Tim.
Thanks for your suggestions....we certainly will use all the resources
available at medinfo to advance the open source agenda.
To address your points on timing and length, the OSHCA meeting will be more
than a series of presentations (have another look at the charter) and we
can't accomplish the two tasks of gathering new members and getting down to
project oriented discussions in one day and an evening. I have been part of
organizing numerous conferences and activities at HIMSS, MedInfo and many
other conferences during my ten years at DEC we will only graze the surface
in one day.
Secondly, it has taken a lot of time and effort to get to the point of
having a major national health organization provide support for this
meeting. We have moved the meeting to accommodate several of you who have
requested a MedInfo friendly date. Making the meeting shorter to accommodate
other gatherings would both diminish its importance and definitely send the
wrong signals to the NHS and other potential sponsors.
I expect we will have many new faces at this meeting as the NHS will be
issuing a public press release shortly, plus the fact that we have much more
advance notice for this meeting and we will be promoting it through other
European channels.
As far as primary care is concerned I can see that there will be some
overlap I'm certain we can coordinate things to minimize overlap. Secondly,
the OSHCA meeting will cover several other domains besides primary care. Any
suggestions from the list will be most welcome.
Cheers,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Joseph Dal Molin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Tim Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Openhealth list"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: OSHCA Update - Date and Location
> Joseph Dal Molin wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately, cramming everything into one day will be extremely
difficult
> > if not impossible. Following the pattern we set at the last meeting in
Rome,
> > sponsored by the FAO/IAEA of the UN the first day was devoted to
>
> > > 6th Sept is good. 7th clashes with the PHCSG Annual meeting in
Cambridge
> > > which always attracts a high quality audience, a number of whom are
> > natural
> > > OSHCA candidates. Given the level of activity going on at that time,
> > there
> > > should be no need to repeat presentations given a couple of days
>
> Joseph,
> Great job on getting it squeezed in after medinfo.
>
> The pattern set at the first one is irrelevant now (different
> time, place and space). Use the time at medinfo to spread the
> word to potential new attendees, refer everyone to presentations
> at medinfo and PHCSG that are relevant to opensource. Those that
> are interested can meet somewhere for dinner on the evening of
> the 5th for introductions and to hammer out a final agenda for
> the 6th.
>
> Waiting until the 5th for a final agenda flies in the face of
> 'how to hold a meeting', but look at the opportunity coming out
> of medinfo and going in to PHCSG.
>
> Everyone would be ready to get down to the business of promoting
> opensource on the 6th.
>
> If anyone has a project/paper that they want to present at OSHCA,
> that is not being presented at medinfo and/or PHCSG, then they
> could produce a paper and have it passed out at medinfo via the
> 'opensoure guerrilla force' on station. I will venture that those
> people who are coming only to the OSHCA are few and are already
> very familiar with what is going on in the community.
>
> This is actually an opportunity to have OSHCA things happen for a
> week!
> Use the resources around us. Are there specific government
> officials that you have/intend to invite for presentations? If so
> we can let them know about relevant presentations at the other
> two events (three if you consider the HL7 event too).
>
> We should prepare an 'OSHCA Guide to Presentations' that covers
> all four events.
>
> Later,
> --
> Tim Cook, President - FreePM,Inc.
> http://www.FreePM.com Office: (731) 884-4126
> http://www.freepm.org:8080/FreePM
>
