DC SIGAda has an URGENT need for "friends" in Lockheed-Martin in the DC/MD/VA! DC SIGAda is in need of Lockheed-Martin employees to act as "escorts" for their meetings at LMCO's Shady-Grove facility. Is any one out there a LMCO employee (not subcontractor), or does anyone know such a person who we/they might convince (bribe with free refreshments, etc.) to act as escorts every couple of months? If so, please send a message to [log in to unmask] Alternatively, if you know of a meeting facility convenient to the Wash. beltway along the I-270 corridoor or in N. VA convenient to the beltway and ideally Metro/public transportation, please contact [log in to unmask] P.S. Please update your email address books to use my [log in to unmask] address. The contract I was working on at APL was terminated by a mandatory legislative provision (and some politicking by the Navy's rivals in the Missile Defense Agency). Also, if anyone knows of software or system engineering work on the MD side of the beltway, please contact me privately. [before you ask, No it doesn't have to be Ada programming, what I do now is mostly system engineering on software intensive systems. In order to survive in a multi-language world, I personally and AdaSoft as a company has always worked in multiple programming languages.] Rush Kester Past Chair DC SIGAda & Pres. Balt SIGAda AdaSoft "The 1st Choice for Software Engineering & System Engineering Solutions" 8750-9 Cherry Ln Laurel, MD 20707-3208 voice: 301-728-7014 fax: 301-725-0980 http://www.AdaSoft.com (the website is out-of-date, :-( but not our skills or experience :-) home: email: [log in to unmask] voice: 301-490-1310 (mailbox *1) fax: by prior arrangement http://hometown.aol.com/rwkester/myhomepage/index.html