Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
Tim, Sorry didn't mean to dampen enthusiasm and imply that a satellite conference in 2007 was impossible to pull offwhat I meant was that in general you need operating capital to be able to pick where you want to hold a meeting. In fact a satellite conference is preferable to

Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Horst Herb
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:47, Joseph Dal Molin wrote: to hold a meeting. In fact a satellite conference is preferable to imbedding a meeting in Medinfo because of the cost of registration. A low risk strategy is to find a willing host that can provide the space to meet and ideally food services

Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-19 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
totally agree about the eggs Tim.Churches wrote: Joseph Dal Molin wrote: Tim, Sorry didn't mean to dampen enthusiasm and imply that a satellite conference in 2007 was impossible to pull offwhat I meant was that in general you need operating capital to be able to pick where

Re: OSHCA Meetings (was) Re: [openhealth] Re: List future [was: Why are you here?]

2006-03-18 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
James, Here is a quick review of how past sponsorship of past events came about: Meeting 1 - Rome - Bud Bruegger, one of the founders of OSHCA, was working on an open source lab project for a joint FAO/IAEA initiative. Bud's clients provided meeting space and refreshmentsattendees