[SEEK-Taxon] Meeting data convergence?

sgauch@ittc.ku.edu sgauch at ittc.ku.edu
Fri Nov 7 07:52:59 PST 2003


Hi all,

Yes, I did mean the 23rd (Friday) - the first day of classes.
That said, I teach MWF and would rather only miss one class (well, I teach
2, but 1 lecture per class).  2 days should be plenty for the taxon WB
meeting so shortly after the previous one.

If possible, I'd like to leave Tuesday and get home for lectures on Wed.
So that argues for arriving on Sun night and leaving Tues afternoon (only
1.5 days for taxon group).  Or, coming a bit earlier (Sun morning?) and
meeting Sun afternoon -> Tues afternoon for  2 days.
Or, I can depart Tues and other KU folks can stay a bit longer until
Wed.

In either case, I vote for option 3...


Susan.



> Option 1: SEEK meets for three days at NCEAS Jan 26-28, and
> allows Jessie, myself and related others to look at the VegBank taxon
> model on the 23, and if necessary part of the weekend.
>
> Option 2: The SEEK meeting would start at 2:00pm on Monday (26)  and last
> 2.5 days.  This allows the Kansas folks to depart from home on Monday
> morning, and for the VegBank analysis group to meet Monday morning and not
> mess up the weekend as much.
>
> Option 3: If The KU crowd wishes to get home earlier, we could go for 2.5
> days with KU folks flying in Sunday night and departing early afternoon on
> Wednesday.
>
> Please let me know your preferences among these options ASAP.  I would
> like to notify Gail at NCEAS today if at all possible.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Kennedy, Jessie wrote:
>
>> 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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>> >
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