Joseph Dal Molin wrote: > While it makes sense to shadow MedInfo it may be difficult to do > anything more than a "birds of a feather" meeting initially without > first establishing self sustainability....the critical success factors > for successful OSHCA meetings so far have been: > > - a local sponsor/champion eg. Mike McCoy and Colin Smith (Los Angles > and London) > - champion(s) and well connected organizing committee in OSCHA > > The first one was always the most important because it allowed OSHCA to > stage a meeting without any financial risk or commitment.....something > that is absolutely necessary when you don't have operating capital. This > also meant that OSHCA had to be opportunistic and "follow the money" in > deciding where meetings would take place. I think it makes sense to seek > some seed money for an initial meeting with the goal of > self-sustainability through a combination of attendance fees, and > sponsorship.
OK, no OSHCA satellite conference around MedInfo 2007 then. Anyway, is anyone interested in an open source workshop or BOF meeting as part of MedInfo in Brisbane in 2007? Tim C > > IMHO meeting every 3 years is setting the bar too low....OSHCA was able > to meet every year for four years in a row and clearly was gaining > momentum. With the OSHCA.org issue resolved, the integration of the > discussion lists and most importantly the renewed spirit of harmony a > more ambitious agenda is quite realistic. > > Joseph > > Will Ross wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:48:46 -0800 Horst Herb wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:34, Joseph Dal Molin wrote: > > >> Adrian, thanks for the smile and words of wisdom.....hopefully it > > >> won't > > >> be long before we have an opportunity to meet again. One of the first > > >> things on the OSHCA agenda IMHO should be a conference. Every one > > >> we had > > >> was unique and inspiring event and essential to community > > >> building.... > > > > > > I would volunteer to organize it in Australia - sure, it's a long > > > way from > > > anywhere else, but it can be damn nice, it's safe, and it can be > > > very cheap > > > too once the flight has been paid. > > > > > > Horst > > > > I propose we meet Brisbane in August 2007 > > > > http://www.medinfo2007.org/ > > > > Meeting in 2006 would also be nice, but may be more difficult to pull > > off. I have the sense that the scale of our collaboration would be > > stretched by attempting to meet too often. 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