GEWA Newsletter

Want to find out all the latest and greatest at Goddard? From Auditions for MAD theater to Cafeteria News, from club information to want ads for cars, cribs and condos, the GEWA newsletters has it all! You can get there from here: http://gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletter/newsletter.htm or subscribe to get the newsletter every week in your emailbox by clicking here: http://gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletter/ Just remember, the GEWA is here for your benefit!

Blood Drive - August 5, 2003

The Washington Hospital Center will be here on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., in the Building 8 Auditorium to accept blood donations. To schedule an appointment, please call Tony Robinson at 5-3546 by the close of business on August 4, 2003.

SOME FACTS TO REMEMBER:

• Several Goddard employees depend on blood products to sustain life
• Each donation could possibly save 3-4 lives
• Each donation produces 7 different blood products
• Our area uses approximately 1,000 units of blood daily

Most healthy persons at least l7 years of age can donate every eight weeks, with a minimum weight of 110 lbs. The process of giving blood is always under the supervision of a Medical Unit Supervisor. The procedure includes a medical check, actual donation, and some time for relaxation and refreshments. Please be sure to get sufficient rest the night before and eat a well balanced breakfast and lunch the day you donate. You never know whose life that you may help save.

You may not donate blood if you have spent 3 months or more in the UK since 1980; or if you have traveled to the United Kingdom, eastern Europe, western Europe, the country of Oman, and Turkey since 1980 and spent a total of 6 months or more in all of these countries.

13th Annual Fall Crafts Fair -- Register Today!

GEWA's Fall Crafts Fair will be held on October 15 from 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. in the Bldg. 8 Auditorium. Registration is $15 per space (10'x10' area with one 3'x5' table + 2 chairs) and is open to all GSFC government and contractor employees, retirees, family members and friends. Items must be handmade. Registration forms and checks are due by COB October 3. Contact Catherine Simkins (csimkins@pop400.gsfc.nasa.gov) for an electronic copy of the registration form.

ODIN's Newsletter for July Now Available

The July issue of the ODIN Interchange Newsletter is available at http://www.acs-odin.com/gsfc/newsletters/GSFCJul03.pdf . This issue features the Updated IP Registration System, Provance Tool Survey, Desktop Services Notes, NT Admin Group Status, and more.

Call for Papers - 6th MAPLD International Conference

Abstracts are being accepted for the 6th annual Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) International Conference. Programmable devices, technologies and related aspects of digital engineering will comprise the major emphasis of this conference.

This year, there will be a special emphasis on papers with the following themes:

• Reliability of Hardware and Designs; Fault Tolerance
• Reconfigurable/Adaptive Computing Systems
• Long-term Space Missions: > 15 Years
• Hardware and Software: The line is blurring
• Radiation Hardening by Design
• Digital Signal Processing with Programmable Devices
• Design Security
• "War Stories" and Lessons Learned

The event will occur on September 9-11, 2003 at the Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

For more info, visit: http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon03/admin/mapldcon03_cfp.html

NASA Day at Six Flags (Largo)

Tickets are on sale now at the GEWA Store for this special offer to all Goddard employees (government and contractor), retirees, and their families: All-day park admission on Sunday, August 31, and an all-you-can-eat classic picnic lunch (1:30-3:30 p.m.) of fried chicken, hot dogs, pasta salad, tossed salad, plus sodas/iced tea and ice cream. BUY YOUR TICKETS EARLY -- Cost until August 19: $30 (ages 4 & up). Prices go up $3/ticket on August 20. FREE ages 3 & under. For season pass holders, meal cost is $12. Parking costs $6/vehicle.