<div dir="ltr">Thanks Geoff, that's good to know (and argues for one of the November options, I would think).<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Adam</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Geoff Crew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gbc@haystack.mit.edu" target="_blank">gbc@haystack.mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm told the IVTW is scheduled for Oct 12-14 at Haystack.<br>
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Geoff (<a href="mailto:gbc@haystack.mit.edu">gbc@haystack.mit.edu</a>)<br>
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 09:16:40PM +0000, Chris.Phillips@csiro.au wrote:<br>
> *Hi Adam<br>
<span class="">><br>
> Sounds good. For me all those dates are currently fine. It would be worth<br>
> coordinating with Haystack regarding the date of the IVTW meeting - to<br>
> either hold them back to back or with some separation in time.<br>
><br>
> Cheers<br>
><br>
> Chris<br>
><br>
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> From: Difx-users <<a href="mailto:difx-users-bounces@listmgr.nrao.edu">difx-users-bounces@listmgr.nrao.edu</a>> on behalf of Adam<br>
> Deller <<a href="mailto:deller@astron.nl">deller@astron.nl</a>><br>
> Sent: Thursday, 31 March 2016 2:23 AM<br>
> To: difxusers<br>
> Cc: <a href="mailto:jiangwu@shao.ac.cn">jiangwu@shao.ac.cn</a><br>
> Subject: [Difx-users] DiFX users meeting 2016 pre-announcement<br>
><br>
> Dear difx-users and -developers,<br>
> The time has come to start planning the 10th (yes, 10th!) annual DiFX<br>
> users and developer's workshop. At Hobart in 2015, we discussed possible<br>
> venues, and Shanghai was nominated with broad support. Since the workshop<br>
> has been held in Europe and Australia three times each, the US twice, and<br>
> Asia only once so far, it would be appropriate and enjoyable to head to<br>
> China this year.<br>
> Wu Jiang has investigated some options for dates and locations. The<br>
> baseline plan would be to hold the meeting in downtown Shanghai (where<br>
> there observatory headquarters are), which is most convenient for<br>
> transportation and accommodation. We could arrange a visit to suburban<br>
> campus co-located with the Tianman and Sheshan 65m and 25m telescopes on<br>
> one day.<br>
><br>
> A visa is required for most visitors to China. No visa is required for<br>
> ordinary passport holders from Singapore, Brunei and Japan to visit China<br>
> for up to 15 days for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and<br>
> friends or transit.<br>
> For more information, please<br>
</span>> see [1]<a href="http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/</a>, and note that it will be<br>
<div><div class="h5">> necessary to prepare your visa application at least 30 days before the<br>
> entry date to China.<br>
><br>
> In terms of dates, the meeting has traditionally been held sometime<br>
> between September and November. Due to some public holidays and other<br>
> meetings, the earlier part of this date range is not so convenient. So we<br>
> would like to propose 3 options:<br>
> October 24-28<br>
> November 1-4<br>
> November 8-11<br>
> In each case, the users meeting would be held during the first two days,<br>
> and the developers meeting the last three days. If you want to attend the<br>
> DiFX users and developers meeting this year, can you please respond to<br>
> this mail with a preferred week or weeks, or any other scheduling<br>
> conflicts that we may have forgotten about? If we can collect some<br>
> responses over the next week or two, it would be nice to select a date<br>
> soon to allow attendees plenty of time make travel plans and arrange visas<br>
> etc. Once the date has been settled, there will be a meeting webpage put<br>
> up, registration made available, talks solicited, etc etc.<br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Adam and Wu Jiang<br>
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> References<br>
><br>
> Visible links<br>
> 1. <a href="http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/</a><br>
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