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Re: new CCC term

Dear colleagues,
here are my thoughts on the points raised by Ralf. I will probably not say anything new, but I want to contribute to the statistics of the opinions.

Concerning the date of the meeting, I totally agree with Harry. Despite of the early date I think it is preferable to have the meeting before the conference rather than after. The atmosphere will be different, people will be less tired, more keen on listening... After the meeting everybody just wants to sit back and relax...

Concerning the name: This is a hard problem to decide, but I personally like the name "Computing workshop" or, maybe to be more specific, "Crystallographic computing workshop". I do not think the word "workshop" discourages young people from coming. Anyway I believe there are mainly two sorts of people coming to such event (but I might be wrong). The first are those who know what event this is (or are even invited to speak), and the second are those who get a recommendation from somebody who knows. Neither of these groups cares about the name too much. Thus, the name is not as important as the people behind it, and the tradition.
The name should, however, properly represent the character of the meeting towards the IUCr authorities and towards general public. I think the name Crystallographic computing workshop serves well this purpose. The only real problem I see is the problem of funding. It would be a pity if the meeting lost financial support just because the name changed from a School to a Workshop.

Best regards

Lukas

On 10/15/2011 1:33 AM, Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
CAPbyqJFZ7WczLhnDn846rFdu7E1PrOx7+voSZOb6x+F5UmrMjw@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">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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