Greetings to all. As has been often discussed, the issue of network connectivity to Apache Point is of great importance to both the 3.5m and Sloan Survey science. An impediment to making significant headway has been the lack of a forum to discuss these issues. We have an opportunity coming up, namely the SDSS meeting here in Seattle in March. I propose we make a serious attempt to gather scientists and network gurus from the various ARC institutions for a meeting here on March 25, the day after the SDSS meeting finishes. THe objective would be to put together a coherent strategy for approaching NSF and DOE for vBNS/ESnet tie-ins between the site and the relevant institutions. Sorry for the late notice...but in we really should try to capitalize on the gathering here, ideally supplemented by network managers from the ARC schools. Action item: could relevant/interested parties contact me regarding whether they could make the march 25 meeting? thanks Chris Stubbs stubbs@astro.washington.edu (206) 543-9375 APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 123 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO