HEADS & CHAIRS OF EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING

HOW TO DEAL WITH CONGRESS

October 18 & 19, 2001
AGU Headquarters & Capitol Hill

 

PROGRAM

OCTOBER 18, 2001  
Session begins at 1:00 P.M. at AGU Headquarters.  
1:00 PM Welcome & Introduction Chris Maples/Pete Folger
1:10 PM How Congress Works, Authorization & Appropriation Processes
(How you as a scientist can be more effective.)		 Alex Flint
   Former Clerk, Senate Energy & Water Subcommittee
   Member, Johnston & Associates (Energy Lobbying firm)
Francis Slakey
   Associate Director, Public Affairs, American Physical Society
   Associate Professor of Physics, Georgetown University
2:10 PM How To Make the Most Out of Your Meeting with Congressional Staff Dave Verardo
   Former Fellow in Office of Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)
   PD for Paleoclimate Program, NSF/GEO/ATM
  Mock Meetings - Volunteers from attendees with accompanying critique
3:10 PM Information on Current and Pending Legislation
(for use in meetings with your legislators on Friday)		 Dave Applegate
   Former Fellow with Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee
   Director of Government Relations, AGI
4:00 PM Open Forum Discussion
Questions, and Answers regarding the above items		 Pete Folger
   Former Fellow with Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)
   Public Affairs Manager, AGU
4:30 PM Keynote Speaker - Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) (INVITED)
   Former Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
5:00 PM RECEPTION, AGU Headquarters  
OCTOBER 19, 2001  
8:00 AM Continental Breakfast - House side of Hill.
Location to be announced.		  
9:00 AM Talk and discussion on science and math education initiatives and pending legislation.
Location to be announced.		 Representative Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) (INVITED)
   Chair, House Science Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards
10:00 AM Break to move to Senate side.  
10:30 AM Talk and discussion of items falling within the committee's purview such as clean air, wetlands, water, and risk assessment.
Location to be announced.		 Senator James M. Jeffords (I-VT), (INVITED)
   Chair of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
11:30 AM Break to move to House side  
12:00 Noon LUNCH
  Speaker
How scientists can be more effective in dealing with Congress and specifically about ocean science research. Location to be announced		 Representative Curt Weldon (R-PA), (INVITED)
   Chair, House ArmedServices Subcommittee on Military Readiness
 1:30 PM PM spent in visiting your elected Senators and Representatives. Arrangements can be made by AGU staff, Pete Folger, email: pfolger@agu.org.

 

You are responsible for securing your own hotel accommodations. For your convenience, a list of affordable hotels within the Washington Metropolitan Area follows:

HOTEL LISTINGS

Washington, DC | Maryland | Virginia

Washington, DC -- Near AGU Headquarters

Carlyle Suites Hotel
1731 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 202-234-3200
Toll-Free: 1-800-964-5377
Rate: $69-$149 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)
www.carlylesuiteshotel.com

Kalorama Guest House at Kalorama Park
1854 Mintwood Place, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: 202-667-6369
Fax:202-319-1262
Rate: $55-$115 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)

Normandy Inn
2118 Wyoming Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Tel: 202-483-1350
Fax: 202-387-8241
Rate: $113-$123 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)

 

Washington, DC -- Near Capitol Hill

Quality Suites Downtown
1315 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-965-2700
Reservations: 1-800-965-6869
Fax: 202-232-8000
Rate: $60-$160 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)

The Embassy Inn
1627 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Tel: 202-234-7800
Fax: 202-234-3309
Rate: $69-$110 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)

The Windsor Inn
1824 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC
Tel: 202-667-0300
Fax: 202-667-4503
Rate: $69-$150 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)

Maryland

Holiday Inn Greenbelt-NASA Goddard
7200 Hanover Drive
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Tel: 301-982-7000
Fax: 301-345-8271
Rate: $62 to $88 per night

Directions to the AGU using Metro:
At the Greenbelt Metro Station (green line), transfer trains at Fort Totten (red line). Stay on the train until you come to the Dupont Circle Metro stop (still on the red line). From the Dupont Circle stop, Exit "Q" Street north. Walk north four blocks to the intersection of Florida and Connecticut Avenues and turn right. (Landmarks--Rite Aid store directly in front of you, Asian restaurant on your right).

Hyatt Regency Bethesda Metro Center
One Bethesda Metro Center
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: 301-657-1234
Toll free: 800-233-1234
Fax: 301-657-6453
Rate: $100 to $200 per night
Near Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)
www.hyatt.com/usa/bethesda/hotels/hotel_bethe.html

Directions to the AGU using Metro:
At the Bethesda Metro Station (red line), stay on the train until you come to the Dupont Circle Metro stop (still on the red line). From the Dupont Circle stop, Exit "Q" Street north. Walk north four blocks to the intersection of Florida and Connecticut Avenues and turn right. (Landmarks--Rite Aid store directly in front of you, Asian restaurant on your right).

Virginia

Comfort Inn Ballston
1211 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22019
Tel: 703-247-3392
Reservations: 1-800-221-2222
Rate: $70-109 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)
www.comfortinn.com

Days Inn Crystal City
2000 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
Tel: 703-920-8600
Fax: 703-920-2840
Rate: $69-$165 per night
Nearest Airport: Washington-Reagan National (DCA)
www.daysinn.com

 

Hampton Inn Washington Dulles
45440 Holiday Drive
Dulles, VA 22166
Tel: 703-471-8300
Fax: 703-417-8300
Rate: $82 to $94 per night

Holiday Inn Dulles Airport
1000 Sully Road
Sterling, VA 22170
Tel: 703-471-7411
Rate: $79 to $179 per night

Howard Johnson National Airport
2650 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
Tel: 703-684-7200
Fax: 703-684-3217
Rate: $79 to $119 per night
www.ohwy.com/va/h/hojoarna.htm

 


Washington, D.C. Tourist Attractions

    Smithsonian Institution
    • National Air and Space Museum
    • National Gallery of Art
    • National Museum of Natural History
    The White House
    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
    U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Lincoln Memorial
    Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
    Washington Monument
    Mount Vernon
    Ford's Theater

Pentagon

NASA Goodard Space Flight Center
National Zoo

 

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