[Difx-users] DiFX users meeting 2016 pre-announcement

[Zheng Meyer-Zhao]

Hi all,

I may also join the DiFX meeting this year if I don't need to go to the
Supercomputing Conference (13-18 Nov) and if I can get travel budget from
ASIAA.

Cheers,
Zheng

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:01 PM Adam Deller <deller at astron.nl> wrote:

> November 14-18 is ok for me also.  Does anyone on the difx-users list that
> initially responded in favour of a November date have issues with the week
> of 14-18?  If not, I think we should set that now, and then we can begin
> the process of setting up a meeting page, etc.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 6:07 PM, Walter Brisken <wbrisken at nrao.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Wu Jiang,
>>
>> That change is OK with me.  In the US the big Thanksgiving holiday is Nov
>> 24, but your suggestion of Nov 14-18 avoids that.  I don't know of any
>> other conflicts at that time.
>>
>> -Walter
>>
>> On Wed, 1 Jun 2016, jiangwu at shao.ac.cn wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Adam and everyone,
>>
>> Sorry, the schedules of some domestic meetings in late of this year are
>> long in coming. I just heard there will be another VLBI workshop held in
>> the week of Nov.7 in China. There will be also an annual meeting in the
>> first week of Nov. Can we move our workshop to the week of Nov. 14 or
>> later? Sorry for the inconvenience.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wu Jiang
>>
>>
>> -----яяяяяяяя-----
>> яяяяяя: "Adam Deller" <deller at astron.nl>
>> яяяяяяяя: 2016яя5яя27яя яяяяяя
>> яяяяяя: difxusers <difx-users at listmgr.nrao.edu>
>> яяяя: jiangwu at shao.ac.cn
>> яяяя: Re: DiFX users meeting 2016 pre-announcement
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>> Thanks to all who have responded so far.  Based on these responses, we
>> have narrowed it down to the two options in November.  There is probably a
>> marginal weighted preference for November 7-11, however this does fall at
>> the same time as the SKA science meeting in Goa, India.  I could imagine
>> that some people may wish to attend the SKA science meeting as well as the
>> DiFX workshop.  If you are likely to attend the SKA science meeting and
>> would prefer not to have the DiFX workshop on the same week, please let me
>> know.  Otherwise, I think we will settle on the week of November 7-11.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Adam Deller <deller at astron.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Dear difx-users and -developers,
>>
>>
>> The time has come to start planning the 10th (yes, 10th!) annual DiFX
>> users and developer's workshop.  At Hobart in 2015, we discussed possible
>> venues, and Shanghai was nominated with broad support.  Since the workshop
>> has been held in Europe and Australia three times each, the US twice, and
>> Asia only once so far, it would be appropriate and enjoyable to head to
>> China this year.
>>
>>
>> Wu Jiang has investigated some options for dates and locations.  The
>> baseline plan would be to hold the meeting in downtown Shanghai (where
>> there observatory headquarters are), which is most convenient for
>> transportation and accommodation.  We could arrange a visit to suburban
>> campus co-located with the Tianman and Sheshan 65m and 25m telescopes on
>> one day.
>>
>> A visa is required for most visitors to China. No visa is required for
>> ordinary passport holders from Singapore, Brunei and Japan to visit China
>> for up to 15 days for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends
>> or transit. For more information, please see
>> http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/, and note that it will be
>> necessary to  prepare your visa application at least 30 days before the
>> entry date to China.
>>
>> In terms of dates, the meeting has traditionally been held sometime
>> between September and November.  Due to some public holidays and other
>> meetings, the earlier part of this date range is not so convenient.  So we
>> would like to propose 3 options:
>>
>>
>> October 24-28
>> November 1-4
>> November 8-11
>>
>>
>> In each case, the users meeting would be held during the first two days,
>> and the developers meeting the last three days. If you want to attend the
>> DiFX users and developers meeting this year, can you please respond to this
>> mail with a preferred week or weeks, or any other scheduling conflicts that
>> we may have forgotten about?  If we can collect some responses over the
>> next week or two, it would be nice to select a date soon to allow attendees
>> plenty of time make travel plans and arrange visas etc.  Once the date has
>> been settled, there will be a meeting webpage put up, registration made
>> available, talks solicited, etc etc.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adam and Wu Jiang
>>
>>
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