Fw: Re: [CCGT] Fw: Workshop feedback

[Satoshi Matsuoka]

Dave, Abbas,

Thanks for yoru workshop proposal for the workshop proposal 
"Healthcare Security and Privacy". 

I am sending this email as the current GROC co-chair and also on behalf
of the newly proposed community council.

As a part of transitional activity of GGF governance to strengthen the
community activities, the GFSG and the proposed community council
therein will be taking active responsibility in workshop oversight. In
the light of this we have decided to provide active dialogs to the
workshop organizers to help strengthen the organizational process as
well as its exterior outreach.

Please re-distribute this email to other organizers as well as anybody
else involved in your workshop organization. 

Since time is short till GGF14, I am accelerating the process by sending
you comment(s) already made. As you see, although you have solid
backings, and the workshop is accepted in principle, nevertheless as you
see the comments below indicate that there is room for improvement in
the proposal. I hope you could make the initial revisions by reflect the
comments as you see fit, and send to the (proposed) community council
the revised version in about a week's time (around April 15th). In the
meantime as additional comments come along, which will be forwarded to
you if deemed helpful in the improvement, and if you make improvements
as well, please let us know where you would like to do so.

Also please note that the primary intention for this is that we will
want to allow some of the workshop to be a
academically viable and recognizable activity from not only within the
Grid community but from other CS communities. Thus, we would like
to push on external communication of the workshop, both in terms of
the content as well as the viability of its organizational manners. It
is NOT intended to increase bureacratic stronghold of GFSG and the
community council therein over the research groups.

To quote one community council member: "I am passionate about the high
value of good workshops: they stimulate, they inform, they build
communities, they cross-fertilise and they recognise the need for new
lines of work.  Without workshops I think GGF would drift towards narrow
technical nit-picking standards. The value of workshops is much
diminished if the only effects are on those at the workshop.  Hence the
demand for publication and publicity."

I hope the new (proposed) community council can fruitfully work with the
workshop organizers to fulfill such desires, to have you host a high-quality
and a productive workshop. Looking forward to the
revised proposal as well as the workshop itself. Thanks.

					Best Regards,
					Satoshi Matsuoka


Comment 1:
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The Health ... Workshop looks well conceived and the proposers have an
excellent track record of running workshops associated with GGF and
elsewhere.  I'd like to suggest a few extra organisers / speakers if
that is not out of order, from Europe.

I vote for accept, but push on updating the speakers & organisers, and
on publications.
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Comment 2:
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The report from the last LSG workshop held at GGF13 (and previous
somewhat informal one in GGF12, etc.) should be in
the works. At least there should be some "evidence" that such are being
worked upon.
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Comment 3 (general):
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I think we might encourage more substantial publication such as journal
special issues so as to give greater credit to (academic) participants
However in general I think we should let each workshop make its choice as
"external outreach, publication and publicity" which should exist in
some fashion

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Comment 4: (Satoshi)

I believe this workshop could be quite synergestic to the community
track being proposed for GGF14, in that if this workshop would be held
stragically prior to the community track, then the workshp itself will
serve as an effective community gathering. 

One thing to note for the GGF office is to ensure at least phone
connectivity. I could personaly bring a Polycom conference phone if
required.

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