OKMDS: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 16-Oct-2007 (14VP)
- This is the third 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 1-hour conference call starting at Tue 16-Oct-2007 10:00am PDT / 1:00pm EDT (14VQ)
Conference Call Details (14VR)
- Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 (14VS)
- Start Time: 10:00am PDT / 1:00pm EDT / 17:00 UTC (14VT)
- ref: World Clock (14VU)
- Expected Call Duration: 1.0 Hour (14VV)
- Dial-in Number: (14VW)
- Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/ (14W0)
- view-only password: "ontolog" (14W1)
- RSVP to peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated. (Regrets only) (14W2)
Attendees: (14W3)
- Attended: (14W4)
- JeanneHolm (who will be chairing this call) (14W8)
- KenBaclawski (14W9)
- KurtConrad (14WA)
- SusanTurnbull (14WE)
- Expecting: (14W5)
Agenda Ideas (14WH)
- finalize "Objectives" of this OKMDS initiative (=ppy/2007.10.15-08:54PDT) (14WI)
- review what needs to be done between now and then, and what is still holding up the announcement of: (=ppy/2007.10.15-08:54PDT) (14WJ)
- suggestions for the mini-series program (=ppy/2007.10.15-08:54PDT) (14XD)
- ... (14WN)
... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes) (14WO)
Agenda & Proceedings (14WP)
1. Meeting called to order: (14WQ)
- JeanneHolm takes the chair and welcomed everyone (14WR)
- KenBaclawski volunteered to take minutes of the meeting (14WS)
2. Roll Call: (14WT)
3. Issues to be covered today: (14WV)
- finalize "Objectives" of this OKMDS initiative (14WW)
- see: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/okmds-org/2007-10/msg00011.html (14WX)
- Susan: Change "space administration" to "space exploration" (14XL)
- consensus of this meeting is to go with the title: "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support (OKMDS): Making Better Decisions" (14XX)
- review what needs to be done between now and then, and what is still holding up the announcement of: (14WY)
- In the invitation sent out prior to the 25-Oct-2007 there will be a statement asking the participants to check whether they are having problems with firewalls. Individual follow ons will be arranged for people who cannot participate fully because of firewall issues. (14XM)
- The invitation will mention that the tutorial will last 1.5 to 2 hours. (14XN)
- (a) The initiative as a whole will be introduced at the tutorial. This will be taken from the objectives of the initiative. This will be done by Peter and Jeanne to be posted as other presentations are posted. (14WZ)
- post-meeting comment: I suggest we just do a brief intro at this session, and save the full introduction of the OKMDS initiative to the 2007.11.08 OKMDS Launch Event. I suppose we should focus this session on helping potential participants who would like to explore and participate in the mini-series via "Second Life." --ppy/2007.10.21 (1541)
- (b) the 25-Oct-2007 "Second Life Tutorial" (14X0)
- (c) the 08-Nov-2007 virtual launch event (14X1)
- AndrewSchain and JeanneHolm will set out the agenda and the questions to be discussed to maintain focus as people get used to the environment. (14XO)
- Agenda: (14XP)
- 5 minutes for pre-brief. This will establish the context and set the focus. (14XQ)
- 15 to 20 minutes to go around the room asking each person to give a short introduction (NOT a presentation!) about themselves. (14XR)
- 30 to 45 minutes for the main presentation done by AndrewSchain and JeanneHolm. (14XS)
- 30 minutes. Open discussion. Issues that were not addressed can be registered with the chat window. (14XT)
- suggestions for the mini-series program (14XH)
4. Status of developing issues: (14X2)
- Outstanding Issue Update: (14X3)
- Discussions: (14X4)
5. New Issues: (14X5)
- What are we trying to start? Is it a mini-series or a project? What is the objective? Are starting a new hybrid community of practice? (14XV)
6. Any Other Business: (14X6)
7. Action items: (14X7)
8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn: (14X8)
- Next Meeting: 1-Hour starting Tue 2007.10.23 - 1:00pm EDT / 10:00am PDT (14X9)
- 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_23 (14XA)
- Call adjourned at: 10:54 am PDT (14XB)
-- notes taken by: KenBaclawski / 2007.10.16-10:54 PDT All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings. (14XC)