Dear attendees of the JTerm next month,

To participate in the tutorial section of the JTerm, it is necessary to 
do a little work beforehand in getting computer accounts and Grid 
certificates. Many of you already have these, but for those who do not, 
here is a short list of what you need to do:

o Get an account on LPC computers so you can participate in 
CMSSW/PAT/StarterKit tutorials

o Get a CMS-verified Grid certificate so you can submit to the Grid.

o In addition, you are expected to bring your own laptop to the session.

IT IS IMPERATIVE that you begin this process NOW as parts of this 
process require action by people at CERN. CERN will close for Christmas 
this weekend and not re-open until January 5. Details and instructions 
are at this web site:

https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Main/CRABatFNALPrerequisites

It was recently decided that the CRAB (remote submission) section at 
this JTerm will be suitable for people who have already been running 
CRAB and will focus on doing real analysis with CRAB. Between the 
holidays we will have an online tutorial for *basic* CRAB set up to 
bring new users up to speed.

Thanks,

Eric