February 2002 - tdwg-content

Meeting March, Sydney and Canberra
by Gregor Hagedorn 21 Feb '02

21 Feb '02

Dear colleagues, the dates of the meeting have now been fixed! We tried to involve as many people as possible, which meant splitting the meeting between Sydney and Canberra. We will meet: March 11-12: Premeeting in Canberra, probably at the Botanical Garden. The meeting will start March 11th at 9:30 am and last for 2 full days. We plan an intensive working session to elaborate an xml- schema draft. It will be a small, but open working session. List of confirmed participants: J. Croft (probably), G. Hagedorn, B. Morris, K. Thiele, Greg Whitbread, E. Zurcher. March 13-14: SDD meeting in Sydney at the Botanical Garden. The meeting will start March 13th at 1 pm in the afternoon Please send direct email to g.hagedorn(a)bba.de if you plan to attend either meeting. This will help our friends who organize the rooms to plan the right size of room for us. I am also collecting any specific contributions or points you want to make for an agenda. See also http://www.diversitycampus.net/Projects/TDWG-SDD/index.html for announcement, links to bioforum, and minutes of the last meetings. Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 Often wrong but never in doubt!

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Re: Meeting in Australia, March, update
by Chapman, Alex 19 Feb '02

19 Feb '02

Gregor, While it is not finalised just who is coming from PERTH, one of us will almost certainly be able to attend. >>>From our perspective we would favour sticking with the dates as originally suggested for TDWG-SDD ie. 13-14 March in order to maximise overlap with the GBIF/Species 2000 people. Regards, Alex ____ Alex R. Chapman Email: alexc(a)calm.wa.gov.au Research Scientist Voice/Fax: +61 8 9334 0513 /0515 WA Herbarium - Department of Conservation and Land Management Locked Bag 104 Bentley Delivery Centre Western Australia 6983 > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregor Hagedorn [mailto:G.Hagedorn@BBA.DE] > Sent: Monday, 18 February 2002 10:57 PM > To: TDWG-SDD(a)USOBI.ORG > Subject: Meeting in Australia, March, update > > > Dear friends, > > the situation is slightly confusing for me, because I do not know who > may attend. I think what has evolved so far is that: > > A small meeting will be 11-12/11-13 in Canberra. Everybody is welcome > who can make it, but so far only I, Bob, and Kevin are certain to > attend. > > We will then move to Sydney to the Catalogue of Life/Bioforum II on > March 15/16th. > > I would like to have another meeting there, in the hope that we can > attract more people there. This could be either on 14th immediately > before the meeting or 17th (which is Sunday) or after. > > What I need to know is who would attend to this meeting? > > I have information from Stan Blum and Liz Kolster, who are > considering to come. Anybody else thinking about it? > > Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- > Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) > Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety > Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) > Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 > 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 > > Often wrong but never in doubt! >

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Re: Meeting in Australia, March, update
by Greg Whitbread 19 Feb '02

19 Feb '02

Do we have a Canberra venue? If not, I could organize something here at the Garden? greg On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 01:57, Gregor Hagedorn wrote: > Dear friends, > > the situation is slightly confusing for me, because I do not know who > may attend. I think what has evolved so far is that: > > A small meeting will be 11-12/11-13 in Canberra. Everybody is welcome > who can make it, but so far only I, Bob, and Kevin are certain to > attend. > > We will then move to Sydney to the Catalogue of Life/Bioforum II on > March 15/16th. > > I would like to have another meeting there, in the hope that we can > attract more people there. This could be either on 14th immediately > before the meeting or 17th (which is Sunday) or after. > > What I need to know is who would attend to this meeting? > > I have information from Stan Blum and Liz Kolster, who are > considering to come. Anybody else thinking about it? > > Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- > Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) > Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety > Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) > Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 > 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 > > Often wrong but never in doubt! -- Australian I GPO Box 1777 Canberra 2601 National GREG WHITBREAD voice: +61 2 62509 482 Botanic Integrated Botanic Information System fax: +61 2 62509 599 Gardens ............... S ....... I.T. happens.. ghw(a)anbg.gov.au

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Re: Meeting in Australia, March, update
by Greg Whitbread 19 Feb '02

19 Feb '02

Gregor, Sorry for the silence... I can be present for both of these events (CANB + 14 or 17th)- just point me in the right direction. Jim is away, but I would think he will in attendance. I was hoping for a meeting of the collections subgroup as well, seeing that quite a few of the players will be here ( or there). heard nothing yet. Anyway, I will set aside the week. See you then. greg Gregor Hagedorn wrote: > Dear friends, > > the situation is slightly confusing for me, because I do not know who > may attend. I think what has evolved so far is that: > > A small meeting will be 11-12/11-13 in Canberra. Everybody is welcome > who can make it, but so far only I, Bob, and Kevin are certain to > attend. > > We will then move to Sydney to the Catalogue of Life/Bioforum II on > March 15/16th. > > I would like to have another meeting there, in the hope that we can > attract more people there. This could be either on 14th immediately > before the meeting or 17th (which is Sunday) or after. > > What I need to know is who would attend to this meeting? > > I have information from Stan Blum and Liz Kolster, who are > considering to come. Anybody else thinking about it? > > Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- > Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) > Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety > Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) > Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 > 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 > > Often wrong but never in doubt! > -- Australian I GPO Box 1777 Canberra 2601 National GREG WHITBREAD voice: +61 2 62509 482 Botanic Integrated_Botanic_Information_System fax: +61 2 62509 599 Gardens ....................S.........I.T. happens ghw(a)anbg.gov.au

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Meeting in Australia, March, update
by Gregor Hagedorn 18 Feb '02

18 Feb '02

Dear friends, the situation is slightly confusing for me, because I do not know who may attend. I think what has evolved so far is that: A small meeting will be 11-12/11-13 in Canberra. Everybody is welcome who can make it, but so far only I, Bob, and Kevin are certain to attend. We will then move to Sydney to the Catalogue of Life/Bioforum II on March 15/16th. I would like to have another meeting there, in the hope that we can attract more people there. This could be either on 14th immediately before the meeting or 17th (which is Sunday) or after. What I need to know is who would attend to this meeting? I have information from Stan Blum and Liz Kolster, who are considering to come. Anybody else thinking about it? Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 Often wrong but never in doubt!

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Re: Meeting in March
by Elizabeth Kolster 18 Feb '02

18 Feb '02

Hi Gregor, Is the TDWG-SDD meeting going to be 12-14 in Sydney after all? Hope to see you there, Liz. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WARNING: This email and any attachments may be confidential and/or privileged. They are intended for the addressee only and are not to be read, used, copied or disseminated by anyone receiving them in error. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by return email and delete this message and any attachments. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender and do not necessarily reflect the official views of Landcare Research. Landcare Research http://www.landcare.cri.nz ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Meeting in March
by Gregor Hagedorn 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Dear colleagues, A new option arose and I want to open the discussion again: Several people who may attend prefer Canberra. Who could meet in Canberra 19-22, rather than 12-14 Sydney. I could probably handle this just as well, and so can Bob Morris (I think...). If anybody has already made travel plans based on yesterdays announcement: please email me directly, this would veto any change. Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 Often wrong but never in doubt!

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Meeting Sydney, Australia, March 12-14
by Gregor Hagedorn 06 Feb '02

06 Feb '02

Dear colleagues, I propose that those of the SDD workgroup who are able to participate will meet in Sydney, 12-14 March. If anybody can only come 13-14, she or he is welcome to do so. It will be a small group, but I hope we can do much hard work. We will attempt to finish a draft of an xml schema in a exiting working session. Everybody who cannot participate will be informed about the preliminary results, so that no final decisions will be made until the next TDWG meeting in autumn 2002 (I still do not know where it will be), where I hope more people will be able to attend. Those who are planning to come please send a confirmation mail to G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de. I have asked Karen Wilson to provide us with a small room with an internet connection, many thanks to her! Best wishes Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 Often wrong but never in doubt!

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Meeting in March
by Gregor Hagedorn 04 Feb '02

04 Feb '02

Dear colleagues, Please excuse again the delay. I was away since Tuesday of last week and failed doing this before leaving. 1. Nicolas Bailly was very kind to offer the possibility of an additional "European" meeting in Paris in conjunction with another meeting. However, except for Nicolas, perhaps Yde de Jong, and me, we have no participants, so we will not hold that meeting and hope to meet at the TDWG meeting in autumn. 2. For the Australian meeting 13/14 March seems to be ok with everbody. I got 4 responses to my question regarding the Sydney vs. Canberra question. 1 was neutral, 2 prefer Canberra, 1 prefers Sydney. So Canberra is preferred. However, the BioForum 2 schedule (see http://plantnet.rbgsyd.gov.au/bioforum/index.html) is much clearer now and I think we should meet in Sydney! Immediately after our meeting a Workshop for an Electronic Catalogue of Names of Known Organisms: "TOWARDS A CATALOGUE OF LIFE" will be held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia, 15-16 March, 2002. The draft programme is not on the web yet. The funding decision on which my travel money depends should have been in last week, but I haven't heard it yet. Assuming it goes through, Sydney seems the better place, since the Catalogue of life meeting is immediately afterwards. Originally I had the impression that some GBIF meetings in Canberra may be occurring before that day, but now it seems that all Canberra is Tuesday 19th-Fri. 22th. So either we could meet in Canberra earliest Sa/Sun 23/24th, or well ahead of Sydney and leave at least one day travel time. As I understand, Bob has made early travel plans, I understand he will be in Canberra 10th March. We could meet 11-13 in Canberra, then have 1 day extra day to travel to Sydney. That would exclude some people who may want to pop in before the Sydney meeting, but we don't know about that, so we should stick to our core group. Karen Wilson has offered to provide us with a room in Sydney, I assume Steve would do the same for Canberra. Please answer in direct mail to g.hagedorn@bba as soon as possible: _Will_ you come to a meeting: Canberra 11-13 Yes/No Canberra 12-13 Yes/No Sydney 12-14 Yes/No Sydney 13-14 Yes/No I will collect all answers until tomorrow, Tuesday evening and send the conclusion round on Wednesday morning UTC. Gregor---------------------------------------------------------- Gregor Hagedorn (G.Hagedorn(a)bba.de) Institute for Plant Virology, Microbiology, and Biosafety Federal Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA) Koenigin-Luise-Str. 19 Tel: +49-30-8304-2220 14195 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49-30-8304-2203 Often wrong but never in doubt!

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