I.	Create+user+account+and+join+LIGO+research+community

The first step to starting LIGO research is joining the research community. I started the LIGO project on the SJHRSC wikispace. I contacted Eric Myers and Dick Ingrams working on the administration aspect of the LIGO project. From there I created an online account on the bluestone e-lab. At that point I was not actually working on the LIGO research project but identifying an earthquake from the bluestone data with the rest of the class. I also moved my logbook from wikispaces to the experimental LIGO forum. There is a link to this forum on the wikispaces LIGO page. It is also a private forum that is only accessible by St. Joe students and LIGO personnel.