Attendees: Lynn Brown, Kornelia Tancheva, Jim Morris-Knower, Mihoko Hosoi, Lynn Thitchener, Angela Horne, Kornelia Tancheva, Pam Baxter and Nate Rupp.

Lynn Brown distributed an inventory of our current projects and asked for status reports. As part of the discussion folks added their names to some of the active projects and we brought to closure some others.

Completed tasks:

Buzinfo-l (TD, AH, KB)
BIG Web site (almost done)
Bloomberg instruction in Mann (LB, JMK, KT - scheduled for April 22nd)

See attached project inventory for all active projects.

Proposed meeting dates and show and tell demos: 4/20/05 (Olin or ILR (later ILR agreed to this date)) 5/18/05 (Hotel) 6/15/05 (Olin and/or CISER (later Olin agreed to June but date to be determined)

Nate Rupp demonstrated USDA Economics and Statistics. This was an engaging presentation and it sparked good discussion. Another tool was mentioned, CRB (Commodity Research Bureau) as a good source for "historical" "futures data" on commodities. The full title of this electronic resource is "CRB Infotech".