[asac] January face-to-face meeting

[Lee G. Mundy]

Hi all,

   As a local person in DC, I do not see much to recommend
in favor of a hotel around Dulles airport itself. The nearest
hotels are ~20 minutes away and once you are there -- you are
there -- nothing much else. The Arlington area where NSF is located
is about 40 minutes from the airport. The AUI location is around
50 minutes away (these are all non-rush hour estimates). UMD is
about 50 minutes from Dulles. The AUI location is the most "downtown"
of the above locations; it is near Dupont Circle. The NSF is right next to 
a major up-scale shopping mall with a good selection of eateries in the 
area.

cheers,

Lee

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Chris Carilli wrote:

> once we are in DC, no sense in hanging around Dulles.
> I would vote for AUI or UMd.
> cc
>
>
> Al Wootten wrote:
>
>> Dear folks,
>> 
>> At today's telecon, the ASAC decided to move its meeting from the
>> previously planned 28/29 January in Los Angeles to 28/29 January in
>> the vicinity of Washington, D. C.
>> 
>> Detailed planning is underway.  Please make your plans to attend a
>> meeting in the Washington area beginning Saturday morning, 28 January and 
>> ending in time to catch afternoon flights on Sunday, 29 January.  Almost
>> certainly, a flight into and out of Dulles will be most convenient.
>> Chris, John and your project scientists will develop an agenda as soon as 
>> possible and advertise it.
>> 
>> Several venues are possible and are under investigation--
>> a hotel at the Dulles airport (probably best),
>> AUI, in downtown Washington,
>> near NSF, in suburban Alexandria close to Washington,
>> U. Md., in suburban College Park between Washington and Baltimore 
>> Washington
>>  International airport (and an alternate airport choice, this one with
>>  rail service!).
>> 
>> Clear skies,
>> Al
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