Bioperl: Bioperl conference

[Georg Fuellen]

> On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Georg Fuellen wrote:
> 
>   [snip]
> > 
> > Well, I've simply confirmed last fall that we can most likely get a room at 
> > no cost, at a nearby facilty (DKFZ); one research group leader there said 
> > that he intents to vouch for us.
> > E.g. we could have a one-day meeting before or shortly after the 
> > conference-- this should be worked out soon though, the longer we
> > wait the more limited our options. (eg we'd need a room that is
> > already well-equipped with computers, b/c I don't see anyone who 
> > could manage a non-neglegible amount of on-site technical installation).
> > 
> 
> I think this is brilliant. I would prefer to set it up before ISMB (as by
> the end I usually have complete conference fatigue - as I am sure many
> other people do). Georg - can you tentatively book a room with computers
> if at all possible - for a time over this period, so we can make sure we
> can do this? Then we have to figure out

Well, I would need the exact date. To come to a conclusion by Monday,
I'd suggest that everyone sends his preference and the strength of
his/her preference (thursday 5th or Friday 6th)
to Ewan (say, by Monday noon GMT), and he sends me the results of the tally.
 
> 	The potential dates I am suggesting therefore is either thursday
> 5th August (just before) or Friday 6th August (overlapping with the
> tutorial day). I'm marginally keener for the thursday. 
> 
> 	- format of the 'day'
> 	- costs (if any?) and how to fund them
> 	- how to get applicants and decide who comes if there are limited
>           places
> 	- how (if at all) to coordinate with ISMB
> 	- web site presence etc...
> 
> I suspect someone needs to volunteer to coordinate all this. ;) Any 
> volunteers out there for sorting it out? We should probably have a guy
> in charge and a commitee and Georg should at least be on the commitee
> as he will be closest to heidelberg... (sorry Georg!)

Yes, to be able to concentrate on my PhD thesis, I can't do the program 
chair kind of things, nor the financial chair kind of things (if needed).
(If someone else is sitting close to Heidelberg, pls get in touch with me-
I'd appreciate all the help I can get for the local organization.)

I would need an email (by Monday) which I can forward, stating who we are,
who is on the organizing committee (including affiliations), what we intent 
to do, that we're making no financial gains, that we qualify as a volunteer 
group, that such a meeting is in high demand (w/ reference to what happened
at ISMB'98..:-), that we're saving the software world, what equipment we 
optimally like to have and why, and these sort of things... This mail should 
be done by the `guy in charge'... (SteveC...?) (btw, IMHO it would be nice to 
have some bigshots who are at least willing to serve as referees for the talk 
abstracts / (possibly) papers (ie which are on the program committee), 
unless we really don't wanna do that (professionalizing the meeting
has got big pros and cons...)

BUT-- let's not invest a lot of work into this until we've got a good 
room !

best wishes,
georg

> > best wishes,
> > georg
> > P.S. I'm currently buried w/ work, but next week I intent to comment
> > at least on the alignment object.
> 
> I look forward to it.
> 
> > -re- the recent discussion on the guts list on
> > inaedaquate equipment for bio.perl.org, I'm wondering whether
> > it wouldn't be a good idea to approach the Perl Institute -- not just 
> > to get the small amount of money needed, but also because if we receive
> > some, we've got some blessing that may help us receive further funding
> > support if we like to apply for it. In any case, I can also contribute
> > a small amount of cash myself.
> 
> I think we have a number of offers now which look like we are sorted.
> We'll keep you posted on it.
> 
> > -re- mirroring of bio.perl.org... Isn't the CPAN mirroring system 
> > (almost) all we need ?
> 
> Probably. I think hardware/connection improvements + CPAN (which we are
> sorting out at the moment) should solve it.
> 
> 
> Ewan Birney
> <birney@sanger.ac.uk>
> http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/birney/
> 
> 

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