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= [[OntologySummit2008]]: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Thursday 17-Mar-2008  =

* This is the 5th conference call of the [[OntologySummit2008|Ontology Summit 2008]] organizing committee. The session is expected to be a ~1 Hour conference call. 

* URL for this page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_17 

=== [[MeetingsCalls|Conference Call]] Details  ===

* Date: Thursday, March 17, 2008 
* Start Time: 12:30am PDT / 3:30pm EDT / 19:30 UTC 
** ref: [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=10&year=2008&hour=12&min=30&sec=0&p1=224 World Clock] 
* Expected Call Duration: ~ 1.0 Hour 
* Dial-in Number: 
** from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA) 
*** Conference ID: "5823120#" 
** Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120 

* Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/ 
** view-only password: "ontolog" 

* '''RSVP''' ''to [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com peter.yim@cim3.com] appreciated.'' (Regrets only) 

=== Attendees  ===

* Attended: 
** [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] 
** [[BarrySmith|Barry Smith]] 
** [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]] 
** [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] 
** Mark Musen (having conflicting meeting until 1pm PDT; will join as soon as that ends) 

* Expecting: 
** [[MichelleRaymond|Michelle Raymond]] 

* Regrets: 

=== Agenda Ideas  ===

* review status of "Advisory Committee" nominations and invitations 
* status review and action plans for the online discourse 
* status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation - review agenda 
* preparation status for the 3 upcoming panel sessions - 3/27, 4/3 & 4/10 
* status review on how we are getting the word out 
* draft communique preparation status 

:'' ... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes)'' 

== Agenda & Proceedings  ==

1. Meeting called to order: 

* [[SteveRay|Steve Ray]] took the chair and welcomed everyone 

* [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] volunteered to take minutes of the meeting 

* review and adopt agenda 

* note that we have a hard stop at 1:30pm PDT / 4:30pm EDT as the Content Committee will be having their weekly call then. Which mean we have to finish this call in 1 hour or less. 

2. Roll Call: 

* see [http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_17#nid1BMN above] 

3. Status / Discussion of developing issues: 

* '''Outstanding Issue Update: (from last call)''' 
** submit last year's communique to Applied Ontologies Journal [attn: Steve] - Steve contacted [[MichaelGruninger|Michael Gr&uuml;ninger]] who will be working on it 
*** question for Mark: when is the next AOJ issue out; do you have a deadline for the submission (to make it into the next issue)? 
*** Steve will continue to communicate with Michael to get this out ASAP. 
*** Michael mentioned that he is planning to have it ready by end of this week. (--ppy: from a conversation during the content committee meeting.) 

* '''Discussions:''' 

* reveiw status of "Advisory Committee" nominations and invitations 
** see latest update - 
** Status: http://interop.cim3.net/forum//ontology-summit-org/2008-03/msg00042.html 
** list of confirmed Advisory Committee members - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008#nid199T 
*** all invitations out, except for (f.2) & (f.3); 
*** accepted - 34 ''(to be updated)'' 
*** declined - 3  ''(to be updated)'' 
** Barry still working with contact in Japan, Steve's Korean invitation confirmed 
** we are now in a position take out the " ... developing" from the list of Advisors. 
** discussion: an 'event' for the Advisory Committee 
*** Barry: we should create a "publicity oriented - announcement e-mail" of the Summit F2F, and ask all advisors to help circulate this to "their friends" 
*** Barry: any chance of webcasting the F2F workshop? - Steve will find out 
*** extend invitations to the overseas advisors to come join us at the F2F workshop 
*** Barry will take care of this "interaction with Advisors" 

* status review online discourse 
** we need to step up the level of activities here 
** move the summary pages up ... under the [[OntologySummit2008|Ontology Summit 2008]]: "[[OntologySummit2008|What's New]]" 
** Michelle to prompt the champions to put out strawman positions and get the various main topic threads going 
** Content Committee will start doing weekly calls starting today, on Mondays, right after this organizing committee call 

* status review on the F2F-workshop planning and preparation 
** Steve: URL for Interoperability Week is now ready, Peter will post to the wiki 
*** Steve will post Interoperability Week details to [ontolog-invitation] 
** Steve: draft agenda now at - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2008/FaceToFaceAgenda 
*** discussion: see - http://interop.cim3.net/forum//ontology-summit-org/2008-03/msg00040.html 
** Keynote speaker: 
*** candidates: Paul A via Mark G (is this the right setting?); 
*** Barry & Steve: ask Leo and Peter to explore this with Mark 
**** Mark G responded - chance slim. Peter: Plan-B? 
*** it was agreed that we will not have a "plenary/keynote" speaker 

* preparation status for the 3 upcoming panel sessions - 3/27, 4/3 & 4/10 
** Two sessions planned for "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements" - 3/27 & 4/3 
*** Title: "An Open Ontology Repository: Rationale, Expectations & Requirements" 
*** note change of title - ref. http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/ConferenceCall_2008_03_14#nid1BHT 
*** co-chairs: 3/27 - [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] & [[FabianNeuhaus|Fabian Neuhaus]] ; 4/3: [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] & [[BarrySmith|Barry Smith]] 
*** panelists:  ontology developers and stewards (i.e. early-adopter content-provider) telling us their requirements & expectations 
**** those on 3/27: 
**** those on 4/3 : 
*** the plan: see - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman#nid1BFW 
**** need someone from the CL team on the panel (since Harry D just responded that he could not be available) 
** One session planned for "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies" - 4/10 
*** Title: "Developing an Ontology of Ontologies" 
*** co-chairs: proposing [[MikeDean|Mike Dean]] (Leo) and [[ChrisMenzel|Chris Menzel]] (Peter) 
*** panelists: 
*** the plan: see - http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OOR/JointPanelSession_Strawman#nid1BGD 
** Peter to work with the session chairs to develop the event and keep this committee posted 

* status review on how we are getting the word out 
** Steve: will get the NIST public affairs office to continue to help us with getting the word out 
*** Steve: will update everyone at the next call 

* the [[OntologySummit2008_Communique]] 
** [[LeoObrst|Leo Obrst]] and Mark Musen were elected as our co-editors for the Communique and we'll look to them to get an outline and a draft out some time soon 
** please do draft work at: [[OntologySummit2008_Communique/Draft]] 

5. New Issues: 

6. Any Other Business: 

7. Action items: 

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn: 

* next Organizing Committee conference call - Mon 2008.03.24 - 1Hr. starting 12:30pm PDT / 3:30pm EDT 
** see details (closer to the time) at: [[OntologySummit2008/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_17/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_03_24]] 

* Call adjourned at: 1:32 pm PDT 

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notes taken by: [[PeterYim|Peter P. Yim]] / 2008.03.17-1:32pm PDT

All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity  of the documented proceedings. 

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