In a message of June 1, 2000 we announced the RIA 2000 workshop to prepare and organize the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) scientific community for the upcoming NSAC Long Range Plan.

The workshop will be held at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham, North Carolina.

REGISTRATION:

It is essential that every participant to the workshop register by filling in the appropriate registration form on the workshop web site at http://www.nscl.msu.edu/riaws00 .

HOUSING:

For the RIA2000 Workshop participants, 50 rooms are reserved in the Sheraton Imperial Hotel (the Workshop site) and 60 rooms at the Comfort Suites Hotel which is in walking distance (~4 minutes) of the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. In addition, there are 50 rooms reserved at the Wingate Inn, which is adjacent to the Comfort Suites Hotel, and 40 rooms at the Wyndham Hotel, which is located about 2 miles west of the Workshop site.

Reservations can be made by calling the hotels directly. Individuals must identify themselves as members of the RIA2000 Group to receive the established Group rates (see below). ALL RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO THE GROUP'S CUT-OFF DATE (see below) and guaranteed with a one night's deposit in the form of check, money order or credit card. Individuals will be responsible for their own room, tax, and incidental charges.

Sheraton Imperial Hotel:

• Phone: (919)941-5050, Fax: (919)941-2958
• Rate: $125 plus tax
• Cut-off date: June 23, 2000, before midnight (EST)

Comfort Suites Hotel:

• Phone: (919)474-9400, Fax: (919)474-0104
• Rate: $79 plus tax
• Cut-off date: June 23, 2000, 5 p.m. (EST)

Wingate Inn:

• Phone: 1-800-228-1000 or (919)941-2854
• Fax: (919)474-8111
• Rate: $79 plus tax for single room (35 rooms
• available)
• Rate: $89 plus tax for double room (15 rooms
• available)
• Cut-off date: July 10, 2000, before midnight (EST)

Wyndham Garden Hotel:

• Phone: 1-800-972-0264 or (919)941-6066
• Fax: (919)-941-6363
• Rate: $85 plus tax
• Cut-off date: July 7, 2000, before midnight (EST)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

The RIA2000 Steering group wishes to thank TUNL and the local organizing committee for their assistance in making this important workshop possible:

• W.Tornow (chair) - Duke
• E.G. Bilpuch - Duke
• C. Iliadis - UNC
• C.R. Brune - UNC
• C. Gould - NCSU
• J. Kelley - NCSU

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RIA2000 STEERING GROUP

• Jim Beene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Richard Casten, Yale University (co-chair)
• Stuart Freedman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Donald Geesaman, Argonne National Laboratory
• C. Konrad Gelbke, Michigan State University
• Thomas Glasmacher, Michigan State University
• Robert Janssens, Argonne National Laboratory
• I-Y. Lee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Brad Meyer, Clemson University
• Witold Nazarewicz, University of Tennessee/ORNL (co-chair)
• Eric Ormand, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Mark A. Riley, Florida State University
• Hamish Robertson, University of Washington
• Guy Savard, Argonne National Laboratory
• Bradley Sherrill, Michigan State University
• Gene Sprouse, State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Werner Tornow, Duke University
• Robert Tribble, Texas A&M University
• Michael Wiescher, Notre Dame University