<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#003369" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>Introduction to Selected IRIS DMC Data Access Tools</B></SPAN></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#003369" face="Verdana"><B>Monterey, California March 27, 2007</B></FONT></P><P align="center" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Staff from the IRIS DMC will present a 4-hour workshop titled </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><I>Introduction to Selected IRIS DMC Data Access Tools</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> during the first day of the EarthScope National Meeting on March 27, 2007.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Scope</B></FONT></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">This workshop will be a tutorial on some new IRIS DMC concepts such as</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"> IRIS Metadata Aggregator (MDA), Virtual Networks, Google Map, and Google Earth. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">Information about the Searchable Product Archive and Discovery Engine (SPADE) will also be presented.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;">The workshop will provide hands-on instruction for three DMC data access tools: </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"> JWEED, VASE and SPADE.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Participation</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">In order to keep the workshop efficient, we will only admit 25 participants. As we expect a wide interest, the organizers will make a selection of the applicants from the preliminary registrations.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; min-height: 13px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Participants are required to bring their own laptop computers.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; min-height: 13px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Financial support</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">There will be no registration fee. IRIS will pay for one night of lodging and for 2 meals. </SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Dates and Venue</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">The workshop will be held on March 27, 2007 at the </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.portolaplazahotel.com/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#003369">Portola Plaza Hotel</FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> in Monterey, California.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana; min-height: 13px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B>Registration</B></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">T</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">here is still space available, but February 23rd is the final day to register for the DMC workshop.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">For on-line registration and workshop information visit:</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><A href="http://www.iris.edu/workshops/2007/data_access/">http://www.iris.edu/workshops/2007/data_access/</A></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 11.0px 0.0px"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P></BODY></HTML>