[Southern_AZ_MWS] YOU are invited to an online Climate Briefing:Thursday May 21, 2009!!!

[Arin Haverland]

Dear Stewards,



*YOU* are invited to participate in an online climate briefing for resource
managers and interested citizens in the U.S.-Mexico border region!


I hope all of you can take a few moments to take part in this online
engagement! The online briefing will be available to you through BREEZE,
information on how to test your connectivity and set up for this briefing
are listed below. Set up today and be all set for the briefing tomorrow! And
as always- let us know what you think!


 Sincerely,

Arin C. Haverland* *

*Arin C. Haverland, AZ MWS Volunteer Coordinator
UA AZ Master Watershed Steward Program
*http://ag.arizona.edu/watershedsteward/

Water Resources Research Center
350 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
a <arin at ag.arizona.edu>rin at ag.arizona.edu <arin at ag.arizona.edu>

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The Climate Assessment for the Southwest, the National Center for
Atmospheric Research, and the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
will be hosting the briefing on *Thursday May 21, 2009 at 10:00 A.M
***Pacific Daylight Time*.



The briefing will feature presentations by monsoon forecasters in the United
States and Mexico, followed by a question and answer period. We plan to
conduct most of the briefing in English, with brief summaries in Spanish.

This exciting meeting will be hosted online using the Breeze web
communication software! To view and participate in the briefing, *you will
need two pieces of free software to run the Breeze system: Macromedia Flash
and Shockwave. (free of charge); installing the necessary software will take
just a few minutes.* All you need is a microphone or speakers so you can
hear – the software and getting started PDF will help walk you through the
process.



*Use this pdf checklist to get started in Breeze and to test your
connectivity:
<http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/checklistp.pdf>*

*http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/employee/checklistp.pdf*

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The URL for joining the briefing on *May 21, 2009 * is
http://breeze.ltc.arizona.edu/monsoon09/.  *Enter as a guest (login box to
the right).*

For further information, contact Gregg Garfin (gmgarfin at email.arizona.edu;
520-622-9016 or Kate Sammler (sammler at atmo.arizona.edu).

For more information on climate please visit:
http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/ws/052109.htm


-- 
"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old
dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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