Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 12:53:02 -0600
To: csteams@newton.ncsa.uiuc.edu, atteams@newton.ncsa.uiuc.edu,
        eotpaci@newton.ncsa.uiuc.edu, rp@newton.ncsa.uiuc.edu
From: Larry Smarr 
From pls@ncsa.uiuc.edu Fri Mar 28 13:53:16 1997
Subject: WE MADE IT!!!
Cc: jb@ncsa.uiuc.edu, maxine@ncsa.uiuc.edu, r-alkire@uiuc.edu

In the last hour, the National Science Board approved the Alliance
proposal!  The NSF has issued a press release and the NCSA home page will
be linking to it, to our Backgrounder, and the UIUC press release AS SOON
AS the NSF web site appears with the NSF press release. Please do not
spread the word until our Web site says it is official. Maxine will email
you as soon as that is the case (we expect it to happen by saturday
morning). We hope you will find ways to use this material at your
institution.  Things are still hectic here, so it will probably be monday
before I have more definitive information. 

Thanks so much for your constant support throughout this process!  Jim and
I will be flying back tonight, rest up this weekend, and be ready to hit it
full up on Monday.  Have a great weekend!