text: Joe,
  
  I would like to invite you to an off-site meeting of John Griebling's 
  organization
  and the Research Group. 
  
  Date:   April 27 - April 29
  Location:  Breckenridge, Colorado
  
  
  As you know, John Griebling is managing the network design and construction 
  project
  currently under way in EBS. The Research Group is actively involved in this 
  effort
  which requires advanced quantitative skills in the area of stochastic 
  optimization and
  stochastic processes (for modeling and forecasting Internet traffic flows).
  
  The objective of this meeting is to develop common language and accomplish 
  transfer 
  of skills between the two groups, to facilitate cooperation on this project 
  in the future.
  
  We are inviting Ken Rice and Kevin Hannon to this meeting. We would 
  appreciate if you could
  speak, together with Kevin and Ken, on strategic directions of EBS. It is 
  important for a group
  of technical people, with relatively specialized technical skills, to 
  understand the big picture.
  
  I am attaching the preliminary agenda for this meeting.
  
  Vince Kaminski