[iaoa-swao] IAOA SWAO SIG Meeting Reminder Monday 08 September 2014

[mbennett at hypercube.co.uk]

Everyone,

Our next meeting of the SWAO SIG will take place Monday September 08,
10:00 am EDT / 7:00am PDT / 4:00pm CET / 1400 GMT/UTC.

Please see http://ontolog-02.cim3.net/wiki/IAOA_SWAO_SIG

Agenda:
This will mainly be a continuation of our discussions on creating an
introductory online/training tutorial and other educational opportunities
for the SIG.

•	Housekeeping
   •	Updates on website, wiki, email list
•	Continue our discussion on creating an introductory online/training
tutorial
  •	 Update on actions from last time
    •	 Feedback to Education Committee of our discussions from last meeting
    •	 "Gentle introduction to ontologies" – did we get this yet?
  •	 Liaison with Education Committee – Update
  •	 Tutorial / training requirements
    •	 Target audiences – what do different groups need to see?
    •	 Target media – what do we want to be able to put out?
  •	 White paper for business people
  •	 Book – longer term ambition?
  •	 Existing resources we would want to collate and promote
    •	 See list of existing and upcoming publications we identified last time
    •	 Should we aim to maintain a library – or is that in hand via
Education Committee?
    •	 In particular with reference to our mission to bridge the gaps
between communities
  •	Discussion on an issue of the Journal of Applied Ontology related to
reuse and lessons learned
•	Ontology Summit
  •	 Extending and discussing the work of 2014 Ontology Summit
  •	 Ideas for 2015 Ontology Summit?
•	Membership, recruitment etc.
  •	 Things we can do now the infrastructure is sorted out
  •	 Brainstorm and share information about people and projects relevant
to this SIG and reach out them to make them aware of our existence and
maybe invite them for a talk or an informal chat
  •	 Establish knowledge base and list of knowledgeable individuals, and
understand current work, projects and interests
•	AOB
•	Next Meeting

Note that our monthly meetings are normally on the first Monday of every
month, at the above time (this month's meeting was deferred due to the US
Labor Day holiday).

Please see the SIG wiki page above for link to dial-in details.

For more information please see the SWAO SIG website at:
http://www.iaoa.org/sig/swao/


Best regards,


Mike Bennett