OKMDS/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting 2008 01 22

= OKMDS: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 22-Jan-2008 =


 * This is the 13th conference call of the organizing committee for the joint NASA-Ontolog-KMWG "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support" 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_22

Conference Call Details

 * Date: Tuesday, Jan. 22, 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
 * KenBaclawski
 * JeanneHolm


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


 * Regrets:

Agenda Ideas

 * getting ready 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.


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

Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:


 * KenBaclawski 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 three scheduled sessions are underway:
 * 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)


 * postmortem on the 2008.01.17 OKMDS session on "Creating Informational and Virtual Space for Knowledge Sharing"
 * see: ConferenceCall_2008_01_17
 * great session ... thanks Jeanne
 * Peter: we actually had a DDOS attack on the wiki that day (seemingly coordinated, from countries that included: PT, GB, NL. US, PL, GB, IT, AR) ... luckily we were able to get through just with a slight slow-down of the wiki page download. The slides download even work properly, despite the huge size of the slide decks used by the speaker.


 * Jeanne will prepare a press release for Federal Computer Week and Government Computer News to announce the mini-series.
 * Jeanne will work on it this week
 * Susan will pass along a contact that might help


 * Discussions:


 * getting ready for the [OKMDS] session on Thu 2008.02.21 - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_02_21 - need confirmation:
 * topic: "How KM Supports Decision Making Within Government"
 * panelists: GioraHadar, ... (need bios and pictures too, if we only have less than 3 people on the panel)
 * session chair: JeanneHolm


 * ascertaining that everything is still on target for the [OKMDS] session on Thu 2008.03.22 - ref. ConferenceCall_2008_03_20
 * topic: "Organizing Science Knowledge for Discovery" <-- still?
 * panelists: RichKeller, RobRaskin & RalphHodgson (need bios and pictures too)
 * session chair: JeanneHolm


 * continue with discussion on suggested program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series
 * Andy to clarify topic & panel selection with Jeanne
 * inclusion of Ralph, Constellation, ... etc. into existing program? - Yes, now Ralph is in on the Mar-20 panel
 * a session on Andy's work? - Jeanne will follow-up with Andy on this
 * this would be for May-2008
 * this could also be our wrap-up session - therefore great that it will be featuring NASA work too


 * progress review on the [okmds-convene] online discourse which is being archived and cross-posted to [KMgov]
 * still not get very active discussions, possibly due to:
 * cross-discipline between disparate subject matter
 * rapport between the membership of the multiple communities involved
 * Ken: will continue to mull this over with Kurt
 * leveraging on the panel sessions
 * highlighting the core questions again at the beginning of each session to re-focus people toward them - maybe the session chair can do it (even flash a slide with all our questions during the intro)
 * interviews speakers post session - this could also be done over the "chat" session, after most people have dropped off - and post the Q&A to the list

5. New Issues:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Action items:

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:


 * Next Meeting:
 * In view of Susan's full-day CEW#69 workshop (that a few of us are also involved) falling on 2008.01.29, we'll skip next Thuesday.
 * Therefore our next organizing committee meeting will be slated for 1-Hour starting Thu 2008.02.05 - 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_02_05


 * Call adjourned at: 11:17 am PST

-- notes taken by: PeterYim / 2008.01.22-11:18am PST All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.