 hours from Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport
• Jymalyn Redmond indicated that some of you may find better airline connections thru Birmingham.
• The website for the Legends is http://www.legendsgolfresort.com..

• Helpful Alabama District Web Pages:

• Alabama District Internal Web Page URL
• Alabama WRD District Public Web Page
• Alabama USGS Fact Sheet



• Current Weather in Alabama
• Radar and Satellite Images for Alabama
• Prattville, AL Chamber of Commerce

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"It is expected that ITAC will create subcommittees to address specific subjects; members of ITAC may be asked to complete assigned tasks for these subcommittees after they have completed their term on ITAC. The Senior Staff will be briefed at regular intervals on the issues pertaining to computer hardware and software that affect WRD."

Please provide the status of any open action item to cfmerk@usgs.gov as soon as possible. Also, if pertinent, provide the deliverable from your action item so that it can be distributed and posted to the ITAC web page.

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Please provide proposed agenda items to cfmerk@usgs.gov as soon as possible. Also, please provide any agenda item background and/or supporting information to cfmerk@usgs.gov for posting on the ITAC web page and for distribution to all ITAC members two weeks prior to the ITAC meeting:  Tuesday, August 27.

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• September 10-12, 2002 -- Montgomery District Office, Alabama
• Meeting Agenda

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The information on the ITAC web page includes members, charter, important documents, past meeting summaries and action items, as well as logistic and agenda information being developed for the next meeting. This is probably the best place to get up to speed, when you get some time. Other ITAC related web page URLs are listed below:

ITAC HOME URL	- http://wwwqvarsa.er.usgs.gov/cpac
NWIS HOME URL	- /
AIS HOME URL	- http://wwwoper.er.usgs.gov/ais/
DIS HOME URL	- http://wwwqvarsa.er.usgs.gov/
NWQL HOME URL	- http://wwwnwql.cr.usgs.gov/USGS/USGS_gen.html
NRP HOME URL	- http://water.usgs.gov/usgs/nrp/
HASS HOME URL	- http://hassrvares.er.usgs.gov/index.html
REPORTS HOME URL	- http://water.usgs.gov/usgs/int_report.html

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