+2 Amsterdam or anywhere in central EU is fine. I am a strong believer in social activities. They could even involve beer... ;)
Cheers (what else could I say but this universal word) -thilo On 12/1/09, Stef Verlinden <stef at vivici.nl> wrote: > +1 (but any other location where we can have both a good meeting and a > good social event will do). I like the train suggestion. > > Cheers, > > Stef > > > Op 29 nov 2009, om 00:49 heeft Koray Atalag het volgende geschreven: > >> Hi Tom, having such a social get together would be very nice....I'd >> vote for Amsterdam :) >> >> Cheers, >> >> -koray >> ________________________________________ >> From: openehr-technical-bounces at chime.ucl.ac.uk [openehr-technical- >> bounces at chime.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Thomas Beale >> [thomas.beale at oceaninformatics.com] >> Sent: Sunday, 29 November 2009 8:57 a.m. >> To: For openEHR technical discussions >> Subject: Re: informal poll: openEHR conference >> >> I forgot to mention: personally I would like it to be an >> environmentally conscious event (in as much as any conference could >> be), and one thing I would at least try for is a destination that >> allow many people to go by train rather than by plane. Sam and I >> once did London - Maastricht (which by the way is also a good >> location) on the train in 7.5h (1.5h wait in Brussels) compared to >> what we calculated as 5h by plane. But we got 6h work done, and 1h >> drinking Belgian beer. I consider that a successful journey. Of >> course not much can be done about long haul flying from the US and >> down-under. >> >> Another priority for me would be the idea that it would not repeat >> every few months like standards meetings, maybe not even every year >> (a bi-annual event maybe?) - so we could afford to spend some time >> together as a community. Also, I would put as much value on the >> networking and social side of things as on the 'business of openEHR' >> - which means finding a nice destination, one that works perfectly >> well if people want to have a holiday, with kids, partners etc. >> >> The cost might also be an important consideration for most people, >> although if it were say every 2 years, it may not matter as much as >> for standards meetings which just keep happening. >> >> these are just personal thoughts; it could only happen if enough >> people in the community would sign up to the idea to make it viable. >> >> - thomas beale >> >> >> Mikael Nystr?m wrote: >> I guess that the social activities would be quite important for the >> community and they are hard to organize on airports and train >> stations. I therefore vote for other locations than airports and >> train stations. >> >> Greetings, >> Mikael >> >> >> From: >> openehr-technical-bounces at >> chime.ucl.ac.uk<mailto:openehr-technical-bounces at chime.ucl.ac.uk >> >> > [mailto:openehr-technical-bounces at chime.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of >> Bert Verhees >> Sent: den 27 november 2009 17:38 >> To: openehr-technical at openehr.org<mailto:openehr- >> technical at openehr.org> >> Subject: Re: informal poll: openEHR conference >> >> An international airport/train station nearby would be good, it >> saves days of traveling. >> >> Bert >> >> Op 27-11-09 17:25, Thomas Beale schreef: >> >> This is an initial informal question to the community about interest >> in an openEHR conference / meeting, probably initially located in >> Europe. Possibly activities: >> >> * presentations / papers on commercial & academic projects >> * technical working design sessions for major upcoming >> specifications >> * clinical modelling design sessions / presentations / >> discussions / debates >> * meetings aimed at making decisions about the running & >> governance of openEHR, enabling future organisational improvement >> * professional and academic networking activities >> * some purely social activities. >> purely as an example of a nice location at which social and outdoor >> activities can take place, Lake Bled in Slovenia has been suggested, >> of course there are many other wonderful locations. I have heard >> many requests for a conference over the last few years, so I wonder >> what the reaction & interest of the community to this suggestion >> would be. >> >> - thomas beale >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> openEHR-technical mailing list >> >> openEHR-technical at openehr.org<mailto:openEHR-technical at openehr.org> >> >> http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openEHR-technical mailing list >> openEHR-technical at openehr.org<mailto:openEHR-technical at openehr.org> >> http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical >> >> >> >> -- >> [cid:part1.05030002.04040909 at oceaninformatics.com] Thomas Beale >> Chief Technology Officer, Ocean >> Informatics<http://www.oceaninformatics.com/ >> > >> >> Chair Architectural Review Board, openEHR >> Foundation<http://www.openehr.org/ >> > >> Honorary Research Fellow, University College >> London<http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/ >> > >> Chartered IT Professional Fellow, BCS, British Computer >> Society<http://www.bcs.org.uk/ >> > >> Health IT blog<http://www.wolandscat.net/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> openEHR-technical mailing list >> openEHR-technical at openehr.org >> http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > > > _______________________________________________ > openEHR-technical mailing list > openEHR-technical at openehr.org > http://lists.chime.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/openehr-technical > -- Thilo Schuler Morgenrainstrasse 9 CH-8620 Wetzikon Festnetz: +41 (0) 43 49 707 85 Mobil: +41 (0) 79 547 76 48
