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The following is reposted due to errors in the original message earlier
this week:

FIRST NATIONAL EMWIN CONFERENCE TO BE IN HOUSTON

The first EMWIN-Users Conference will be held in Houston on Friday,
December 4 and Saturday, December 5, 1998. There is no fee for the
conference, but all attendees must register.

For registration information and updates to the agenda, see the Xencode
Internet Web Site at http://www.weathernode.com/emwincon.asp or call Chris
Grant with the NWS at 405-366-6583, extension 141, or EMWIN Houston at
713-957-7498. To register by e-mail, address your message to
chris.grant@noaa.gov.

Conference Sponsors: National Weather Service Southern Region, Harris
County Office of Emergency Management, and Harris County Appraisal
District. Co-sponsored by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Division
of Emergency Management.

Location: Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) Training Facility, 10th
Floor, 2800 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77092. Conveniently located on
Houston's near Northwest side near the intersection of Loop 610 and US 290.

To reach both the conference site and conference hotel, take the T.C.
Jester exit off Loop 610.

Conference Hotel: Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel, 3000 North Loop West,
Houston, TX 77092. The hotel has blocked 100 rooms for Thursday night,
December 3, and Friday night, December 4, at a special rate of $55.00
single occupancy or $75.00 double occupancy. To receive these rates,
reservations must be made direct to the hotel on or before Thursday,
November 19, 1998. Mention the "EMWIN Conference" when calling
1-800-688-3000. All reservations are required to include a deposit equal to
one night's stay plus tax and be received by November 19. Personal or
company check, money order, or valid credit card and expiration date are
acceptable. The deposit will be credited to the individual folio and is
non-refundable 48 hours prior to arrival.

Airport Shuttle Service: Available from Bush Intercontinental Airport
(IAH).. $17.00 each direction. Roundtrip ticket is $32.00.

AGENDA

The HCAD training facility has complete audio-visual support available.
Presenters who plan to use computers in the course of their presentation
will have the ability to project the image on five screens. Computer image
projection will also be available for the WeatherNode 4.0 software
orientation sessions.

Ed Covington from Zephyrus is going to bring a low powered VHF transmitter
and retransmit the 9600 baud datastream for the benefit of vendors and
presenters who need it to activate their equipment.

Friday, December 4

9 a.m. - Registration, HCAD Training Facility. Exhibits open and refreshments.

10 a.m. - Welcome/Introductions/Administrative

Jim White, Emergency Management Coordinator, Harris County, Texas; Gary
Woodall, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS Southern Region; Jim
Robinson, Coordinator for EMWIN Houston.

10:15 a.m. - EMWIN Overview: Past, Present and Future:  Jim Doherty,
National Weather Service Headquarters.

10:45 a.m. - Considerations for Setting Up a Local Broadcast Facility
Panelists: Jim Robinson, HCAD; Ron Hill, Oklahoma State Emergency
Management Agency; Larry Jentry, Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Moderator: Gary Woodall, WCM, NWS Southern Region.

12:00 - Lunch (On Your Own). Special buffet rate available at the Sheraton
Brookhollow Hotel.

1:30 p.m. - Use of Local Data Products in the Broadcast Stream
Panelists: Jack Belich, St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, FL; Frank
Gutierrez, Harris County OEM, Houston; Tom Nichols, Emergency
Communications Auxiliary of the Mid-South, Memphis, TN.
Moderator, Jim Purpura, WCM, National Weather Service, Norman, OK.

2:30 p.m. - Technical Considerations for Local Data Insertion & System
Networking.
Panelists: Mike Fleifel, Network Operations Manager, HCAD, Houston, TX; Ken
Brown, National Weather Service, Norman, OK; Andrew Dorn, St. Petersburg
Times, St. Petersburg, FL.
Moderator: Gene Hafele, WCM, National Weather Service, Houston, TX.

3:30 p.m. - Break and refreshments.

4:00 p.m. - Open Forum (Moderated by Jim Doherty)

5:00 p.m. - Adjourn First Day's Conference

5:30 p.m. - Board buses for (optional) tour of Houston TransStar, Houston
and Harris County's state-of-the art emergency operations and traffic
control center.

Concurrent training sessions in use of WeatherNode 4.0 to be from 1:30-2:30
and 3:00-4:00 in Brookhollow Central II Training Room. Conducted by
Xenocode. Similar concurrent sessions on Saturday from 8:30-9:30 and
10:00-11:00)

Saturday, December 5

8 a.m. - Registration, HCAD Training Facility. Exhibits open and
refreshments.

8:30 a.m. - The EMWIN Product Suite
Presenter: Jim Doherty, National Weather Service Headquarters.
Moderator: Gary Woodall, WCM, NWS Southern Region.

9:30 a.m. - Use of WeatherNode Plug-Ins & Add-Ons
Panelists: Jerry Johnson, Xenocode; Jim Purpura, NWS, Norman, OK.
Moderator: Gary Woodall, NWS Southern Region.

10:30 a.m. - Break

10:45 a.m. - Methods of EMWIN Dissemination
Panelists: Jim Doherty, NWS; Jerry Johnson, Xenocode.
Moderator: Gene Hafele, NWS Houston-Galveston.

11:30 a.m. - Vendor Comments
Commentators: All EMWIN-related vendors present at conference.
Moderator: Gene Hafele, NWS Houston-Galveston.

12:30 p.m. - Open Forum
Commentators: All presenters from both days will respond to audience
questions.

1:00 p.m. - Adjourn

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Jim Robinson, EMWIN Houston, TX
Jim Purpura, WCM, NWS Norman, OK

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