Newsgroups: comp.sys.super,comp.parallel,comp.parallel.pvm,comp.parallel.mpi
From: Nick Nevin <nevin@alex.osc.edu>
Subject: Re: Final Announcement: Ptools Consortium General Meeting
Organization: Ohio Supercomputer Center
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 14:56:55 -0400
Message-ID: <4nhu3g$fvb@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>

jeffb@jeffsHP.Lanl.GOV (Jeff Brown) writes:

<snip>

> Membership in the Ptools Consortium is open
> to anyone interested in parallel programming tools.  

<snip>

> Foreign Nationals:  NASA Ames requires extra time to process
> your access approval.  You must bring your passport or Green
> Card to the meeting site.  The registration deadline for
> non-U.S. citizens is May 1.  If you are not a permanent
> resident of the U.S., you must include the following
> additional information on your registration form:  your full
> name; date of birth; organizational affiliation;
> citizenship; passport number; date and place of passport
> issue; expiration date of your passport; and date of birth.
> 

So where do I send my urine sample and fingerprints?

Doesn't sound terribly open to me if I have to undergo some sort of
"access approval" just to attend a General Meeting.

---nick.

