> ************************************************************************* > United States Department of Education presents: > Squashing the Millennium Bug: Contingency Planning & System Testing in > K-12 Schools. > A live interactive teleconference about what schools need to know to be > ready for the Year 2000. > Thursday, September 30th 12:00-1:30 PM (ET) > ************************************************************************* > > Please Note: The technical assistance number for the day of the program is > (202) 408-3426 > > This live telecast will present information on how K-12 schools can make > sure their systems are ready for the new year. > > Moderator Nancy Mathis will lead a discussion with state and local experts > including: > > Dale Alexander, Director of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Public Schools > Information Technology Services Department > > Gerald Butler, Technical Support Manager of the Networking Services > Department of Clark County, Nevada, School District > > Vickie Frederick, Director of Systems Software and Security > Administration for Los Angeles Unified School District in California > > John Bailey, Director of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Office > of Educational Technology > > Denise Jackson, Network Technology Coordinator at Hutto Independent > School District in Hutto, Texas > > David Dexter, Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Education's > Year 2000 Project Management Team > > And live via satellite, Victor Diorio, Director, Year 2000 > Conversion, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Miami, Florida > > This interactive Teleconference encourages your participation. > > Before the program, fax your questions to (202) 205-0676 (by > September 27 at noon). > > During the program, call the experts by contacting the 1-800 number > displayed during the broadcast. > > Or e-mail your questions to: [log in to unmask] > > ******************** > Satellite Coordinates > ******************** > > Satellite coordinates are subject to change. It is critical that each > downlink site register, in order to be notified (by e-mail or fax) in case > of changes in satellite coordinates or any other critical information > regarding the event. > > C-band: Galaxy 6; Transponder/Channel 5; Orbital Location: 99 degrees > West; Downlink Frequency 3800 MHz; Horizontal polarity; Audio: 6.2 and > 6.8. > KU-Band: SBS-6; Transponder/Channel 9; Orbital Location: 74 degrees West; > Downlink Frequency 11921 MHz; Horizontal polarity; Audio: 6.2 and 6.8. > > > ***************** > REGISTRATION > ***************** > Register your participation by visiting our new online registration system > at www.ed.gov/registerevent by calling 1-800-USA-LEARN. > > Thank you! > > ========================================== > To subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) STM-LIST, address an e-mail message > to: > [log in to unmask] Then write either SUBSCRIBE > STM-LIST YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME in the message, > or write UNSUBSCRIBE STM-LIST (if you have a > signature block, please turn it off). Then send it! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Past STM-LIST messages: http://www.ed.gov/MailingLists/STM-LIST/ > ========================================== > > David Clark > U.S. Department of Education > (202) 401-0936 > [log in to unmask] >