- From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 18:22:57 +0100
- To: "Ingram, William A" <wingram2@illinois.edu>
- Cc: Gregg Kellogg <gregg@greggkellogg.net>, W3C CSV on the Web Working Group <public-csv-wg@w3.org>, Dan Brickley <danbri@google.com>
Congratulations for parenthood! Ivan --- Ivan Herman Tel:+31 641044153 http://www.ivan-herman.net (Written on mobile, sorry for brevity and misspellings...) > On 08 Jan 2015, at 16:51, Ingram, William A <wingram2@illinois.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > As much as I was really looking forward to coming to London, I am > unfortunately not going to be able to attend the face-to-face in February. > Fatherhood has put a damper on my travel aspirations, at least for the > first year or so. > > So, regrets for me. > > Cheers, > Bill > > -- > Bill Ingram > Manager, Scholarly Communication and Repository Services > University Library > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > (217) 333-4648 > wingram2@illinois.edu > > > > > > >> On 1/8/15, 9:09 AM, "Ivan Herman" <ivan@w3.org> wrote: >> >> Gregg, other fellow travelers >> >> I have looked at the (beginning of) the hotel list, and filtered by price >> (my hotel limit in the UK is £150) and reviews, and I have stopped after >> finding four: >> >> >> http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186338-d279512-Reviews-Comfort_ >> Inn_Buckingham_Palace_Road-London_England.html >> http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186338-d279678-Reviews-Melbourn >> e_House_Hotel-London_England.html >> http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186338-d193153-Reviews-BEST_WES >> TERN_Corona-London_England.html >> http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186338-d254557-Reviews-Blades_H >> otel-London_England.html >> >> Any preferences among those? Let us try to stay at the same place... >> >> Ivan >> >>> On 08 Jan 2015, at 15:51 , Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 08 Jan 2015, at 15:21 , Dan Brickley <danbri@google.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 8 January 2015 at 15:08, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote: >>>>>> Our meeting will >>>>>> be in the one at 123 Buckingham Palace Road, which is indeed very >>>>>> close to Victoria station. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have put everything that I know into a draft meeting page at >>>>>> https://www.w3.org/2013/csvw/wiki/F2F_Agenda_2015-02 >>>>>> >>>>>> It is missing some details, most notably a substantive agenda. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ivan, what should we do for a meeting attendance registration page? >>>>> >>>>> Up to us. I mean: there is no formal requirement for any registration >>>>> on the W3C site; it mostly depends on what Google requires us to do to >>>>> ensure entrance to the building. >>>> >>>> I think the main need is our own, rather than Google's: to know who is >>>> committed to attend, esp. amongst editors, will help us plan our time >>>> and topics. >>>> >>>> There are two logistics-related reasons to have a registration form. >>>> Most importantly, the room books (12 ppl and 8 ppl) are on the small >>>> side. If we are going to be over-subscribed I'll have to scrabble >>>> around ASAP to negotiate a bigger room, or say no to people if there >>>> isn't room. Secondarily, having a list of attendee names means I can >>>> pre-register attendees with Google's reception/badge system. That >>>> won't be a huge time saver but is probably worth doing. If it is easy >>>> to have a W3C form for attendees to confirm plans to attend, that >>>> would be great. If not, an attendee list (maybe linking urls for "I'll >>>> be there" emails to this list) in the Wiki would probably be equally >>>> useful. >>> >>> O.k. And I think if we simply set up a list of participants on the wiki >>> page, and we ask people to add themselves, should be enough. Or do we >>> need more than that? >>> >>> Ivan >>> >>>> The biggest hassle is that Google only has two floors in a larger >>>> shared building, and the building has its own reception, badge system >>>> etc. I hope to have a colleague to help with ferrying people up and >>>> down through badged gates and lifts, and will investigate whether >>>> having a pre-prepared list of attendees helps anything. >>>> >>>> Regarding hotels, I've added a fairly generic Trip Advisor link to >>>> >>>> https://www.w3.org/2013/csvw/wiki/F2F_Agenda_2015-02#Logistics_and_Hotel >>>> s >>>> >>>> Dan >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> Ivan Herman, W3C >>> Digital Publishing Activity Lead >>> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >>> mobile: +31-641044153 >>> ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704 >> >> >> ---- >> Ivan Herman, W3C >> Digital Publishing Activity Lead >> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ >> mobile: +31-641044153 >> ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704 >> >> >> >>
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