NASA Glenn Research Center
March 24, 2016 (REGISTRATION IS CLOSED!)

Ladies and gentlemen – the Registration link for the March 24th meeting has been disabled – we have reached our cutoff of 150 attendees.  If you have NOT registered and still wish to do so you MUST contact Jim Bailey at NASA directly using his james.e.bailey@nasa.gov email address!

On Thursday March 24, 2016 NOPUG will be holding its spring user group meeting.  The host organization is NASA and the meeting will be held at the following location:

NASA
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH  44135
Website:  http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/home/index.html  

The theme of this meeting will be Creo 4.0 & Windchill 11.  To be able to register for the meeting you must be a NOPUG member. If you’re not one yet please use this link to become one.

There will be strict attendance guidelines that all NOPUG members MUST adhere to in order to participate in this meeting.

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Meeting Agenda (Final Agenda) Click NASA_3-24-16_AgendaFinal to Download Agenda:

Note the Meeting Start Time – 11:15 A.M!  Vendors can show up as early as 10:00 A.M. to get setup and meeting attendees can start arriving at 10:30 A.M.

VERY IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR THE MARCH 24, 2016 MEETING AT NASA IS CONTAINED BELOW – PLEASE READ IN ITS ENTIRETY!!!!!!!!

IF YOU DON’T EDIT YOUR USER PROFILE PER THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND ADD YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME AS IT APPEARS ON THE I.D. YOU WILL BE USING FOR THE MEETING YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND THE MEETING AT NASA – NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!

ALL MEETING ATTENDEES WILL NEED TO PROVIDE THEIR FULL LEGAL NAMES (THE IDENTICAL NAMES THAT APPEAR ON THE I.D. THEY WILL USE TO ATTEND THE MEETING (DRIVER’S LICENSE, PASSPORT) “PRIOR” TO THE MEETING!!!!!!!  DETAILS ON HOW TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IS SHOWN BELOW:

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Instructions for entering your full legal name (MUST BE DONE NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY, MARCH 15th!!!):

1. Login to the NOPUG website
2. In the upper right hand corner of the website screen you will see “Howdy, xxxxxxx” (xxxxx will display your username)
3. Select on your username and choose “Edit Profile” from the popup menu
4. Scroll down to the Full Name field and input your legal name as it appears on the identification you will use at the meeting
   
5. Select Update Profile at the bottom of the screen then logout of the website by choosing your username and selecting “Logout” from the popup menu
6. If for some reason you are unable to update your user profile email your “Full Legal Name” to the “board@nopug.org” email and we will input it into our system

UPDATED INFORMATION (MARCH 6, 2016) – SEE BELOW!!!

As stated previously attendance guidelines for this meeting MUST be strictly adhered to and are as follows:

ALL visitors (NOPUG members & vendor representatives) MUSThave a “REAL ID” compliant drivers license in order to enter the facility.  People holding a drivers license from the following states will be required to present another valid form of ID that meets the “REAL ID” requirements (a U.S. passport):

Non-Compliant REAL ID states:

• Illinois
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• New Mexico
• Washington

Instructions for Vendors (non-commercial vehicles) & NOPUG Board Members

Ensure the name on your NOPUG registration matches your name as it appears on your official compliant government ID no later than  3/14/16!  Your name on your official compliant government ID can be input into your user profile on the NOPUG website or you may email to the attention of the board at board@nopug.org

Enter NASA’s Glenn Research center / Walcott Road  from the main entrance on Brookpark road.  Take a left and park in the security/main entrance lot.  Be ready to present your photo ID at the window for guest/visitors badge. After receiving your badge, you may be instructed to wait for a NASA employee, or to drive to the NOPUG site.  Exit the parking lot, take a left on Wacott Road, and present your temporary badge to the Security Guard.  Travel down Taylor road and take a left into the Mission Integration Center building lot and park in the NOPUG spots.  THESE PARKING SPOTS ARE FOR TEMPORARY UNLOADING OF GEAR!  Once your material is unloaded, your car will be required to be moved to the Building 3 parking lot (you will be escorted to this lot)

Instructions for Attendees

Ensure the name on your NOPUG registration matches your name as it appears on your official compliant government ID no later than  3/14/16!  Your name on your official compliant government ID can be input into your user profile on the NOPUG website or you may email to the attention of the board at board@nopug.org

Enter NASA’s Glenn Research center / Walcott Road from the main entrance on Brookpark road.  Stay in the right lane, and enter the vehicle inspection loop.  Stop at the guard house and present your compliant government ID.  Your name will be verified and you will be given a guest badge, and a hanging parking tag.  After leaving the inspection loop, turn right on Walcott road, proceed to the facility guard house, and present your temporary badge for entrance.  Follow signage, and turn right at the stop light.  Turn right into the first parking lot (follow directions of parking attendant).  If you are directed by an attendant to a different lot, follow instructions- The parking lot being used may be full.  Wait for the transportation bus that will take you to the NOPUG meeting.

Early Departures

Bussing for departures will be available starting around 5pm.  If you anticipate needing to leave before 5pm, you will need to let the NOPUG board know at check in (put your name on the early departure list).  If you must leave early unexpectedly, please see the designated person when you need to leave.

Return of temporary badges

Badges will either be collected when boarding the bus, or at the gate house. If your badge wasn’t collected before you get to your vehicle, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RETURN THE BADGE TO SECURITY UPON EXITING THE FACILITY.  When departing, turn left on Walcott road, and remain in the left lane.  Stop at the guard house and hand them your badge.

Limitations of Photography

Attendees (Vendors & participants) should refrain from taking photographs unless specifically given permission to do so.  Photographs inside the NOPUG meeting (Building 162 conference rooms & auditorium) will most likely be permitted)

Items Prohibited from Federal Facilities

The items that are prohibited in Federal facilities include any item prohibited by any applicable Federal, State, local, and tribal law and/or ordinance, as well as firearms, dangerous weapons, explosives, or other destructive devices (including their individual parts or components) designed, redesigned, used, intended for use, or readily converted to cause injury, death, or property damage. This list applies to all facility occupants, contractors, and the visiting public.

1. Firearms and Projectile Weapons

The list of prohibited firearms and projectile weapons includes, but is not limited to:

o   Firearms or similar device that expels a projectile through the action of an explosive;

o   BB or pellet guns;

o   Compressed air guns;

o   Antique firearms;

o   Flare guns;

o   Realistic replica or toy firearms (unless meeting the exemptions listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d));

o   Spear guns;

o   Starter pistols;

o   Stun guns, cattle prods, dart-firing stun guns, and other electric weapons or controlled devices;

o   Ammunition, shotgun shells or firearm cartridges, black powder, smokeless propellant powder; and

o   Slingshots.

2. Bladed, Edged, or Sharp Tools or Implements

The list of prohibited bladed, edged, or sharp tools, or implements includes, but is not limited to:

o   Bows and arrows;

o   Ice axes/ice picks;

o   Throwing stars (martial arts);

o   Sabers, swords, daggers;

o   Axes, hatchets, bladed devices with a blade of more than 2 ½ inches, razor-type blades such as box cutters, utility knives, and razor blades not in a cartridge must be in a locked storage container and stored out of view.

3. Club-like Items and Striking Devices

The list of club-like items and striking devices includes, but is not limited to:

o   Billy clubs;

o   Blackjacks;

o   Brass knuckles;

o   Chains in excess of 12 inches (Jewelry exceptions can be made);

o   Night sticks; and

o   Martial arts weapons, including nunchucks and kubatons.

4. Destructive Devices, Explosives, or Combustible Chemical Compounds and Mixtures

The list of destructive devices, explosives, or any chemical compound or mixture that has a property of yielding readily to combustion or oxidation upon the application of heat, flame, or shock includes, but is not limited to:

o   Blasting caps or detonators;

o   Dynamite, nitroglycerin, trinitrotoluene, ammonium nitrate, and others;

o   Fireworks;

o   Gunpowder;

o   Hand grenades, mine, bomb, rocket, missile, pipe bomb, plastic explosives;

o   Realistic replicas of explosives or similar devices;

o   Explosive or expanding gases;

o   Gas torches; and

o   Flammable Liquids (i.e., gasoline, turpentine, and paint thinner)

o   Propane tanks are permitted, but must be secured and locked to the vehicle and either covered or stored out of view.

5. Disabling Chemicals and Other Dangerous Items

The list of disabling chemicals and other dangerous items includes, but is not limited to:

o   Mace, pepper spray, tear gas, tear gas gun, or other chemical spray designed for self-defense; Poisonous gases.

Questions should be addressed to the NOPUG board via email at board@nopug.org.

Location
NASA Glenn Research Center

Currently Attending: 149 Members