[SEEK-Taxon] Seek-taxon meeting dates

[Kennedy, Jessie]

Hi Folks

I would prefer the dates:
somewhere between 23-28th. I could leave on the 29th to allow us to count
28th as a working day but no later. 

February, I could manage the week begining the 9th or the week begining the
23rd but that's starting to get a bit late...

If it would help and would suit anybody I could arrive for the 22nd so I
could do the Vegbank schema discussions on the 22/23rd (then have the
weekend off in Santa Barbara :-) ) and we could start the SEEK meeting on
the Monday - 26th. Bob would you be able to do somehting like that? 'cos I'd
need to spend time on the Vegbank stuff with you.

I don't think the Taxon group will need more than 2 days to meet (will it?),
but I wanted to spend time while I was there with the Vegbank folks and
others who have the time or interest to look at the schema issues in more
detail - related to the work with TDWG. For which I'd like another couple of
days (I'd also like to bring one of my research assistants with me - Robert
Kukla - whose been doing some SEEK stuff with me - just for the number
count). 

Might also be useful to talk about the May meeting and do some planning on
this too...

I won't be back in the office until Tuesday now - so hopefully we have
enough info to get a date set.

speak to you soon,

Jessie




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert K. Peet [mailto:peet at unc.edu]
> Sent: 06 November 2003 23:22
> To: SEEK Taxon
> Cc: Martin Pullan
> Subject: [SEEK-Taxon] Seek-taxon meeting dates
> 
> 
> 
> I have looked into meeting times for SEEK-TAXON.
> 
> To recap the earlier discussion.
> Matt is available any time in January except 11-15.
> I am available any time except 12-16
> Jessie is available 17-28 (but this includes travel days)
> Susan finds Jan 24 particularly difficult, but is willing to 
> accommodate.
> 
> I am looking at 5-day blocks, recognizing that we may well 
> wish to drop
> back to 4.
> 
> Here are the current options.
> 
> January 18-22.
> NCEAS is already booked so we have no venue yet established.
> There is always the possibility of renting some other facility for the
> 18-22, but it is a hassle for NCEAS staff and is more 
> expensive, and it is
> not certain that this is possible (though it would certainly 
> be possible
> if we moved away from Santa Barbara).
> 
> January 23-28.
> I have spoken with Gail at NCEAS. If we meet there we can 
> have the large
> meeting room for Jan 23-28.  I have booked this and promised 
> Gail that I
> will get back to her with confirmation in a day or two.  
> Perhaps Jessie
> would not be available on the 28 because of her need to 
> travel that day,
> but 5 days is plenty.  This does have the downside of 
> spanning a weekend.
> 
> January 30-February 9.
> The BEAM and KR groups are meeting at Sevilleta (near 
> Albuquerque, NM) Feb
> 2-6.  There is room there for us to meet with them, or to 
> meet immediately
> before or after.  Jim Michener thinks this would be a good idea. Matt
> Jones would prefer there to be no overlap so that he can 
> attend both, but
> also for the total length of the combined meetings to not be 
> more than a
> week or so.  Jessie initially indicated availability through 
> Jan 28, but
> perhaps we did not ask her about February.
> 
> !! Please let me know ASAP your ability to participate with 
> each of these
> options, and your rank-ordered preferences!!
> 
> 
> When I discussed our meeting with Gail at NCEAS, she asked 
> how many of us
> there would be.  Below is my current understanding of the 
> composition of
> our working group and likely guests.  If you can improve this list, or
> clarify likely participation, please let me know.
> 
> Jim Beach  			<beach at ku.edu>
> Shawn Bowers (Guest)  		<bowers at sdsc.edu>
> Nico Franz  			<NMF2 at cornell.edu>
> Robert Gales  			<rgales at eecs.ku.edu>
> Susan Gauch  			<sgauch at ku.edu>
> Paul Huddleston (unavailable)  	<paula.huddleston at usda.gov>
> Matt Jones  			<jones at nceas.ncsu.edu>
> Jessie Kennedy  		<J.Kennedy at napier.ac.uk>
> Xianhua Liu  			<robertliu325 at yahoo.com>
> Bertram Ludaescher (Guest)  	<ludaesch at sdsc.edu>
> Robert Peet   			<peet at unc.edu>
> Martin Pullan  			<m.pullan at rbge.org.uk>
> Hanu Saarenmaa  		<hsaarenmaa at gbif.org>
> Aimee Stewart  			<astewart at ku.edu
> Dave Thau  			<thau at learningsite.com>
> Dave Vieglais  			<vieglais at ku.edu>
> Mark Anderson (Guest)		<anderson at nceas.ucsb.edu>
> Susan's Grad Student  		??
> 
> 
> Best,
> Bob
> 
> 
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