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Re: [okmds-org] Draft announcement of the 2007.10.25 & 2007.11.08 sessio

To: Jeanne Holm <jeanne.holm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: OKMDS Organizing Committee <okmds-org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Peter P. Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:39:48 -0700
Message-id: <471C45B4.7080304@xxxxxxxx>
.... starting over (one line missing in the earlier message).  =ppy    (01)



Jeanne et al.,    (02)


Here's the draft for the announcement of the first events. As 
earlier discussed, you (Jeanne) will make the announcement post 
to [KMgov] and I (Peter) will make the post to [ontolog-invitation].    (03)

Please review and revert with any edit you wish to put in.    (04)

//    (05)

   ************************ Headlines ************************    (06)

   NASA & Ontolog are collaborating in a 6-month mini-series on 
"Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support (OKMDS)." 
  We take pleasure in announcing the first two sessions:    (07)

*Thu 25 Oct 2007* - Ms. Jeanne Holm & Mr. Charles White from 
NASA/JPL giving a pre-series Tutorial on Virtual Worlds - Getting 
Ready for "Second Life"    (08)

*Thu 08 Nov 2007* - "OKMDS: Making Better Decisions" Launch Event 
for the Series - hosted by Mr. Andrew Schain (NASA/HQ), Ms. 
Jeanne Holm (NASA/JPL) & Mr. Peter Yim (Ontolog)    (09)

   Register your attendance by emailing <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline.    (010)

   ******************** Details ************************    (011)


*Your are cordially invited* to join us at these upcoming virtual 
event:    (012)

This "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support 
(OKMDS)" mini-series is a collaboration between NASA and Ontolog, 
and is co-organized by a team of individuals from various related 
communities passionate about creating the opportunity for an 
inter-community, collaborative exploration of the intersection 
between Ontology, Knowledge Management and Decision Support, that 
could eventually lead us toward "Better Decision Making."    (013)

The mini-series will span a period of about six months (Nov-2007 
to April-2008), during which we will be featuring Talks, Panel 
Discussions and Online Discourse on pertinent issues. We expect 
all the talks and panel discussion events to be offered in both 
'real world' (augmented conference calls) and 'virtual world' 
(Second Life) settings.    (014)

Please refer to details about this mini-series on the OKMDS 
project homepage, at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS    (015)


You are cordially invited to join us at the following two sessions:    (016)


*Thu 25 Oct 2007* - Ms. Jeanne Holm & Mr. Charles White from 
NASA/JPL will be giving a tutorial to prepare all those who are 
interested to participate in this mini-series through "Second 
Life", or simply just to explore what the 'virtual world setting 
has to offer - Please refer to details at: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_10_25    (017)


*Thu 08 Nov 2007* - "OKMDS: Making Better Decisions" Launch Event 
for the Series - hosted by Mr. Andrew Schain (NASA/HQ), Ms. 
Jeanne Holm (NASA/JPL) & Mr. Peter Yim (Ontolog) - Please refer 
to details at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2007_11_08    (018)


*RSVP* by by emailing me at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline so that 
we can prepare enough resources to support everyone. (Kindly 
include your affiliation and job title if you aren't already a 
member of the Ontolog community or the KMgov community.)    (019)

The sessions will be recorded. Before participating, please make 
sure you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref: 
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32).    (020)



Regards,                    (. =ppy)    (021)

Jeanne Holm                 (or Peter P. Yim)
*** JH: pls insert ***      (Co-convener, Ontolog)    (022)

on behalf of
the OKMDS project organizing committee:    (023)

* Andrew Schain (NASA/HQ)
* Denise Bedford (WorldBank)
* Jeanne Holm (NASA/JPL)
* Ken Baclawski (NEU)
* Kurt Conrad (Ontolog, Sagebrush)
* Leo Obrst (Ontolog, MITRE)
* Nancy Faget (GPO)
* Peter Yim (Ontolog, CIM3)
* Steve Ray (NIST)
* Susan Turnbull (GSA)    (024)

--    (025)

//
(Credit: this announcement format was first proposed by Ken 
Baclawski for use at Ontolog.)    (026)


We should really get the announcement posted some time in the 
morning of Mon 2007.10.22, while comments & suggested edits are 
welcome and appreciated, as always, they really need to come in 
immediately.    (027)


Thanks & Regards.  =ppy
--    (028)

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