SV: do we need it?

[Rob Seaman]

> Tony inquires:
>
>
>> Is there some IAU (or similar) group we ought to engage with to  
>> ensure that this effort is welcomed by astronomers?
> The IVOA is that IAU group.  We fall under Commission 5.  The "O"  
> in IVOA is there for a reason.
>
>
> Back to being facetious?

Not my intent in the least.
> It pays to check these things – I’ve had efforts derailed in the  
> past for not including all the appropriate stakeholders. And I  
> assumed the list of stakeholders in a SV would be rather larger  
> than the IVOA.
The deadline is tomorrow for letters of intent to host special  
sessions at the 2009 IAU GA.  I'm aware of two IVOA-related efforts  
to organize such sessions.  It's up to us to lead them, however, not  
to punt (sorry - reference to American football) on all the difficult  
questions.

In general, issues arise when they have to be addressed.  Before the  
IVOA, questions of computer-aware semantics in astronomy had not  
topped the queue.  Now they do.

The ball is in our court (Wimbledon may benefit from better  
internationalization).

Rob

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