> 1. Plan to do something on the evening of 5th. MEDINFO winds down from
> lunchtime.
Yes...had thought an informal get together would be a good icebreaker.
> 4. Put all of the secondary care stuff explicitly on the Friday.
Yes...that's a great suggestion....in fact there is no reason that the open
source discussion we start at OSHCA couldn't continue in the context of
primary care at PHCSG...
> 5. One local issue that creates confusion and should be addressed is the
> potential relationship, if any, between Crown Copyright and CopyLeft.
This is a very important intellectual property issue that we face wherever
there is government sponsored development. This would be an excellent topic
to address in the context of disseminating government funded IP.
>
> Tim Benson
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joseph Dal Molin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 1 March 2001 16:40
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Openhealth list
> > Subject: Re: OSHCA Update - Date and Location
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >
> >
>
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