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OKMDS: Organizing Committee Conference Call - Tuesday 30-Oct-2007

  • This is the 5th 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 1-hour conference call.

Conference Call Details

  • Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  • Start Time: 9:45am PDT / 12:45pm EDT / 16:45 UTC
  • 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
  • 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"

Attendees

Agenda Ideas

  • postmortem of the 25-Oct-2007 session
  • 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:

  • review and adopt agenda

2. Roll Call:

3. Issues brought forward:

  • postmortem of the 25-Oct-2007 session - ConferenceCall_2007_10_25
    • what worked well?
      • the session was excellent
      • session page looks great now, with the screenshots
    • what didn't?
      • everyone appears under their alias in Second Life ... what can we do to improve on the 'networking' when people actually don't know each other by their aliases
        • the gaming world which SL was probably first designed for, is probably not exactly for us
        • we need some sort of convention about naming people
        • the "JamieB Tomorrow" example (which JamieClark (James Bryce Clarke) used as his alias) was easy to recognize
        • the NASA Guest "label" should work well too
    • what are we going to do differently?
      • need to clarify to people that they can get the full OKMDS series programming/content either way ('real life' or 'second life'), people just being on augmented conference call are not at all penalized
      • question: are sessions being archived (or links to the archive available) at the NASA/JPL Second Life site? Would be nice if we can implement that.
      • we need some sort of convention about naming people so as to help the networking

4. Status of developing issues:

  • Outstanding Issue Update:
  • Tie down details of the 08-Nov-2007 OKMDS Launch Event
    • ref. last week's discussion (Oct-25):
    • (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
    • 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, listserv cross-posting?, RSS feeds, podcasts of sessions
  • 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)
    • Suggestions:
      • Peter: SOFI panel - Gordon, Glenn, Yim, Baclawski, Cassidy
      • Peter: Dialog mapping - Conklin, Shum, Park et al.
      • Susan: Morrison on IARPA funded research IC use of knowledge/decision environments
      • Ken: "Living with Uncertainty" - panel on probabilistic reasoning and decision support
      • Ken: ontology-based Dialog Planning for Relational Medicine
      • Jeanne / Andy should probably have some great stuff at NASA we can draw upon
  • General consensus (from participants at this call):
    • stay focused on our mission - ref. mission statement: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS#nid152K
    • may need to reiterate between our mission statement and the programing to make sure they align
    • identify who can be speakers at the intersections (not just the domain experts)
    • have people from different community vantage points comment on the experts' presentations
  • 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?
  • Discussed at the last (Oct-25) call:
    • 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

5. New Issues:

6. Any Other Business:

7. Action items:

8. Schedule Next Meeting & Adjourn:

  • Call adjourned at: 11:28 am PDT

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notes taken by: Peter P. Yim / 2007.10.30-11:31 PDT

All participants, please review and edit to enhance accuracy and granularity of the documented proceedings.



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