GFESuite (Oct 14-17, 2003) GFESuite Advanced Text Formatter Training Workshop

for the

Interactive Forecast Preparation System

sponsored by

National Weather Service and the Forecast Systems Laboratory

Workshop Details

The workshop is scheduled to take place at FSL from 3pm October 14 through noon on the 17th. Details about the workshop may be found at the following links:

Agenda
Workshop Participants
Presentation Slides

Recommended Prerequisites


Logistics

Location of Workshop

Registration

If you wish to be a participant, please contact your regional representative for this workshop.  The regions will contact FSL to sign up their people.  The regional representatives for attending this workshop are:
 
Eastern Region Southern Region Central Region Western Region Alaska Region Pacific Region Others (NWSTC, NCEP, NWSH)
Ross Dickman, ERH Jack Settelmaier, SRH Jeff Manion, CRH Andy Edman, WRH Duane Carpenter, ARH Ken Waters, PRH Mark Mathewson, FSL
I.Ross.Dickman@noaa.gov Jack.Settelmaier@noaa.gov Jeffrey.Manion@noaa.gov Andy.Edman@noaa.gov Duane.Carpenter@noaa.gov Ken.Waters@noaa.gov Mark.A.Mathewson@noaa.gov

There are a limited number of slots available for this workshop. The participants that are registered are listed on the attendees page.
 

Hotel

A block of rooms (25) under the name "Formatter Workshop" have been reserved at the Homewood Suites, at 4950 Baseline Rd., Boulder, CO 80303. The room rate is $93.00 per night which is government per diem. You need to call 303-499-9922 and reserve your their rooms by September 29, 2003. Arrival date is October 13 or October 14 and departure date is October 17, 2003. For those of you coming in on the 14th, be sure you let them know that since we reserved the block of rooms starting on the 13th.
 
 

Additional visitor information about FSL may be found here.
 

Cars/Buses

There is good, frequent  public transportation to/from the Denver International Airport to Boulder hotels.  There is both a regional RTD bus, and several van companies.

Security

Due to heightened security, please be sure to bring your NOAA badge with you to this workshop.

 

Presentation Slides

Text Formatter User Guide This covers product setup and basic customization.
Text Formatter User Guide for Tabular Products This covers simple tabular and smart tabular products.
Text Formatter User Guide for Narrative Products This covers narrative products, narrative strategies, and narrative phrases and methods.
Text Reference Guide Material presented in the user guide refers to this document. This contains many examples, troubleshooting strategies, and exercises.
Text Formatter Project Presentation at the FSL Technical Review for GFESuite, September 2003.