From ljohnson@WPI.EDU Thu Jul 20 11:04:11 2000 Return-Path: Received: from petra.wpi.edu (petra.WPI.EDU [130.215.24.70]) by smtp.WPI.EDU (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e6KF4AF01992 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:04:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: by petra.WPI.EDU with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:05:02 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Johnson, Landy C" To: "Goulet, John A." Subject: RE: Davis Foundation/Bridging Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:05:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Status: R John, Thanks for getting back to me. I'm not here Fridays (I work part-time; supposedly I'm writing my Ph.D. dissertation on Fridays but other things keep happening!). Unless you happen to be available on Monday, it would be fine to just e-mail me the powerpoint presentation. The materials I have on file here actually do show the bridging program as having already begun. It was a conversation with Dale Snyder that led me to think otherwise, and that's why I decided I'd better check with you. With regard to the Year 1/Year 2 timing, the timing follows the money. Davis gave WPI the first $200,000 on April 21, 1999, and the second $200,000 payment arrived on July 3, 2000 (now in alignment with the fiscal year). >From a program perspective, I think the 99-00 academic year was the first year, and the 00-01 academic year is the second year. What complicates the bridging program is that you apparently had National Science Foundation funding for the program, and the Davis funding is serving to extend/expand the program. I don't have any information on the timing of the NSF funding. What the Davis people will be looking for is reporting on what was accomplished with their money in academic year 99-00 (and I gather you either have already done this reporting or it is in progress), and some very general info on what new things will happen with the new influx of funds for academic year 00-01. Your presentation to the Davis trustees undoubtedly covered the latter, but President Parrish wasn't there and he has to say something about it in the letter I'm writing for him. If you send me your presentation then I should be up to speed. Thanks for your patience with me! Being the "new person" can be a pain in the neck, but at least the job is getting more interesting each day as I learn about all the exciting programs proposed and under way at WPI. Landy -----Original Message----- From: John A Goulet [mailto:goulet@WPI.EDU] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 10:41 AM To: ljohnson@WPI.EDU Subject: Re: Davis Foundation/Bridging hi Landy regarding bridge projects and Davis, I have been developing them since the fall of 1997 and have done one or more each academic year. I am not sure why the reports you read indicated that no bridging had occured yet. That could refer to one particular component or something - Art would know better than I (yes, he is in every day - he is working on the REU program). The other thing I dont know is when Davis, Part One, ended and when Davis, Part Two, began. I have all the stuff from my presentation to the Davis people in a Powerpoint presentation. Art did the outline, I filled in the details and gave the talk. You can either have the file to look at or I can just give you the presentation. Your choice. Friday is a good day for me - like noon or 1 pm. John Goulet Mathematical Sciences