Re: Tentative proposal for Tues afternoon meeting in place of TAG F2F next week

I will be able to call in Tuesday afternoon.  I can also call in Tuesday morning
especially if you want to discuss the P&L document.
All the best, Ashok

On 1/7/2013 3:46 PM, Noah Mendelsohn wrote:
> Earlier today I explained why we are considering cancelling next week's TAG meeting. All the responses I've received so far have encouraged me to cancel.
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> Before I make a formal decision to cancel, I would like to suggest an alternate path forward. Right now this is just a proposal: if there are no objections or better ideas, I will formalize it tomorrow:
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> * The 3 day F2F will be cancelled. It's assumed that those traveling from out of town will cancel their travel, though Yves indicates he may be in Boston anyway.
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> * There will be no TAG activities on the Monday 14 January or the Wednesday the 16th.
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> * On Tues 15 January, those of us who are in the Boston area, including John Kemp and Norm Walsh (if they wish to join us) will meet at the Stata Center in time to have lunch. John has already expressed interest.
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> * Starting at (say) 1:30 PM EST we will have a meeting in the Kiva room, with a teleconference bridge so that non-local TAG members can call in. For the moment, I'll assume this will be a formal meeting with a quorum, scribes, etc., but that will depend on participation. We'd go for about 3 hours.
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> * We will invite newly elected TAG members to dial in, or attend if local. The main (perhaps only) agenda item will be discussion of TAG directions with the new members. If there is other business we can do, that's fine too.
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> I am likely not available for a teleconference this week, so Tues would be our next formal meeting.
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> Again, this is just an idea and I'm open to others. If there aren't too many objections or better alternatives proposed, this is what I expect to formalize tomorrow.
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> Comments? Thank you.
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> Noah
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Received on Tuesday, 8 January 2013 00:01:46 UTC