[Lynn Yarmey]

Hi all,
 
I first want to truly thank all of you who went well out of your way to offer D.C. connections, and to follow up on potential spaces for our meeting. I so appreciate each of your efforts and committment!
 
With thanks to Steve Diggs, we have a great meeting space at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology offices in Bethesda, MD (faseb.org), 15 minutes from the Hilton Gaithersburg. They have a telecom setup with mics and speakers that I am hoping will better support our remote participants. I am attaching the lastest participant list I have at the bottom of this message – If your plans have changed, please let me know.
 
For those at the HIlton Gaithersburg (where we have our room block), I am working on transportation logistics and will keep you all informed on carpools or shuttles. For those not at the Hilton, the Metro isn’t terribly convenient to the FASEB location, but Uber and Lyft are common in the area. You are also welcome to get yourself to the Hilton to join us for coordinated transport. The weather in the Gaithersburg/Bethesda area looks to be partly sunny next week with no precipitation forecast and balmy temperatures at 40 deg F/4 deg C.
 
Should the US government re-open between now and Wednesday, please tune in for any updates, and email me off list (yarmel@rpi.edu) if you have questions or concerns. In the meantime, I’m glad to have a nice space for our discussions, and I look forward to seeing you all next week!  
 
Lynn
 
 
In person:

Francoise Pearlman
Helen Glaves
Ilya Zaslavsky
Jay Pearlman
Julia Collins
Juliane Schneider
Kerstin Lehnert
Lynn Yarmey
Natalie Meyers
Neil Chue Hong
Rebecca Koskela
Robert Downs
Steve Diggs
Paul Uhlir
Dimitris Koureas
Gary Berg-Cross
Hilary Hanahoe
Dave Martinesen

Remote:

Francoise Genova
Andrew Treloar
Denise Hills
Ralph Müller-Pfefferkorn
Stephanie Carroll Rainie
Sarah Ramdeen
Ville Tenhunen
Laura Molloy
Fiona Murphy

Discussion

[Paul Uhlir]

That sounds great, Lynn (and Steve). This is to let people know that I will
be driving to the meeting and can give a ride to a few participants (up to
4; 3 comfortably). I can do so every day, except for when the meeting ends
on Friday. First come, first served.
Cheers,
Paul

[Paul Uhlir]

Thanks, Lynn. I got your response but also got this warning. I figured I
should forward it to you.
Cheers,
Paul

[Kerstin Lehnert]

Hi Lynn,
It seems unlikely that I will be able to attend. I have two important
proposals due that are critical for the future of my group and need to
focus on those. Plus a huge backlog after spending much needed time with
family in Germany.
I will try to call in for parts of the meeting.
Kerstin

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