GLOBEX Advisory Notices
To GLOBEX Customers
From Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Subject CME iTOPS Focus Group Meeting
Notice Date 2003-09-17
Notice Number 09-17
Effective Date  

Dear GLOBEX Customers,

You are cordially invited to attend an iTOPS Focus Group meeting September 24th. As you may be aware, iTOPS Phase Two will incorporate the ability for firms to submit user defined spreads to CME's trading floor. We would like to solicit your feedback to our proposed implementation of this functionality at this meeting.

For Phase One, we have posted the iTOPS Developers Guide and Message Specification documents to the CME web site at Developers Guide. We remain on target for deployment of iTOPS Phase One in early October, 2003.

Information regarding the time and place for the meeting is as follows:

Date: Wednesday, September 24th
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M.
Place: Huron Room, 2nd Floor, UBS Tower - One North Wacker Drive

If you wish to attend, please RSVP to Lilly Riley at lriley@cme.com.

For anyone who cannot attend the Focus Group meeting, we will hold a conference call on Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 10:00 am CDT. For details, please contact Lilly Riley at lriley@cme.com.

For additional information, please visit GLOBEX Focus Group.

Please contact your Technology Marketing Account Manager should you have any questions at (800) 331-3332.
Regards,


Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Technology Marketing
800-331-3332