Registry Provider Telecon (Please respond)

[Ray Plante]

Hi Registry Providers,

Thanks to those who have responded to my call for a telecon.  I'm still 
waiting to hear from a few more people.  I hope to get out a follow-up 
message with telecon times today.

If you would like to attend--particularly if you are on the 
recommended attendee list--and have not responded to me (original 
message quoted below), please do as soon as possible.

thanks!
Ray

On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Ray Plante wrote:

> Hi Registry Providers,
>
> To make the most of the meeting at Trieste, I think it is critical that we 
> "turn on" as many of the new RI v1.0 compliant registries as are ready well 
> before then.  I would prefer to see this happen by mid to late April.
> By "turn on", I mean that full searchable registries are harvesting from all 
> publishers in the Registry of Registries (rofr.ivoa.net).  This would give us 
> a few weeks of experience with the new registries that we talk about and 
> address problems with in Trieste.
>
> In preparation for that, I would like to try to schedule a telecon of all 
> registry providers to coordinate this.  In particular, we would find out,
>
>   o  what state is your registry in?
>   o  will you be harvesting from other registries?
>   o  what data should we set to be commence full harvesting?
>
> A nominal list of people who should participate includes:
>
>                                     (as of 3/31)
>   Kevin Benson          Astrogrid     UTC+100
>   Sebastien Derriere    EuroVO/CDS    UTC+200
>   Aurelien Stebe        SVO/ESAC      UTC+200
>   Sergey Karpov         RVO           UTC+400
>   Masahiro Tanaka       JVO           UTC+900
>   Matthew Graham        NVO/Caltech   UTC-700
>   Ray Plante            NVO/NCSA      UTC-500
>   Gretchen Greene       NVO/STScI     UTC-400
>   Michael Preciado      NVO/HEASARC   UTC-400
>
> Others, of course, are welcome.
>
> As you can see, we as group really do span the globe!  Consequently,
> it's unlikely that we would not be able to schedule one meeting
> without waking someone up in the middle of the night.  Therefore, I
> would like to propose doing *two* telecons.
>
> To schedule this telecon, please respond to me (not to the mailing
> list) indicating which of the following times you think you could join
> a call.  Mark as many as you will work for you, indicating 1st and 2nd
> choices.  I'll take the results and announce two telecon times, one of
> which will hopefully work for you.  (I recommend this site as an
> guide: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html)
>
>   Wed.  April 2  0600 UTC
>   Wed.  April 2  0700 UTC
>   Wed.  April 2  1300 UTC
>   Wed.  April 2  1400 UTC
>   Wed.  April 2  2300 UTC*
>      *Apr. 3, morning in Tokyo
>   Thu.  April 3  0600 UTC
>   Thu.  April 3  0700 UTC
>   Thu.  April 3  1300 UTC
>   Thu.  April 3  1400 UTC
>   Thu.  April 3  2300 UTC*
>
>   Fri.  April 4  0600 UTC
>   Fri.  April 4  0700 UTC
>   Fri.  April 4  1300 UTC
>   Fri.  April 4  1400 UTC
>
>   Mon.  April 7  0600 UTC
>   Mon.  April 7  0700 UTC
>   Mon.  April 7  1300 UTC
>   Mon.  April 7  1400 UTC
>   Mon.  April 7  2300 UTC*
>
>   Wed.  April 9  0600 UTC
>   Wed.  April 9  0700 UTC
>   Wed.  April 9  1300 UTC
>   Wed.  April 9  1400 UTC
>   Wed.  April 9  2300 UTC*
>
>   Thu.  April 10 0600 UTC
>   Thu.  April 10 0700 UTC
>   Thu.  April 10 1300 UTC
>   Thu.  April 10 1400 UTC
>   Thu.  April 10 2300 UTC*
>
> Example:
>>   Wed.  April 2  0600 UTC  2  (indicates 2nd choices)
>>   Wed.  April 2  0700 UTC  1  (indicates 1st choices)
>>   Wed.  April 2  1300 UTC  1
>>   Wed.  April 2  1400 UTC  2
>>   Wed.  April 2  2300 UTC*    (indicates not available)
>
> We can plan to use the NVO telecon line which will be a toll call for
> non-US callers.  You should consider connecting via Skype (skype.com).
> If you do, you will need a set of headphones.
>
> Thanks in advance for working this into your schedule!  As always,
> your questions and comments are welcome.
>
> cheers,
> Ray Plante
> RWG Chair
>
>
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