Dear Colleagues,

Attached pleased find the following documents related to the upcoming September 6-8 meeting of  the LRIT Ad Hoc Engineering Group at the IALA/AISM headquarters in Saint Germain en Laye:

·    The meeting Agenda

·    Three draft papers - which will serve as a departure point for discussions at next week's meeting - on:

1)  LRIT International Data Centre (IDC) : OPI Bill Cairns

2)  LRIT International Data Exchange (IDE) : OPI Neil Trainor

3)  LRIT Communications Protocol (CP) : OPI Craig Hayley

·    For those who were not at the Vancouver meeting, a detailed Record of Discussion from the Vancouver meeting.   (Please note that this document should serve as a background only. Concepts discussed will have evolved in some cases in the development phase of the three papers.) 

Just a reminder that the meeting commences at 8:30 on Wednesday, September 6.  For those of you staying at the Villas de Impressionistes in Bougival, IALA has kindly arranged a shuttle service to and from their offices in Saint Germain en Laye (cost is 8 euros).  Shuttle will leave from the hotel lobby at approximately 8:15.  Those of you staying at the Coq Vert can walk to IALA .

Please note that the dress code is business casual.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact myself or a member of my team.  Craig Hayley, Tracy Peverett and myself are all staying at the Villas de Impressionistes should you need to contact us Tuesday in advance of the meeting.

Should you require any additional logistical details about the meeting and are unable to contact my team, contact info and coordinates for IALA are as follows: 

Address: 20 ter rue Shnapper 78100 Saint Germain en Laye

Tel :  + 33(0) 1 34 51 70 01

Fax : + 33 (0) 1 34 51 82 05

e-mail: iala-aism@wanadoo.fr

website : http://www.iala-aism.org

Looking forward, as always, to a productive and fruitful meeting,

Regards,

Sam.