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Mission
Update
Weather forecasters
and the mission management team postponed Wednesday's launch of
Atlantis while they assessed the possible effect Hurricane Lili
may have on the Mission Control Center located at Johnson Space
Center in Houston. The astronauts remained at KSC until decision
whether a longer delay is required.
Slogan
Contest
The Environmental & Energy Awareness (EEAW) Team is conducting
their slogan contest from Oct. 1 to Oct. 25. The EEAW Team will
review all nominations. The winner will be announced during the
week of October 28 and awarded at the Environmental and Energy
Awareness Week celebration in April 2003. Please e-mail your slogan
nominations to Barbara.Naylor-1@ksc.nasa.gov.
Technology
Transfer Week Winds Down
KSC's annual Technology Transfer Week is designed
to heighten awareness of new technology reporting and commercialization
activities. Those activities include marketing KSC technologies,
patenting, licensing, dual use and the Space Act Monetary Awards
program. The Tech Transfer pop-up display remains in the lobby
of HQ building through today, October 3. Technology Commercialization
repre-sentatives from NASA, USA, Boeing and Dynacs have been available
to discuss the technology reporting process with their employees
and to answer questions. Boeing representatives will be in the
SSPF on Oct. 4. For information about Technology Transfer Week
activities, please contact Pam Bookman, 7-6381 or e-mail pamela.bookman-1@ksc.nasa.gov.
Effective
Presentations Workshop
The NASA CFO's Office is sponsoring an "Effective Presentations
Workshop" on Thursday, Oct. 17. This valuable training session
will be administered by John Turcotte, director of the Florida
Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
Accountability (OPPAGA). The Workshop, to be held from 9 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. in the KSC Training Auditorium, is open to all government
employees and contractors on a space-available basis. The central
focus of the Workshop is a technique referred to as "Power
Briefing," which will provide presenters with the skills
necessary to convey an optimal amount of informa-tion and most
effectively meet their audiences' needs. For additional information
about the speaker or the workshop, please contact Aimee Bergquist,
867-3951.
Did You Know?
National
Disability Employment Awareness Month began Oct. 1.
This year's national theme is "New Freedom for the
21st Century." Kennedy Space Center's Disability
Awareness and Action Working Group (DAAWG) will hold an
Awareness Drive as an effort to increase awareness, and
to inform and educate employees about the skills, abilities
and contributions of people with disabilities. Additionally,
Oct. 16 is National Disability Mentoring Day, which provides
a great opportunity to get involved by shadowing someone
with a disability or getting to know better someone who
has a disability. Look for DAAWG representatives in the
following locations and dates: Oct. 9, OSB/Logistics Lobbies,
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Oct. 30, HQ Lobby, Finale, 10 a.m. -
1 p.m. For more information, please contact Debbie Houston
at 867-6923. You may access the DAAWG web site through
the KSC internal home page at http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasa-only/groups/daawg/.
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