[VPM] [reccompsci] Re: So, no January meeting at all then?

[Darren Duncan]

Angela,

I apologize now to the group and/or you if it looked like I was 
trying to take charge and unilaterally cancel the January meeting.

Though I expressed it badly, what I really wanted was to confirm 
whether it was happening or not since it didn't look like any final 
decisions were made, but rather that only possibilities were raised, 
and no actual meeting announcement was yet made.

I hoped from my language that it would come across that I was 
treating the matter like a democracy and was raising a 
motion/suggestion as a member for others to respond to.  It wasn't 
just for my sake, but I was concerned that typically with no meeting 
announcement, usually made several days in advance people won't know 
whether it is happening or not, and won't know whether to go or not.

Anyway, now that this matter is clarified, I do intend to be there at 
UVIC in ECS Room 130 tomorrow / thursday.  I may arrive slightly late 
though, but I'll try to be on time.

Meanwhile, if you want to post an actual meeting announcement soon, 
I'll forward it to some other mailing lists like I usually do to 
spread the word.

-- Darren Duncan

At 10:52 AM -0800 1/16/08, Angela Norton wrote:
>Darren,
>If you do not feel up to the arduous bus journey from Deep Cove to
>UVic, that's ok. Attendance is voluntary and optional.
>
>However, I don't think it is appropriate for you to cancel a meeting
>when there has been interest from several people. This is a community
>group made possible by volunteer speakers and by UVic's donation of a
>meeting room. Despite not having any official speakers this month, we
>can still meet and discuss, on an informal basis, topics that the
>people in attendance find interesting.
>
>So yes, there will be a January meeting at 7pm tomorrow evening in ECS
>Room 130 @ UVic, for any and all who want to come. I can't guarantee a
>snazzy presentation, but bring something interesting to discuss (a
>paper you read recently, a new technology you found, etc.) and we'll
>play it by ear.
>
>Regards,
>Angela
>
>On Jan 15, 2008 6:17 PM, Darren Duncan <darren at darrenduncan.net> wrote:
>>
>>  What I heard discussed last week strongly suggests that there isn't
>>  really any rationale to hold a January meeting of RCSS or VPM,
>>  neither separate nor combined.  Not enough content available.
>>
>>  I move to just cancel any January 2008 meetings entirely and just
>>  move on afterwards to planning February 2008 meetings instead.
>>
>>  The content discussed for RCSS so far could be done the first tuesday
>>  of February et al, and I anticipate new material for a February VPM
>>  will arrive in time for the third tuesday of February, from me if not
>>  someone else.
>>
>>  If there is silence I'll take that as defacto agreement to cancel.
>>
>>  So speak up if you think something should still happen this month.
>>
>  > Thank you. -- Darren Duncan