W. Alton Jones Campus - Whispering Pines Conference Center
The
W. Alton Jones Campus - Whispering Pines Conference Center
is located at 401 Victory Highway, West Greenwich, Rhode Island,
02817-2158. For directions, click
here.
A map of the campus shows the eight (8) buildings.
The meeting will take place at the Laurel Lodge.
Sleeping accomodations at located in the
Laurel Lodge;
Whispering Pines Main Lodge,
Ground Floor;
Whispering Pines Main Lodge,
Second Floor; and the
Nettles Lodge
Phone Numbers
Main Number: 401-397-3361 x6056
Fax: 401-397-6540
For emergencies, dial 9-911 from within your room
Incoming calls: 401-397-3361, enter
room extension.
Phone number extensions and dialing
instructions
for each of the guest rooms are available in the
table following them.
Registration and Check In
Registration will be on the first day of the meeting, in the meeting room,
in
Laurel Lodge (building 1).
Room check in is in the
Office, Sycamore Lodge
(building 8), any time after 2:00pm.
Poster Information
The poster boards are located in the
Laurel Lodge (building 1). Each board
is 4'x4'. Push pins will be available at the meeting for attaching your
posters. Please be sure that you have registered your poster title and
provided your abstract to the Data Management
Office at least two weeks prior to the meeting date. We encourage
contributors to put up their posters
as soon as possible on their arrival.
The placement for your poster will be indicated by a note on the
poster board in Laurel Lodge (building 1).
Network Interfaces
We encourage attendees to bring their labtop computers to the meeting
in order to better enable data exchanges. You may also want to bring
your PC projector, if you have one, although the two main meeting rooms
will have a projector available.
The high speed internet connection, available at the Conference Center
in Laurel Lodge (building 1),
uses automatic IP and DNS assignments. See the link to the
RamLink Internet Connection Guide, under "How to Connect",
for detailed instructions on configuring your internet connection.
Break-out Roooms
The following break-out rooms are available for the November 2003 meeting:
| Location | Availability | Comments |
| Laurel Lodge | Tuesday - Thursday | Largest room;
seats up to 50 |
Spruce | Tuesday - Wednesday | Seats up to 25 |
Maple | Tuesday - Thursday | Seats up to 18 |
Nettles - porch | Tuesday - Thursday | Seats up to 12 |
Nettles - livingroom | Tuesday - Thursday |
Informal; seats up to 10 |
Whispering Pines Main Lodge - livingroom | Wednesday - Thursday |
Informal; seats up to 10 |
Last modified: November 5, 2003
