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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In case you hadn&#8217;t already seen this
several times..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you have proposals, ideas, or questions
that you think might be good fodder, please share them.&nbsp; The official
contacts are listed in the note, but these lists are fine places for mulling
over half-baked ideas..<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mark.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Russ Hobby
[mailto:rdhobby@internet2.edu] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:52
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> jtsummer05@internet2.edu;
jtfeb06@internet2.edu; gigapop-tech@internet2.edu; gigapop-exec@internet2.edu;
eng@internet2.edu; abilenetechcontacts@internet2.edu;
abileneexeclist@internet2.edu; gigapop-ron@internet2.edu;
eng-wg-chairs@internet2.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> jt-program@internet2.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Next Joint Techs
Workshop, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Madison</st1:place></st1:City>
WI, July 16-19</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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12.0pt'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Register Now for the Summer 2006
ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop<br>
</span></b><a href="http://jointtechs.es.net/wisconsin2006/">http://jointtechs.es.net/wisconsin2006/</a><br>
&nbsp;<br>
It is that time again. Time to register for the Summer 2006 ESCC/Internet2
Joint Techs Workshop, which will be held in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
 w:st="on">Madison</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State></st1:place>
starting Sunday, July 16 and ending Wednesday July 19, with post meetings going
through Thursday, July 20. This workshop will have three main focal areas:
Optical Networks (still a hot topic), Security, and R&amp;E Networks as a
System. In the third focal area we will be looking at how we can best serve the
R&amp;E community, given all the various networks involved. There will also be
updates from participating networks, as well as case studies, demonstrations,
birds-of-a-feather (BoF) sessions, and presentations on timely topics in
high-performance networking. Joint Techs Workshops provide an unsurpassed
information-sharing forum for the research and education network engineering
community.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
Date Reminders:<br>
The cutoff for the hotel block is June 23, 2006, at midnight CST.<br>
Registration fees increase after 5:00pm EDT on Sunday, July 2.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
If you would like to give a presentation or organize a BoF, Vendor Soup or<br>
other side meeting, please fill out the online submission form at:<br>
<a href="http://events.internet2.edu/cfm/index.cfm?event=253&amp;type=Session">http://events.internet2.edu/cfm/index.cfm?event=253&amp;type=Session</a>
<br>
&nbsp;<br>
If you have questions, contact the Joint Techs Co-Chairs: Russ Hobby &lt;rdhobby@internet2.edu&gt;
and Scott Bradley &lt;bradley@bnl.gov&gt;.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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