Ontolog Forum
OKMDS: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Thursday 25-Oct-2007
- This is the 4th conference call of the organizing committee for the joint NASA-Ontolog "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support" initiative. The session is expected to be a half-hour conference call a little before Jeanne's Second Life tutorial session
Conference Call Details
- Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007
- Start Time: 9:45am PDT / 12:45pm EDT / 16:45 UTC
- ref: World Clock
- Expected Call Duration: 30 minutes
- Dial-in Number:
- from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
- Conference ID: "5823120#"
- Direct call from from Skype: +990008275823120
- from US: +1-605-475-8590 (South Dakota, USA)
- 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 peter.yim@cim3.com appreciated. (Regrets only)
Attendees
- Expecting:
- Regrets:
Agenda Ideas
- Tie down details of the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event
- suggest program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series
- identify "discussion moderators" to champion/focus on particular questions we want to investigate/explore
- also, the logistics and mechanics of cross-posting to [KMgov] and [okmds-convene]
- define (ultimate) deliverables of this entire mini-series
- ...
- ... (please post your agenda ideas here; identify yourself for follow-up purposes)
Agenda & Proceedings
1. Meeting called to order:
- Jeanne Holm took the chair and welcomed everyone
- Susan Turnbull volunteered to take minutes of the meeting
2. Roll Call:
- see above
3. Issues to be covered today:
- is everything ready for today's (2007.10.25) session?
- Thank you, Jeanne, for putting this together.
- Sharing Knowledge in SL has been posted by Jeanne
- Jeanne added the SLURL (SL URL) and sent to OKMDS Organizing Committe
- CSI show last night had interplay with SL which created quite a stir - 2K people in SL at 2AM
4. Status of developing issues:
- Outstanding Issue Update:
- Tie down details of the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event
- ref. last week's discussion: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologyKMandDecisionSupport/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_10_16#nid14WY
- (suggested) general agenda for the Nov-8 launch event:
- Opening and welcome -- Peter
- Andrew and Jeanne will set out the agenda and the questions to be discussed to maintain focus as people get used to the environment
- 5 minutes for pre-brief. This will establish the context and set the focus.
- 15 to 20 minutes to go around the room asking each person to give a short introduction (NOT a presentation!) about themselves.
- 30 to 45 minutes for the main presentation done by Andrew and Jeanne.
- 30 minutes. Open discussion. Issues that were not addressed can be registered with the chat window.
- Conclusion / Follow-up - ask people to subscribe to discussion list, and actively discuss/debate the issues
- Discussions:
- Agreed that the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event would consist of three parts
- 1. Initiative Overview
- 2. First presentation of the series by Andrew and Jeanne
- 3. Review of organizing process and communication options to ensure full participation by interested individuals - how to join discussion forum, list-serv cross-posting?, RSS feeds, podcasts of sessions
- Agreed that focus area champions would be conducive to fruitful discussions within and across the many pathways of exploration anticipated; the questions will also help frame the discussions
- Need to determine our deliverables and the form(s) of the anticipated outcome of this mini-seminar series ... candidates include:
- A Communique similar to what was developed by UpperOntologySummit (2006) or Ontology Summit 2007
- Scaffold for anticipated emergence of a Community of Practice
- [3 additional ideas added by Susan Turnbull when completing session notes]
- Partial answers to initial questions with associated community "confidence/ consensus / validation" ratings associated with each question -> precipitating a more refined set of questions to launch a future mini-seminar series
- Initial "start-up" scenario sketches valued by cross-boundary organizations seeking to lightly organize around shared purpose and uncertain how to proceed - Best Gleanings from the Series as a Primer
- from J. Seely Brown - Beginnings and Endings are always the most difficult.
- example from Judith Olson's decade long research summarized as Collaboration Wizard
- Prepare additional 2-3 sessions (dates, presenters, topics) to announce on Nov. 8
- Agreed that the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event would consist of three parts
5. New Issues:
- suggest program content for the next 2~3 months or even the entire 6 months of the mini-series
- speaker sessions - candidate speaker, topic, date (for each)
- panel discussions - topic, chair/moderator, candidate panelists (for each)
- identify "discussion moderators" to champion/focus on particular questions we want to investigate/explore
- online discourse - topic, moderator, candidate (invited) experts to help lead & contribute to the discussion
- Online discourse - need to clarify on the logistics and mechanics of cross-posting to [KMgov] and [okmds-convene]
- define (ultimate) deliverables of this entire mini-series
- paper(s), publications?
- wikipedia article?
- content on the website - what? how? who?
6. Any Other Business:
7. Action items:
- All - ideas for 2-3 sessions to discuss at next meeting
8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:
- Next Meeting: 1-Hour starting Tue 2007.10.30 - 1:00pm EDT / 10:00am PDT
- refer to details at the wiki session page (closer to the time) at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS/OrganizingCommitteeMeeting_2007_10_30
- Call adjourned at: 10:17 am PDT
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notes taken by: Susan Turnbull / 2007.10.25-10:28 PDT
All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.