ITAC Meeting -- February 8-10, 2005
Georgia District Office -- Atlanta, Georgia
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Invited Guests:

News Items

Audio Bridge Information for February 8th -

• Call 650-329-5199
• Enter conference code 0181, followed by #
• The conference has been set up for Tuesday, 2/8/05, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm EST for five participants. If you have any problems accessing this conference, please call 650-329-4444 for assistance.

Audio Bridge Information for February 9th -

• Dial In Number -- 703-648-4848
  Conference Date: 2/9/05
  Conference Time (ET)*: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  Confirmation #: 5584
  # of Ports/Lines: 5
  Conference Code #: 41305
  
  Please copy and paste these dial in instructions into a new email and distrubute them to the call participants:
  
• Dial in instructions: At the scheduled start time of the conference, each participant must call the dial in number, 703-648-4848. You can not dial into the conference before the scheduled start time. There will be a voice prompt asking for the conference code (41305) followed by the # sign. Please wait for the beep tone following this recording before entering your conference access code. You will hear a single beep tone after you enter the # key, confirming that you have joined the conference call successfully. If you hear no other voices at this time, then you are the first caller to join the conference call. If you weren't successful, you will hear another voice prompt with instructions.
• If you have any questions regarding the Reston Audio Bridge or if you experience any difficulties during your audio conference, please call the Telecommunications Center at 703-648-7110.

Audio Bridge Information for February 10th -

• Dial In Number -- 703-648-4848
  Conference Date: 2/10/05
  Conference Time (ET)*: 8:00 AM - 12:00 NOON
  Confirmation #: 5585
  # of Ports/Lines: 5
  Conference Code #: 41306
  
  Please copy and paste these dial in instructions into a new email and distrubute them to the call participants.
  
• Dial in instructions: At the scheduled start time of the conference, each participant must call the dial in number, 703-648-4848. You can not dial into the conference before the scheduled start time. There will be a voice prompt asking for the conference code (41306) followed by the # sign. Please wait for the beep tone following this recording before entering your conference access code. You will hear a single beep tone after you enter the # key, confirming that you have joined the conference call successfully. If you hear no other voices at this time, then you are the first caller to join the conference call.
• If you weren't successful, you will hear another voice prompt with instructions.

WEBEX Meeting in Atlanta, GA --

Date: Every 1 day, from Wednesday, February 9, 2005 to Thursday, February 10, 2005
Time: 8:00 am, Eastern Standard Time (GMT -05:00, New York)
Meeting number: 761 750 685
Meeting password: 1234

Please click the following link to see more information, or to join the meeting. <https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?ED=85203367&UID=27683237>

Teleconference: 703-648-4848
Confirmation #: 5584

To contact Sandy Williamson, call 1-253-428-3600 x2683 or,
send a message to this address: akwill@usgs.gov

To update this meeting in your calendar program (for example, Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes), do the following:

* For all calendar programs (except Lotus Notes), click the following link, or copy the link and paste it into your Web browser:
< https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/j.php?ED=85203367&UID=27683237&ICS=MRS3>

*For Lotus Notes, follow these steps:
1.Right-click the attached iCalendar format (*.ics) file, and then choose View.
2.Click Import All. A new broadcast email message is added to your Inbox.
3.Open the new message.
4.Click Respond button. A menu appears.
5.Click Accept.

The host requests that you check for compatibility of rich media players for Universal Communications Format (UCF) before you join the session. UCF allows you to view multimedia during the session. To check now, click the following link:
https://usgs.webex.com/usgs/systemdiagnosis.php

Administrative Logistics

• Accommodations:

  Best Western -- Peachtree Corners
  7035 Jimmy Carter Boulevard
  Norcross, Georgia, United States, 30092-3251
  Phone: 770-409-0004
  Fax: 770-409-1495

  • We have a block of rooms for THREE nights...not four (2/7 through 2/9)

• Hotel Amenities:
  Welcome to the Best Western Peachtree Corners, in the beautiful city of Norcross. Our hotel offers our guests free high-speed Internet access in all rooms, a complimentary deluxe continental breakfast, outdoor pool, exercise room, and guest laundry. The guest rooms at the Best Western Peachtree Corners are equipped with either one king bed or two queen beds, cable television with HBO®, coffee/tea maker, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, telephone with dataport. We are centrally located near business parks, shopping malls including Mall of Georgia, which is anchored by Rich's, Macy's, Parisian, Sears and JC Penney, movie theaters, and a large variety of restaurants. Come stay with us and experience the best in Best Western Peachtree Corners.

• Georgia -- District Information:

  District Office:
  Peachtree Business Center, Suite 130
  3039 Amwiler Rd.
  Atlanta, GA 30360-2824

• Driving directions to the Atlanta Office

• If you plan on taking MARTA to the office, you can give Chris Leeth a call with your flight information and we will have someone meet you at the station.
  Work Phone: 770-903-9120

  You can board MARTA in the airport terminal and would take the NORTHEAST line to the DORAVILLE station. From the airport to the Doraville station takes approximately 40 minutes. Information for MARTA can be found at the following URL: http://www.itsmarta.com/

• Georgia District Contacts:
  • District Chief: Edward Martin
    Phone: 770-903-9100
    Email: ehmartin@usgs.gov
    
• Helpful District Web Pages:
  • Georgia District External Home Pages

Tentative Agenda Items

Itineraries (June 2004 meeting):