Agenda for ADASS POC Lunch Meeting

16 October 2002

12:30 - 2:00 pm, Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Kent A&B Rooms

1. Report of ADASS XII LOC (10 min)
   • Highlights
   • Total attendance
   • Any issues? Lessons learned?
   • Survey of ADASS participants
   
   
2. Budget (15 min)
   • ADASS XII budget
   • Status of carry-over funds
   • Support for financial aid
   
   
3. Publication of the Proceedings (15 min)
   • Report from ADASS XI Editors Bohlender, Durand & Handley
   • Report from ADASS XII Editors Payne, Jedrzejewski & Hook
   • Selection of Proceedings 2003 editor team
   • Review/discussion of ADASS paper presentation policy/implementation
     • Retain limit of one presentation/person? (Series page limit is 850 pages.)
     • Other refinements?
   
   
4. Future ADASS Venues (20 min)

   Note that a compilation of notes and advice for future LOC planning may be found at http://ra.stsci.edu/shaw/adass/LOC_HowTo.html.

   1. Baltimore 2002. Dates: 13 - 16 Oct. 2002 at the Marriott Waterfront
      Report from ADASS XII LOC:
      • Identification of key LOC members
      • Proposed budget, milestone schedule, status, plans
   
   
   2. Strasbourg '03
      • Tentative Dates/Venue: 12 - 16 Oct. 2003 at the Strasbourg Convention Center
   
   
   3. Pasadena in '04
   4. Candidates for host in '05 (Tucson?)
   5. Preliminary ideas for ADASS XII program, tutorials, etc.
   
   
5. POC Membership (5 min)
   • Current membership consists of 16 people
   • Members who will step down:
     • Rick Harnden^*
     • Doug Tody^*
     • Others?
     
     ^*to be retained in POC e-mail list as "info only" members
   • Nominations for new candidates. The list so far:
   • Dr. Arnold Rots (CfA)
   
   
6. The adass.org Web site (5 min, time permitting)
   • Career services