Atlanta, Georgia By the Georgia Space Grant Consortium Tentatively Scheduled for October 26 – November 1, National Space Grant Director’s Meeting

Poll Sunday, Monday, Tuesday – from 10/26 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10/27 And the winner is Sunday, Monday, Tuesday – from 10/26

Welcome packages One per State Thanks to Wanda Pierson, Program Manager Tony Docal, Orbit Inc.

Kennesaw State Univ. Univ. of Georgia Georgia State Univ., Clark Atlanta Univ., Spelman College, Morehouse College, ORBIT Education, & SpaceWorks Engineering State Univ. of West Georgia Mercer Univ. Georgia Southern Univ. Fort Valley State Univ. Armstrong Atlantic Univ. & Savannah State Univ. Columbus State Univ. Albany State Univ. Affiliate Members

Did you know? Atlanta is the home of the World’s airport busiest ….Fill-in the blank

Atlanta ranks for the number of Fortune 500 company headquarters third NYC Houston

Atlanta is the Most populous metropolitan area in the US 9 th

Atlanta is one of Cities in the US to host the Summer Olympics 3

Stone Mountain to the East of Atlanta is the world’s Single piece of granite Largest

Georgia has the Toll free dialing area in the World Largest 7,000 square miles

The Atlanta Aquarium Is the World’s Largest

Martin Luther King Jr. sang with a boy choir at the Premier of Gone With the Wind

The number of streets in Atlanta named “Peachtree” is 100

The Largest 10K race in the world is Peachtree Road Race

Atlanta Mottos “Atlanta is the City too Busy to Hate” We have plenty of airplanes taking off to get rid of those who don’t feel that way On an hourly basis

“Atlanta – where everyday is an opening day” Recall We have the largest fiber optic cable network So you may take full advantage of our largest toll free dialing area, to reach the top of the world That is, Stone Mountain

Georgia Ranked In FY-03 NASA’s Obligations 16 th $20,635,548Or 1.65% MD, 19.60% CA, 17.40% TX, 5.88%

Hotels Under Consideration Omni Hotel at the CNN Center Marriott Hotel – several intown locations W Hotel Hilton Hotel Embassy Suite Hotels The hotel will be “right off of Peachtree Street”

We look forward to seeing you on Peachtree next year!

2008 National Space Grant Directors’ Meeting Atlanta, GA A Taste of Georgia Menu “Georgia Delicacies” Day 1 through 3

Breakfast Biscuits, Grits and Gravy, sockeye ham, and/or fried fish Krispy Kreme Donuts Beverages – Coffee and Coke Lunch Fried Green Tomatoes Fried, Fricasseed, or Smothered Chicken Macaroni and Cheese Bread – Cornbread or Biscuits Beverages – Iced Tea and Coke Dessert – Fried Pie

Hors d’oeuvres Vidalia Onion Blossoms Boiled, raw, or roasted peanuts Shelled or unshelled pecans Dinner Pan Fried Catfish Mashed Potatoes Black eyed peas Collard Greens Fried Okra Bread – Cornbread or Biscuits Beverages –Muscadine Wine, Iced Tea and Coke Dessert - Peach Cobbler

Coke (includes Cherry Coke, Vanilla Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Orange Coke (Fanta), Daisani Water, Vitamin Water, Odwalla Products but it is all …Coke) Iced Tea is Sweet … please don’t ask for unsweetened

Affiliates in Atlanta Metro Area Of the 17 GSGC members, 8 are in the Atlanta metropolitan area Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) – midtown Atlanta Georgia State University – downtown Atlanta Clark Atlanta University (HBCU part of the Atlanta University System in Southwest Atlanta) Spelman College (100% female HBCU and part of the Atlanta University System in Southwest Atlanta) Morehouse College (100% male HBCU and part of the Atlanta University System in Southwest Atlanta) Kennesaw State University – Kennesaw (north of Atlanta) Orbit Education-non profit affiliate SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc., industry Affiliate – Alpharetta (north of Atlanta) Cover flower

Affiliates outside of Metro Atlanta Savannah State University Albany State University Columbus State University Armstrong Atlantic State University (Savannah) West Georgia State University (Carrollton) Mercer University (Macon) Fort Valley State University Georgia Southern University (Milledgeville) University of Georgia (Clifton)

Atlanta facts Atlanta is the only city in North American that has been destroyed by fire as an act of war Delta airlines is Atlanta’s biggest employer Delta pilots say Atlanta is the “Greenest” City in the United States Metro Atlanta is a thriving high tech business community with more fiber optic cable than any other city in the United States