Re: Thoughts on WAWG F2F + I Annotate next spring

Hi Benjamin (and Ivan),

You know, we have been to iAnnotate before.  A colleague from our institution presented there last year. It seems like a nice forum. Bravo to you for sponsoring it. 

Yet I have to say - I think there is a potential concern about balance here. Is this a W3C group or an Hypothes.is group?    


Best

Tim

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> On Nov 20, 2014, at 3:52 PM, Benjamin Young <bigbluehat@hypothes.is> wrote:
> 
> Two things to sum up this conversation (from what I'm hearing):
> 
> 1. missing out on Sloan's gracious grants for a F2F at iAnnotate would
> be unfortunate...perhaps wasteful
> 2. everyone agrees that in future we should work hard to have more
> diverse F2F location, so Europe should be considered next; Japan
> following that (perhaps).
> 
> The key thing to avoid, then, is setting up a F2F meeting at or near
> the same time as iAnnotate in a different geographic region that would
> essentially cause a rift in our little group of annotators. :)
> 
> Seems easily avoided.
> 
> Perhaps the conversation should now move to where else (Stian's
> suggestion of AMS or Manchester seem reasonable) *after* this spring
> 2015 F2F should we next meet. Goal being to begin working out all the
> details of where, when, how, to what extent. :)
> 
> Let's hang together whatever else we do. :)
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes
> <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>> If there's flight funding - then it would be fine by me at least - also an
>> excuse to stay for the conference as well I guess. ;)
>> 
>> I would still prefer a F2F in AMS or similar European city (we in Manchester
>> can also provide conference room, as we have done before) - but it would be
>> silly to squeeze that right next to the I Annotate.
>> 
>> On 14 Nov 2014 20:37, "Doug Schepers" <schepers@w3.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey, folks–
>>> 
>>> I see the reasoning from both sides. As someone in the middle (East Coast
>>> US), I don't mind flying to California or to Europe.
>>> 
>>> The WG is currently split pretty much down the middle between Europeans
>>> and North Americans; but as Nick said, the 5 Hypothes.is folks from Europe
>>> will be there anyway, leaving 13 Europeans in the WG that may have a
>>> different preference.
>>> 
>>> I'm most curious how they feel about it. If you are a member of the WG in
>>> Europe, please let us know if you feel disadvantaged by having an April F2F
>>> co-located with I Annotate in San Francisco (given the potential flight
>>> funding by Sloan). I'm sensitive to Ivan's concerns, but I don't want to
>>> assume that Europeans are against this; they may enjoy a trip to SF, or they
>>> may not be inclined to go to a F2F no matter where it's held. I'd like to
>>> base our conversation on facts.
>>> 
>>> Regards-
>>> -Doug
>>> 
>>> On 11/14/14 6:43 AM, Nick Stenning wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014, at 11:39, Ivan Herman wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dan,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I really appreciate your offer. I do have one issue, though: I am
>>>>> concerned about "continent diversity".
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It's worth noting that a substantial contingent intersecting with the
>>>> WAWG will be going to I Annotate regardless (it is a conference about
>>>> annotation, after all). You're probably not saving as many people as you
>>>> might think from a 10+ hour flight by holding the F2F back in Europe.
>>>> 
>>>> Yours, the obviously biased on this matter,
>>>> 
>>>> -N
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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