OKMDS/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2008 01 08

= OKMDS: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 08-Jan-2008 =


 * This is the 11th conference call of the organizing committee for the joint NASA-Ontolog-KMWG "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support (OKMDS)" initiative. The session is expected to be a 1-Hour conference call.


 * URL for this page: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_01_08

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008
 * Start Time: 10:00am PST / 1:00pm EST / 18:00 UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0 hour
 * Dial-in Number:
 * from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
 * Conference ID: "5823120#"
 * Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120


 * Shared-screen support (VNC session), if applicable, will be started 5 minutes before the call at: http://vnc2.cim3.net:5800/
 * view-only password: "ontolog"


 * RSVP to [mailto:peter.yim@cim3.com peter.yim@cim3.com] appreciated. (Regrets only)

Attendees:

 * Attended:
 * SusanTurnbull
 * PeterYim
 * JeanneHolm
 * KenBaclawski


 * Expecting:
 * AndrewSchain
 * KurtConrad
 * LeoObrst
 * NancyFaget
 * DeniseBedford


 * Regrets:
 * SteveRay

Agenda Ideas

 * getting ready for the OKMDS session on Thu 2008.01.17 - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_01_17
 * ascertaining that everything is still on target for the OKMDS session on Thu 2008.02.21 - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_02_21
 * continue with discussion on suggested program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series
 * progress review on the [okmds-convene] online discourse which is being archived and cross-posted to [KMgov]


 *  ... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes)

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * Happy New Year, everyone!


 * JeanneHolm took the chair and welcomed everyone
 * PeterYim volunteered to take minutes of the meeting
 * review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:


 * see above

3. Status of developing issues:


 * Next four scheduled sessions are underway:
 * 2008_01_17 - Thursday: OKMDS - "Creating Informational and Virtual Space for Knowledge Sharing" - Session Chiar: JeanneHolm - Panel: TomSoderstrom, JeanneHolm &amp; MarcelaOliva  - ConferenceCall_2008_01_17
 * 2008_02_21 - Thursday: OKMDS - Discussion: "How KM Supports Decision Making in the (US) Federal Government" - GioraHadar &amp; MichaelKull - ConferenceCall_2008_02_21
 * 2008_03_20 - Thursday: OKMDS - "Organizing Science Knowledge for Discovery at NASA" - Panel: RichKeller, RobRaskin &amp; RalphHodgson - ConferenceCall_2008_03_20
 * 2008_04_17 - Thursday: OKMDS Panel Discussion: "Knowledge Mapping for Sensemaking" - JeffConklin, SimonBuckinghamShum, EricYeh &amp; JackPark - ConferenceCall_2008_04_17


 * Outstanding Issue Update: (from last call)


 * Jeanne will prepare a press release for Federal Computer Week and Government Computer News to announce the mini-series.
 * Andy to clarify topic bounds with Jeanne and Rob
 * Jeanne has someone from JPL who will create cross-posting to [KMgov] and [okmds-convene] who create the cross-links between the two community forums today - done!


 * Discussions:

http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/TowardsStabilityInInformationSharing_2007_07_17#nid3MIU
 * getting ready for the OKMDS session on Thu 2008.01.17 - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_01_17
 * RichKeller is not available on 2008.01.17
 * therefore moving this "Organizing Science Knowledge for Discovery" topic to 2008.03.20 or 2008.03.27
 * Jeanne: going to put another panel and topic in this slot
 * Peter: Andy gave a great presentation earlier at Susan's Expedition Workshop on an ontology driven mashup of IT system management and expertise location work, maybe we should ping him to do something similar
 * Susan: link to Andy Schain's presentation:
 * Jeanne will ping Andy and get back today (via e-mail)
 * Peter: we really need to tie down all details and go public with the revised session information within the next 2 days


 * ascertaining that everything is still on target for the OKMDS session on Thu 2008.02.21 - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_02_21
 * Jeanne: finalizing on the panel now, and everything is on target - will have more info by next Mon 2008.01.14


 * 2008_04_17 - Thursday: OKMDS Panel Discussion: "Knowledge Mapping for Sensemaking" - JeffConklin, SimonBuckinghamShum, EricYeh &amp; JackPark - ConferenceCall_2008_04_17
 * we might want to consider another date, since this is possibly just a few days before the upcoming OntologySummit2008
 * Jeanne notes that the week April-28 is also featuring the "eGov Knowledge Management Conference" (they are still finalizing the dates) -- attn: SteveRay


 * continue with discussion on suggested program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series
 * need to confirm the program for Thu 2008.03.20 (noting that Thu 2008.03.27 is also open, if we want to swap to that date.)
 * Jeanne: considering something around creating the virtual space to facilitate dialog, knowledge exchange and decision support - Jeanne will reserve a date ASAP


 * progress review on the [okmds-convene] online discourse which is being archived and cross-posted to [KMgov]
 * Ken will make a post to inform people of the protocol - for OKMDS online discourse, postings should be made to [okmds-convene] (noting that postings to [kmgov] does not make it to [okmds-convene], which is where the conversation is publicly archived.)
 * Ken will also make a post to start a conversation on "What is KM" but make reference to the earlier conversation on [kmgov] and request if someone can recap that conversation to the [okmds-convene] list or to the wiki for archival purposes
 * Jeanne: ref. "KM Definition" dialog started by GioraHadar on 2007.08.15 on the [kmgov] list.

5. New Issues:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Action items:


 * Susan: suggest we include the link to the online discourse archives in any of the event announcement and event session page

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * next organizing committee meeting will be slated for 1-Hour starting Thu 2008.01.15 - 1:00pm EST / 10:00am PST
 * refer to details at the wiki session page (closer to the time) at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2008_01_15


 * Call adjourned at: 10:52 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.01.08-10:54am PST All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.