RE: Plenary Logistics, for today's call

Endicott House would also like to understand if there are any dietary restrictions for bkfst/lunch/dinner.

Please bring attention to this request during the call, and advise me via email with cc: to nancyn at mit dot edu

Regards,

- Mick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bass, Mick 
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:46 AM
> To: 'www-rdf-dspace@w3.org'
> Subject: Plenary Logistics, for today's call
> 
> 
> OK, it's Friday AM, sorry 'bout the delay!
> 
> > a. Review "raw" logistics for plenary
> >   - date, location, expected attendance, etc.
> >   - MB to send email Thurs PM
> 
> The plenary is NEXT WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, July 23 and 24, 
> at MIT Endicott House in Dedham, MA.
> 
> http://www.mitendicotthouse.org/
> 
> We will start by 8:30am both days.  To accommodate those 
> attempting to catch outbound flights on Thursday afternoon, I 
> may suggest a slightly earlier start on Thursday.
> 
> Attending:
> 
> SIMILE PIs and Program Manager
> 	Mick Bass
> 	David Karger
> 	MacKenzie Smith
> 	Eric Miller
> 
> SIMILE HP Core Team
> 	Rob Tansley
> 	Mark Butler
> 	John Erickson
> 
> Genesis
> 	Bernard Burg
> 	Kevin Smathers
> 
> Jena
> 	Martin Merry
> 	Andy Seaborne
> 
> 
> The following people are booked for rooms at Endicott House 
> on Tuesday evening.  Endicott House will have sandwiches 
> available upon checkin.
> 
> 	Mick, Eric, Rob, Mark, John, Bernard, Kevin, Martin, Andy
> 
> And on Wednesday Evening
> 
> 	Mick, Eric, MacKenzie, Rob, mark, John, Bernard, Kevin, 
> Martin, Andy
> 
> HP is arranging transportation from Kendall Square to 
> Endicott House to depart late on Thursday afternoon (5-6 
> -ish).  Please let me know if the consensus of the group is 
> to have dinner together in Cambridge and depart later, so I 
> can arrange transportation accordingly and let Endicott House know.
> 
> There will be a dinner on Wed. night.  I've suggested a bar.  
> MacKenzie - please let me know if there is a problem billing 
> this to MIT/SIMILE.
> 
> On Thursday afternoon Martin, Andy, Eric, and Bernard will 
> depart for the airport circa 3pm.  (HP has arranged a car and 
> driver for their transport - with four, it may be a bit 
> tight.  Please let me know if we need two cars instead.)  I 
> would like to conclude the sessions by then but would like to 
> reserve the right to carry on 'till 4pm to finish up business 
> that can be concluded in their absence.
> 
> Anything not covered?  Please let me know!
> 
> > b. Walk-through Agenda for Plenary
> >   - MB to email Thurs PM
> >   - How meeting to be conducted (nature of sessions, etc)
> 
> Below is a plan for the two days that I prepared previously.  
> I expect to be able to tune this based on a more accurate 
> understanding of SIMILE current state, and the PI one-on-one 
> calls that I have been holding this week.  The timings may 
> change slightly.
> 
> However, I do not expect that such tuning will be able to 
> occur before Monday.
> 
> I would welcome any insights or suggestions that you might 
> have regarding this plan for conducting the Plenary.
> 
> ---
> 
> PROPOSED AGENDA
> 
> SIMILE PLENARY
> 
> We 23, Th 24 July 2003
> 
> MIT Endicott House, Dedham, MA
> http://www.mitendicotthouse.org/
> 
> 
> Day 1 - Wednesday
> 
> 8:30a start
> 
> Session 1
> 	Structure & High-Level Plan for 3-yr effort
> 	Review & Discuss
> 
> Session 2
> 	End-to-End Use Cases
> 	definition, clarification
> 	Test consensus
> 
> 	End-to-End Functional Decomposition
> 
> Lunch
> 
> Session 3
> 	Activity (Prototype, Demonstrator, Investigation, 
> Survey) Scoping
> 	Review Existing Proposed Activities
> 	Propose Activities
> 	Tune Activity Definitions
> 	Test Mapping to Use Cases
> 
> 6:00p finish
> 
> Group Dinner
> 
> ---
> 	
> Day 2- Thursday
> 
> 8:30a start
> 
> Session 1
> 	Capture Work Breakdown Structure
> 		tasks
> 		definitions
> 
> Session 2
> 	Create Plan
> 		task priorities
> 		task dependencies
> 		key milestones
> 		assignments
> 
> Lunch
> 
> Session 3
> 	Tune Plan
> 
> 
> 3:00p Carriages
> 
> =============================================
> Mick Bass
> 
> 
> Manager
> Research and Business Development
> HP Laboratories
> Hewlett-Packard Company
> 1 Cambridge Center
> Cambridge, MA 02142
> 
> 
> 617.551.7634 office    240.536.0765 fax
> 617.899.3938 mobile    303.494.5202 residence
> bass@alum.mit.edu      mick_bass@hp.com
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