--David Herring (dherring@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov), EOS AM-1 Science Outreach Coordinator, Goddard Space Flight Center
In order to facilitate better communication and interaction in the EOS community, a Web-based bulletin board system (BBS) was recently established. The URL is http://modarch. gsfc.nasa.gov/EOS-AM. It contains bulletin boards for discussion about "EOS AM Education and Outreach," "EOS Early Science Results," and "EOS AM-1 Calibration Attitude Maneuvers (CAMs)."
The BBS, accessible via your World Wide Web viewer (e.g., Netscape), maintains threaded, ongoing discussions in a central location. The system is intuitive and easy to use--there is a "Help and Hints" section should you have questions. Users may find particularly useful the ability to build hyperlinks to other Web resources into their postings.
There is also a "User Information and System Administration" section whereby users may look up another user's contact information (e.g., e-mail address or phone number), or users may modify their own information (e.g., change password). Numerous names have already been added to the list of users--most EOS Instrument Science Team Members and Interdisciplinary Science Investigators now have login ids and passwords.
Please note that the "Education & Outreach" and "Early Science Results" boards are open for viewing by the general public. However, only those users with login ids and passwords may post information there. Access to the CAM board is limited to select users. Anyone who wishes to get access to the BBS should contact:
David Herring, EOS AM Science Outreach Coordinator
Code 913, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
E-mail: dherring@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tel: (301) 286-9515
Fax: (301) 286-1759
Please access the system and let Herring know what you think. You are encouraged to respond to any of the initial threads of discussion you see there, or start a new one.