[sarex] Very nice Leroy Chiao talk at Fairview Elementary

[AJ9N@xxxxxxx]

Hi all,

Leroy's talk this morning at  Fairview Elementary in Mount Prospect, IL went 
very well with about 800 people  in attendance.  The school district's IT 
people streamed it live as  streaming video.  This was the first time they had 
ever done streaming  video; they have come a long way from February 2005 when 
they did streaming  audio for the first time during the ARISS contact.  I am 
sorry if not  everyone was able to connect; the school really did not know how 
many hits could  be done simultaneously.  It seems that the max hits at any one 
given moment  was about 20 with about 450 total hits for the hour or so of the 
convo.  If  you were able to connect, the picture was probably about 2 inches 
by 1.5 inches;  the IT guys did that to save bandwidth and allow more hits.

Leroy gave an  absolutely outstanding talk complete with video and slides.  
He also did a  question and answer session with the 4th and 5th graders 
afterwards.  He  and his wife Karen stayed around for lunch with the teachers.  Leroy 
was  also presented the plans for a corner of the library that will be 
rebuilt in his  honor.

For those who were not able to connect, the school is going to  have the 
Quicktime movie on their website for downloading.  Please check  
http://www.fairview.dist57.org/.  I am sure that photos will also be  available.

Thanks Leroy for another wonderful  experience.

73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS  Mentors
ARISS mentor for Fairview Elementary  
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