RE: [RDB2RDF XG] Hello and question about f2f

This is fine.. We should ensure that all meetings are accessible from remote, at minimum NetMeeting and telephone...
Regards,

Ahmed


-----Original Message-----
From: Axel Polleres [mailto:axel.polleres@deri.org]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 1:06 AM
To: Ezzat, Ahmed
Cc: ashok.malhotra@oracle.com; orchard@pacificspirit.com; 'Halb, Wolfgang'; public-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org; member-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org
Subject: Re: [RDB2RDF XG] Hello and question about f2f

Ezzat, Ahmed wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would suggest to rotate meetings between Boston and Bay area where I suspect most of us are.
> Regards,

I would also include Europe in the rotation cycle, to balance out travel
costs between the participants a bit, it seems there is also a
considerable number of people from the "old" continent ;-)

E.g. Galway would be happy to host a F2F at some point (and is reachable
quite directly from Boston via Shannon, for instance)

Axel

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: member-xg-rdb2rdf-request@w3.org [mailto:member-xg-rdb2rdf-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of ashok malhotra
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:49 PM
> To: orchard@pacificspirit.com
> Cc: 'Halb, Wolfgang'; public-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org; member-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org
> Subject: Re: [RDB2RDF XG] Hello and question about f2f
>
>
> Dave, Wolfgang and others:
> If there are some folks in Beijing for other reasons and want to meet to
> discuss RDB2RDF that's fine.
> But for our initial f2f we need at least a 2 day meeting and I'm afraid
> that is not going to be possible
> at WWW2008.  Also, my guess is that the majority of the XG membership is
> not going to be in Beijing,
> Ashok
>
> Dave Orchard wrote:
>
>> I think it would be wonderful to meet at www 2008.  I will be in Beijing for the AC meeting and I'd planned at least a few days
>> before and after.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: member-xg-rdb2rdf-request@w3.org
>>> [mailto:member-xg-rdb2rdf-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Halb, Wolfgang
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:59 AM
>>> To: public-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org; member-xg-rdb2rdf@w3.org
>>> Subject: [RDB2RDF XG] Hello and question about f2f
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> My colleague Michael Hausenblas and I have just joined the RDB2RDF XG.
>>> We are working on topics closely related to the mission of the XG.
>>> Recently we launched riese (http://riese.joanneum.at), an
>>> RDFized and Interlinked version of the Eurostat data, where
>>> we also encountered various issues when mapping relational
>>> data into RDF.
>>>
>>> Are there any plans for a face-to-face meeting already?
>>> The upcoming WWW2008 from April 21-25 might be a good chance
>>> to get in contact personally?
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Michael and Wolfgang
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>  Institute of Information Systems & Information Management
>>>  JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
>>>  Steyrergasse 17, A-8010 Graz, AUSTRIA
>>>
>>>  phone:  +43-316-876-1135                   fax: +43-316-876-1191
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>
>
> --
> All the best, Ashok
>
>


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