Details for 8-10 September 2003 F2F meeting

["Eve L. Maler" <eve.maler@sun.com>]

The F2F meeting will be held at:

   Sun Microsystems
   Hawthorne conference room
   1 Network Drive
   Burlington, MA 01803 USA

Dates/times (all Eastern, obviously):

   Monday, September 8, 10am-5pm
   Tuesday, September 9, 9am-5pm
   Wednesday, September 10, 9am-noon
   (telecon arrangements and times to be announced separately)

We may be doing some group activity on Monday or Tuesday night, as well.

Following are some of the hotels that are close to the campus; a car or 
hotel shuttle is recommended, rather than walking:

Renaissance Hotel in Bedford
   http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=BOSSB
Candlewood Suites in Burlington
   http://www.candlewoodsuites.com
Boston Marriott Burlington (usually the most popular option)
   http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=BOSBU

Usually people fly into Logan, but if you really hate Boston traffic 
and/or aren't curious in the slightest about what the Big Dig and the 
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge look like at this point, you could 
fly into the Manchester, NH airport and then drive an hour south.

If you're staying at the Burlington Marriott and you're driving from 
Logan Airport (or need to give a cabbie some guidance), take 93 North to 
128 South (also known as 95 South), take exit 33B ("Route 3A North"), 
and go straight through the light at the end of the ramp.  The Marriott 
will appear immediately on your left.  The ride should take about ~30 
minutes if there's no traffic, and a cab will cost ~$60.  There are 
shuttle options too.

To get from the Marriott to the Sun facility, exit the parking lot and 
turn left on Mall Road.  Take it to "the end" (it turns into a different 
and smaller street once you're past Burlington Mall) and turn right on 
Middlesex Turnpike; a Tower Records will be on your near right at this 
intersection.  *Continue for a mile or so, going through a traffic light 
with a bank on the corner.  Soon after, the road will bend left and turn 
into Network Drive.  You'll see the Sun facility on your left; try to 
park in Visitors' Parking.  (If Visitor Parking overflows, exit Visitor 
Parking, turn left, and turn left again to park near Building 1, then 
take the sidewalk up the short hill towards the central lobby.)  I will 
be on duty for the half-hour before our meeting starts each day, getting 
people signed in and shuttling them to our meeting room.  If you get 
lost or need me at some other time, feel free to use my cell phone 
(781/354-9441).

If you happen to be going straight from Logan to Sun, take 93 North to 
128 South (95 South) to exit 32B, Middlesex Turnpike.  (Watch out for 
merging cars on this exit road, which has two exits on it; you want the 
earlier exit.)  Turn right off the exit ramp onto the Turnpike; see the 
* just above for the rest of the directions.

You should allot 30-60 minutes to get from Burlington to Logan on the 
day you leave, depending on the time of day.

Telephones will be available, but the conference room does not have 
network connections for computer access to other than Sun folks, nor 
will analog dial-up lines be available (I believe).  We will have a 
computer projector at our disposal.  If you need photocopies made for 
the meeting, please make every effort to arrange this with me 
beforehand; however, photocopying can also be done during the meeting.

We'll be heading to the Sun cafeteria for lunch (sorry, no catering 
subsidies), so our lunch timing will be up to us.

Let me know if there's any information I missed here.

	Eve
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Eve Maler                                        +1 781 442 3190
Sun Microsystems                            cell +1 781 354 9441
Web Technologies and Standards               eve.maler @ sun.com