Feb. 2, 2005

Advocating for Laboratory excellence

We are a group of people committed to excellence and providing comments to the request for proposal. We have created a YAHOO group called COALITIONforLANLEXCELLENCE for like minded people to comment and have an open discussion.

This site is established to promote an exchange of information on the re-bid for the contract to operate the Laboratory. We are a coalition of local organizations and individuals whose goal is to ensure that the Laboratory continues to carry out excellent science and to contribute effectively to our national security.

You can join our distribution list, post messages, send them to the group, follow Web links to relevant information and read documents that have been posted.

This open site that is open to anyone. Please join us using your home e-mail address and your home computer.

If you are familiar with YAHOO groups and have a YAHOO id, then simply join us. If you are not familiar with YAHOO groups then to sign up for YAHOO groups do the following:

1. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ online.

2. Under new users on the left-hand side bar, click on "click here to register."

3. Fill out the form. If you do not have Hot Mail, YAHOO mail, Google mail and/or some other Web-based mail account, then I suggest you leave the box checkmark that creates a "Create my free YAHOO! email address." This may cut down on the spam you may get and if some one grabs the account; it will go to that account and not your home e-mail account. If you chose YAHOO mail, then your YAHOO address will be: yahooid@yahoo.com. Use the Web-based account like the YAHOO address when you sign in to YAHOO groups.

4. Click on "continue to YAHOO groups."

5. In the search box in the middle of the screen, type the following (not case sensitive)

COALITIONforLANLEXCELLENCE

6. And click enter.

7. Click on COALITIONforLANLEXCELLENCE or item 2

8. Click on "join this group" and enter your YAHOO id and password.

9. Pay attention to the message delivery section and select the type of service you want.

10. Click on "continue to group" and you are in. We encourage all interested people to join. If you have questions or need further information, send e-mail to wallynm@yahoo.com.

--Melvin McCorkle