OKMDS: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Thursday 25-Oct-2007 (15AG)
- This is the 4th conference call of the organizing committee for the joint NASA-Ontolog "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support" initiative. The session is expected to be a half-hour conference call a little before Jeanne's Second Life tutorial session (15AH)
Conference Call Details (15AI)
- Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007 (15AJ)
- Start Time: 9:45am PDT / 12:45pm EDT / 16:45 UTC (15AK)
- ref: World Clock (15AL)
- Expected Call Duration: 30 minutes (15AM)
- Dial-in Number: (15AN)
- Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/ (15AR)
- view-only password: "ontolog" (15AS)
- RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated. (Regrets only) (15AT)
Attendees: (15AU)
- Attended: (15AV)
- Expecting: (15AW)
Agenda Ideas (15B8)
- Tie down details of the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event (15BT)
- suggest program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series (15BU)
- identify "discussion moderators" to champion/focus on particular questions we want to investigate/explore (15BV)
- also, the logistics and mechanics of cross-posting to [KMgov] and [okmds-convene] (15EG)
- define (ultimate) deliverables of this entire mini-series (15BW)
- ... (15B9)
... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes) (15BA)
Agenda & Proceedings (15BB)
1. Meeting called to order: (15BC)
- JeanneHolm took the chair and welcomed everyone (15BD)
- SusanTurnbull volunteered to take minutes of the meeting (15BE)
2. Roll Call: (15BF)
3. Issues to be covered today: (15BH)
- is everything ready for today's (2007.10.25) session? (15EM)
4. Status of developing issues: (15BI)
- Outstanding Issue Update: (15BJ)
- Tie down details of the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event (15C0)
- ref. last week's discussion: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologyKMandDecisionSupport/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_10_16#nid14WY (15C1)
- (suggested) general agenda for the Nov-8 launch event: (15C2)
- Opening and welcome -- Peter (15C3)
- Andrew and Jeanne will set out the agenda and the questions to be discussed to maintain focus as people get used to the environment (15C4)
- 5 minutes for pre-brief. This will establish the context and set the focus. (15C5)
- 15 to 20 minutes to go around the room asking each person to give a short introduction (NOT a presentation!) about themselves. (15C6)
- 30 to 45 minutes for the main presentation done by Andrew and Jeanne. (15C7)
- 30 minutes. Open discussion. Issues that were not addressed can be registered with the chat window. (15C8)
- Conclusion / Follow-up - ask people to subscribe to discussion list, and actively discuss/debate the issues (15C9)
- Discussions: (15BK)
- Agreed that the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event would consist of three parts (15FA)
- 1. Initiative Overview (15FB)
- 2. First presentation of the series by Andrew and Jeanne (15FC)
- 3. Review of organizing process and communication options to ensure full participation by interested individuals - how to join discussion forum, list-serv cross-posting?, RSS feeds, podcasts of sessions (15FD)
- Agreed that focus area champions would be conducive to fruitful discussions within and across the many pathways of exploration anticipated; the questions will also help frame the discussions (15FE)
- Need to determine our deliverables and the form(s) of the anticipated outcome of this mini-seminar series ... candidates include: (15FF)
- A Communique similar to what was developed by UpperOntologySummit (2006) or OntologySummit2007 (15FG)
- Scaffold for anticipated emergence of a Community of Practice (15FH)
- [3 additional ideas added by SusanTurnbull when completing session notes] (15FI)
- Partial answers to initial questions with associated community "confidence/ consensus / validation" ratings associated with each question -> precipitating a more refined set of questions to launch a future mini-seminar series (15FJ)
- Initial "start-up" scenario sketches valued by cross-boundary organizations seeking to lightly organize around shared purpose and uncertain how to proceed - Best Gleanings from the Series as a Primer (15FK)
- from J. Seely Brown - Beginnings and Endings are always the most difficult. (15FL)
- example from Judith Olson's decade long research summarized as Collaboration Wizard (15FM)
- Prepare additional 2-3 sessions (dates, presenters, topics) to announce on Nov. 8 (15FP)
- Agreed that the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event would consist of three parts (15FA)
5. New Issues: (15BL)
- suggest program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series (15CA)
- identify "discussion moderators" to champion/focus on particular questions we want to investigate/explore (15CD)
- online discourse - topic, moderator, candidate (invited) experts to help lead & contribute to the discussion (15CE)
- Online discourse - need to clarify on the logistics and mechanics of cross-posting to [KMgov] and [okmds-convene] (15EH)
- define (ultimate) deliverables of this entire mini-series (15CF)
6. Any Other Business: (15BM)
7. Action items: (15BN)
- All - ideas for 2-3 sessions to discuss at next meeting (15FN)
8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn: (15BO)
- Next Meeting: 1-Hour starting Tue 2007.10.30 - 1:00pm EDT / 10:00am PDT (15BP)
- refer to details at the wiki session page (closer to the time) at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_10_30 (15BQ)
- Call adjourned at: 10:17 am PDT (15BR)
-- notes taken by: SusanTurnbull / 2007.10.25-10:28 PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings. (15BS)