Come again, Bill? On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Bill Boyer <bjdbo...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Too bad it happened 3-months ago. LOL > > "... has agreed to host the event in Sept 2009." > > > Bill Boyer > "The ride is the objective. The destination is just the excuse." - ?? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of > Stephan Boldt > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 2:02 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: TSM Syposium 2009 > > Wow! That's good news! The RRZK is about 300 meters away from my flat!! :-) > I'm really looking forwad to it! If you needs support preparing this event, > I'd really like to help! > > kind regards, > Stephan > > 2008/12/19 Ian Smith <ian.sm...@oucs.ox.ac.uk> > > > Hi, > > > > many of you on this list have contacted us at Oxford in the last few > months > > about the arrangements for the bi-annual TSM Symposium in 2009. We have > > been a bit coy about committing ourselves to this event for a number of > > reasons, not least that Sheelagh, the driving force behind the previous > > Symposia, has retired. Additionally, we can no longer so easily rely on > > the local administrative support that was offered in the past and that > > forms a major part of putting on the event. This means that the > > administrative and logistical demands will be too high on our small team > > (even with the in-house experience we now have) and we therefore have to > > announce, with considerable regret, that we will not be able to host the > > TSM Symposium next year. > > > > However, we have been in discussion with other educational establishments > > regarding this and the happy result is that Claus Kalle at the Computing > > Centre at the University of Cologne ( aka the RRZK - Regionales > > Rechenzentrum Koln ) Germany has agreed to host the event in Sept 2009. > > > > More precise details are not yet available but we wanted to inform you as > > soon as possible of at least the probable future existence of the event > > so that you yourselves can pencil in appropriate plans. We'd like to take > > the opportunity of thanking Claus for taking on this task, as well as > > Kirsten Gloeer at the University of Heidelberg for her help and > > cooperation. > > > > I'll leave Claus to make formal, further announcements, when he has them. > > We at Oxford hope that we can offer him and his team as much assistance > as > > possible and I'm sure many of you will join us in contributing to a > really > > first-class event. > > > > Finally, just to be clear, we also hope to stage the event again in the > > future - but just not in 2009. > > > > Regards > > Ian Smith > > & the TSM team at Oxford, England > > > -- Sam Rawlins
