Re: [emergency-adopt-events] Today's Meeting -- Quick Update fromJane

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Hi Jane, Everyone,

Sorry I got on so late. I have attached my motivational paragraphs.

Cheers,
Rex

At 10:06 AM -0400 6/5/09, Jane Harnad wrote:
>Hello Everyone, 
>
>Since I'm going to be a few minutes late for today's meeting, I wanted to be
>sure to pass around a few updates and items for your review.  I'm hoping to
>join the call around 11:15 to discuss all these issues further.  Thanks,
>Jane
>
>Venue:
>
>As you all know, our September dates won't work at the NOAA facility.  I
>spoke to the conference manager yesterday and discovered two key issues that
>are listed below.  As a reminder, this facility is located in Silver
>Springs, Maryland (outside DC).  Location details may be found at:
>http://www.arl.noaa.gov/ss_directions.php
>
>* Dates - No dates available in September; only dates currently available
>for both the auditorium & science center at NOAA are the 15 & 16 of October
>(Note: Other EM events we're hoping to avoid include: IAEM Annual Conference
>(Oct. 31-Nov. 5) in Orlando, FL & NEMA 2009 Annual Conference (Oct 10-13) in
>Columbus, OH)
>
>* Internet Access - Despite what we were initially told, Internet access is
>a problem at this facility.  The speaker will have access to the internet
>via a hard wire connection at the podium.  No wireless connectivity will be
>available for guests, as well as Interop demonstrators. 
>
>I have put a hold on the space until Monday morning.  We need to decide very
>by COB Monday if this space will work the event, or if we need to continue
>our search. 
>
>Program Development:
>
>* Event theme & title - the current front runner is:  Emergency Management
>Interoperability Summit:  "Demonstrating Emergency Response Coordination
>through Open Data Standards". 
>
>I ran the above through a few folks here at OASIS and they had some concerns
>about its length, attractiveness, and redundancy. In addition, it was
>suggested that we consider building brand awareness through the title.  This
>would mean we should consider selecting an event title that could be used
>when doing summits, webinars, golf tournaments, or other. 
>
>One suggestion made was to call the event:  "Emergency Open" Summit --
>allowing us to do a series of other things relating back to the "Emergency
>Open" title.  Thoughts?
>
>
>
>
>
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