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Should a few Flexers try this, or should all of Flex dive in?? OR, do
you think we have to dive in as an <i>Institution</i>...?<br>
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Sheila<br>
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Claire Reid wrote:
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<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">From: </div>
"Sherman, Beverly J." <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bsherman@nsf.gov"><bsherman@nsf.gov></a></td>
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<div class="headerdisplayname" style="display: inline;">Date: </div>
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:29:08 -0500</td>
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<p><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">NSF has been upgrading</font>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">its FastLane
infrastructure to use state-of-the-art technology.</font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"> </font> <font color="#000000"
face="Arial" size="2">We are looking for participants to use the</font>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">FastLane</font> <font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Beta website</font> <font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">after November</font> <font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">20, 2007. The Beta group will
experience no difference in the</font> <font color="#000000"
face="Arial" size="2">existing FastLane</font> <font color="#000000"
face="Arial" size="2">system functionality, business procedures, or
user interface. Both the Beta version and the production version of
FastLane will use the same data base tables.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">WHAT WOULD THIS INVOLVE? </font> <font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">You would access a special
website whenever you have work to do within FastLane. </font><u> <font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">All your work will be saved and
you will not have to repeat the work on the existing FastLane site.</font></u></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU NEED HELP</font><font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">? You will have a special email
address</font> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">to contact.</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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<font face="Times New Roman">WHY ARE YOU BEING CONTACTED? </font> <font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Your organization is a heavy
user of FastLane. We trust your opinions. Anything on the new site
that doesn’t flow well please immediately report to us, we’ll seriously
consider fixing all the issues.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">If you are interested
in participating, please confirm</font> <font color="#000000"
face="Arial" size="2">me</font> <font color="#000000" face="Arial"
size="2">by replying to this email. </font> <font color="#000000"
face="Arial" size="2">If others in your office wish to participate,
have them email me.</font><font face="Times New Roman"> </font> <font
color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">We will contact you with the
special URL and instructions when the Beta environment is ready.</font></p>
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