Received: from south-station-annex.mit.edu by eddie.mit.edu id aa09737; 22 Aug 97 16:12 EDT Received: from MIT.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA18224; Fri, 22 Aug 97 16:12:26 EDT Received: from EGGROLL.MIT.EDU by MIT.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA02335; Fri, 22 Aug 97 16:12:24 EDT Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <199708220936.FAA01496@RADIO-SOCIETY.MIT.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 16:12:49 -0400 To: Darrin Jewell From: Alicia Allen Subject: Re: SIPB computer tours on Sept 4th Cc: helpsuper@mit.EDU X-UIDL: 5499d0a5c2d055c7ba81bca1b5818abb Xref: fredric-brown.mit.edu mail.sipb.tours:15 Lines: 46 Hi, Sounds fine. I'll try to get a few students to come by and discuss it as well. Alicia >Alicia, > >I mentioned this to you a couple of weeks ago. Would you be >interested in showing off the help desk to incoming students? > >I'm coordinating the SIPB Computer Tour this year, and I'm writing to >you to see if you'd be interested in giving a demo of anything your >group has been working on (or, if you can't, finding out if you can >recommend someone in your group who might be able to). > >The tour is aimed at new MIT students, to give them an inside look at >the interesting uses of computers in various labs and groups around >campus. It's a good opportunity both for students to learn about what >sort of research is going on around campus, as well as for research >groups to attract potential UROPs. > >The date we've scheduled for this year's tour is Thursday, September 4th, >which is during the first week of classes. The tours run from about 7 >pm to 10 pm. Typically, we get enough people that we need to split >the tour into about three groups, so there would be three demos over >that time period. The demos are typically 10-15 minutes >long. Afterward, we usually have food and a guest speaker, which you >are invited to join us for, if you wish. > >If you are able and willing to give a demo, please let me know the >largest and ideal group size for you, as well as the minimum and ideal >amount of time you'd like to give them demo. If you can't, but you know >someone else in your group who might be able to, would you please forward >this to them? > >Thanks, > >Darrin Jewell Alicia Allen iggy@mit.edu (617) 253-0191 Computing Help Desk MIT, 11-226