Registry workgroup kickoff meeting: Who can come? How?

[Tony Linde]

Okay, we have enough 'warm bodies' (to borrow Bob's phrase) to
participate in a kick-off meeting in London on 19-20th March but none
from the US, which is disappointing. What I propose, therefore, is the
following approach:

We start the meeting at 11:00 am in the larger room at LeSC that we've
already booked. First order of business will be to select those who will
be members of a core working group whose job will be to produce
documents for the larger community of this mailing list. 

The WG will consist of me (as interim chairperson) plus whoever there is
from AstroGrid, Euro-VO, US-VO and any of the other VO projects who wish
to get involved and can spare someone for serious amounts of work.
Probably no more than about 10 people.

Following this we will have lunch and then take presentations on issues
relating to the registry standards.

At 16:00 GMT, the main meeting will conclude. The members of the WG
nominated earlier will retire to the Access Grid room at LeSC where they
will have a (roughly) two hour meeting with those from the US-VO project
who can get to an Access Grid room near them. The agenda for this
meeting will be built around the need to specify the aims and
deliverables of the WG and a roadmap for delivery. If there is time, we
can debate some of the issues raised in the mailing list.

On the 20th, we'll continue the kick-off meeting (back in the larger
room) with a presentation on the WG meeting and discussion of any issues
raised. We'll follow with further presentations and/or discussions and
will close about 13:00.

How does this sound as an approach. Sorry if I sound dictatorial here
but trying to coordinate everyone's needs has brought out the Saddam in
me :)

Cheers,
Tony. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Linde [mailto:ael at star.le.ac.uk] 
> Sent: 20 February 2003 11:21
> To: 'Registry_Ivoa_List'
> Subject: URGENT: Registry workgroup kickoff meeting: Who can 
> come? How?
> Importance: High
> 
> 
> Please reply TODAY:
> 
> 1. Can you physically come to a registry kick-off meeting on 
> 19/20 March in London?
> 
> 2. Can you still come if the meeting is elsewhere in UK 
> (Edinburgh, Cambridge, etc)?
> 
> 3. Would you prefer or be able to attend the meeting by 
> AccessGrid node? Where?
> 
> ====================
> 
> The LeSC has an AG node but will only accommodate up to 10 
> people. So if we're to do this I'll have to restrict the 
> number of attendees in London. We may be able to use the NeSC 
> AG node which would accommodate more people but I've not 
> checked. I need to know how many people and by which method 
> they wish to attend.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tony. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Linde [mailto:ael at star.le.ac.uk]
> > Sent: 17 February 2003 15:31
> > To: 'Registry_Ivoa_List'
> > Subject: Registry workgroup kickoff meeting
> > 
> > 
> > There were mixed comments about holding a face-to-face
> > kickoff meeting but there seemed to be sufficient interest 
> > and the benefits of setting the scope and workload of the 
> > group in such a meeting were great enough that we've set the 
> > meeting up. I do hope that at least a couple of the US 
> > participants to this list can make it.
> > 
> > Many thanks to Elizabeth Auden for chasing up a suitable
> > venue in London. It will be held at the London e-Science Centre
> > (http://www.lesc.ic.ac.uk/) on 19-20 March, starting around 
> > midday on the 19th and finishing around 15:00 on the 20th. 
> > (No, it cannot be moved
> > - this was the only location and date we could get.)
> > 
> > To quote from the LeSC Ops Manager: 'the room we have booked
> > for you has seating for over 30, with a number of desks. 
> > There is one projector screen and a large white board. There 
> > is no video projector currently in the room, but we can 
> > supply one, or you could bring one if you'd rather. All rooms 
> > are equipped with wireless networking.'
> > 
> > I'll gather opinions about the structure of the meeting and
> > likely topics over the next few days but wanted to get this 
> > message up asap to give people a chance to look at their 
> > arrangements for then.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Tony.
> > 
> > __
> > Tony Linde                       Phone:  +44 (0)116 223 1292
> > AstroGrid Project Manager        Fax:    +44 (0)116 252 3311
> > Dept of Physics & Astronomy      Mobile: +44 (0)7753 603356
> > University of Leicester          Email:  ael at star.le.ac.uk
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> > 
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