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Re: new CCC term

Dear CCC members and consultants:

My opinion regarding the three points raised by the chairman are:

1) I dislike the name Computing Workshop. For me, omission of Crystallographic before 
Computing is only justified colloquially but the formal name should include this adjective. With 
regard to school or workshop I prefer the word school. I don't see the need for changing the 
traditional name. For me, the important point is the program content rather than the name. 
For getting support, school is surely preferable.

2) I also think that it is ideal and wish to thank Patrick Mercier for his proposal.

3) If possible, I would prefer the Crystallographic Computing School before the conference. 
The participants will be fresher.

Best regards,
Jordi



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Hello members and consultants of the IUCr Commission on
Crystallographic Computing (CCC)!

I'm writing as the new chairman. This is the first message to the
updated compcomm mailing list, reflecting the new membership as
approved by the IUCr executive during the Madrid conference. If you
prefer to use a different email address for this list, please let me
know.

Below are 3 discussion points:

1. New name for our satellite meeting: Computing Workshop
2. Tenative site for the 2014 Computing Workshop: Carleton University,
Ottawa
 3. Time for the workshop: before or after the main IUCr conference?

Point 1:

The main role of this commission is to organize the next CCC satellite
meeting before or after the next IUCr conference in 2014 (Montreal,
Canada). The first thing I'd like to change is the name of our
satellite. The old name "Computing School" doesn't convey very well
the character of the meeting. It may put off more senior people, and
discourage people from attending more than once. The past three
meetings (Siena 2005, Kyoto 2008, Oviedo 2011) had much more the
character of a workshop. I'd like to continue to strongly encourage
all participants to actively contribute to the meeting via tutorials
and ad-hoc talks. Therefore I suggest we call the meeting

Satellite Workshop of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic
Computing

or short "Computing Workshop". On the website for the workshop we
could add something like "formerly known as Computing School".

Point 2:

Patrick Mercier volunteered to be the local organizer for the
Computing Workshop. He is based in Ottawa, which is just 150km away
from Montreal. Patrick suggests Carleton University in Ottawa as a
good site for our workshop. Accommodation, meals, and talks can all be
in close proximity, like in the previous schools. I think this is
ideal.

Point 3:

The main IUCr meeting is from Aug 5-12, 2014, about two weeks earlier
in the month than usual. Traditionally our satellite meeting is before
the main meeting. This would mean the Computing Workshop would run
from about Wed Jul 30 through Tue Aug 5. Is this too early? Is this
likely to clash with other meetings? Should we consider having the
Computing Workshop after the main meeting, i.e. Aug 12-18? Feedback on
this subject is highly appreciated.

All the best,
Ralf
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Prof. Jordi Rius
DPT. OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND SOLID-STATE CHEMISTRY
Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona, CSIC
Campus de la UAB
08193-Bellaterra (Catalunya, Spain)
Tel: +93 580 18 53
Fax: +93 580 57 29
Email: jordi.rius@icmab.es
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