[VoCamp Discuss] Vocamp Glasgow?

[Paola Di Maio]

Thanks Keith

In terms of dates, Mounia suggest the 15th, but from our serious calendar
exchange it looks that 14th should also be OK
(i confirm that for me either day should be fine)

I do no plan to go to Bristol, do you, or others?

The idea to have different local vocamps is to be able to do our RDF work
locally wherever we are, so I would encourage people from Scotland to stick
to a local vocamp, unless they have specific reason to travel that far

re. 1-2 days, I would say it depends what the agenda and the participants
trying to achieve - most things can be done/discussed in a day imho, but if
we want to develop and test some vocabularies that may need  2 days, or more
even, i have loadsa work to be done in various projects once I work out how
to go about it.....

P


On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Keith Alexander
<k.j.w.alexander at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> Apologies for the late response.
> Jeff Pan from Aberdeen is just visiting us, and I took the opportunity to
> ask him about it. He said  round about the 14th would be (probably) good,
> but 16-18th he had other commitments (in Germany I think). He said he could
> probably rustle up someone else to attend as well. If he can't come, someone
> from Aberdeen could probably go anyway.
> He said the sooner dates are fixed, the more likely it is that he (and)
> others would be able to plan to attend.
> Tom Heath pointed out that there is also a Bristol Vocamp in mid September
> (17-18th?) - is there likely to be much overlap in terms of people who might
> attend both?
> Should we move this discussion, in part at least, to
> discuss at lists.vocamp.org ?
> Cheers,
> Keith
>  | On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Mounia Lalmas <mounia at dcs.gla.ac.uk>wrote:
>
>> Better to get the date fixed now, may I suggest the Tuesday 15.Mounia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14 Jul 2009, at 11:58, Paola Di Maio wrote:
>>
>> Cool Harry thanks
>>
>> we werent sure if youd be around since you finished your Phd
>>
>> We should be fine for space in Glasgow, I can book a room at Strathclyde,
>> although there are connectivity issues
>> Main wifi access for people who do not have an account is via BT Open
>> which requires an account
>>
>> Glasgow Uni should be an option too, or some other open accesspaces where
>> we can get a room with wifi
>>
>> Dont you think we should do Edinburgh on a separate Vocamp?  Perhaps we
>> should just schedule another one later on, unless you all think otherwise
>> (to me its all the same)
>>
>> So pending issues are
>>
>> 1. make a firmer date, closer to the time perhaps?
>> 2. decide venue with wifi (definitely Glasgow?more thoughts?)
>> 3. find a few additional people in the neighbourhood who would/should know
>> about RDF to experiment with, as keith suggested someone in the public
>> administration or other key public office or learning institutions perhaps?
>> (advertise, evangelize a bit?)
>>
>> p
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin at ibiblio.org>wrote:
>>
>>> I think that works. Also, if space is an issue the Informatics Forum
>>> is also available, albeit in Edinburgh. I think Alan Bundy and Ewan
>>> Klein at Edinburgh might be interested in helping as well. Getting
>>> Jeff Pan in Aberdeen involved would be great as well.
>>>
>>> On 7/12/09, Paola Di Maio <paoladimaio10 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > After a serious exchange between Mounia and myself
>>> > we have come up with possible dates
>>> >
>>> > 14.15.16 September
>>> >
>>> > would this suit Keith and Harry?
>>> > I presume it would be important in addition to ourselves to involve a
>>> > handful of
>>> > people in IT who have never heard of RDF for, that leaves us a couple
>>> of
>>> > months
>>> > to work on that...
>>> >
>>> > P
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Paola Di Maio
>>> > <paoladimaio10 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> > > Hay Harry
>>> > > thanks for reply
>>> > >
>>> > > since for us locals anyday is probably pretty much the same, within
>>> > reason, then please
>>> > > do let us know a range of possible dates that would fit you, if you
>>> are
>>> > not able to commit to anything at all
>>> > > then we'll go ahead nonetheless
>>> > >
>>> > > In the meantime please let us know if you can think of someone who we
>>> > should invite
>>> > > p
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Harry Halpin <hhalpin at ibiblio.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > I don't see a date. I am not in Edinburgh very much, so it's hard
>>> to
>>> > > > confirm without a date. But hope to see it happen!
>>> > > >
>>> > > >        -harry
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Paola Di
>>> > > > Maio<paoladimaio10 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> > > > > resending, with correct address for Harry, hopefully...
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Paola Di Maio
>>> > <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>
>>> > > > > wrote:
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> Greetings ! Hope you are all keeping cool
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> I am finally catching up with this, and finally had a chat with
>>> Keith
>>> > on
>>> > > > >> the phone this morning.
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> We discussed that it would be nice if we could try to get people
>>> from
>>> > the
>>> > > > >> wider IT community to attend, as well as non IT people who may
>>> still
>>> > have an
>>> > > > >> interest, before confirming the date/venue.
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> Updated some notes here
>>> > > > >> http://vocamp.org/wiki/Vocamp_Glasgow
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> Please do think of inviting one or two people from your local
>>> contact
>>> > list
>>> > > > >> to attend, I ll be doing so during other related meetings/events
>>> in
>>> > > > >> forthcoming weeks
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> Please also consider posting an announcement or two in related
>>> > message
>>> > > > >> boards in the physical world (old corridor and toilet stickers)
>>> in
>>> > related
>>> > > > >> departments
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> When we have a few more prospects attendees, we can make firm a
>>> > date/time
>>> > > > >>
>>> > > > >> PDM
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----
>> Mounia Lalmas
>> University of Glasgow
>> mounia at acm.org
>>
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