Agenda for ADASS POC Lunch Meeting

16 October 2002

12:20 - 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 (20 min)
   • ADASS XII budget
   • Status of carry-over funds
   • Support for financial aid
   
   
3. Publication of the Proceedings (20 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. Since the series page limit is 850 pages, and the longest ADASS volume ever was 710 pages, should we:
     • Relax limit of one presentation/person?
     • Allow longer papers?
   
   
4. Future ADASS Venues (15 min)

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

   1. Strasbourg '03
      • Tentative Dates/Venue: 12 - 16 Oct. 2003 at the Strasbourg Convention Center
        Report from the ADASS XIII LOC:
      • Identification of key LOC members
      • Proposed budget, milestones/schedule, status
   
   
   2. Pasadena in '04
   3. Tucson in '05
   4. Candidates for host in '06?
   5. Preliminary ideas for ADASS XIII program, tutorials, etc.
   
   
5. POC Membership (5 min)
   • Current membership consists of 17 people
   • Do any members intend to step down?
   • Is there a need for more POC members? If so, we will discuss nominations for new candidates.
   
   
6. The adass.org Web site (5 min, time permitting)
   • Author services (instructions, templates, etc.)
   • Career services