Don:

The solar/terrestrial group at hao (TISO) is interested in knowing 
more about what is happening now and in the near future at NCAR wrt 
video teleconferencing technologies. We have heard such terms as
"access grid" and "internet2", and ideas for setting up "video
conferencing" rooms for real-time video conferencing between 
2 or more geographically separated locations (e.g., hao and groups
at U. Michigan). We are of course also interested in how ML/FL 
communications would be affected, or possibly used as a testbed 
environment. 

Could you summarize for the TISO group what plans, if any, you
have for NCAR in this area.  Any comments re the future of ML and/or
FL visualization labs would also be useful. Also, if you can point 
me to any URL's that would have information re the "state" of this 
technology, or other institutions that have tried this, I would 
appreciate it.

Thanks,

--Ben

p.s. I will be at ML this afternoon for SCDUG, and may drop by
your office after the meeting (maybe around 3).