I like VB, but the trains are not very reliable... ;) On 12/2/09, Hugh Leslie <hugh.leslie at oceaninformatics.com> wrote: > I was thinking Melbourne...? We have good beer here and we are not far from > a train station... > :) > > On 2/12/2009 9:25 AM, Ian McNicoll wrote: >> >> Central Europe (and beer) sounds a good match to me :-) >> >> Certainly Amsterdam would be good from the perspective of easy transport. >> >> Ian >> >> Dr Ian McNicoll >> office / fax ?+44(0)141 560 4657 >> mobile +44 (0)775 209 7859 >> skype ianmcnicoll >> ian.mcnicoll at oceaninformatics.com >> ian at mcmi.co.uk >> >> Clinical Analyst ?Ocean Informatics openEHR Archetype Editorial Group >> Member BCS Primary Health Care SG Group www.phcsg.org / BCS Health >> Scotland >> >> >> >> 2009/12/1 Thilo Schuler <thilo.schuler at gmail.com> >>> >>> +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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > -- > > ________________________________________________ > Dr Hugh Leslie MBBS, Dip. 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