Re: Computing School Prior to the Osaka 2008 meeting

[Atsushi Nakagawa <atsushi@protein.osaka-u.ac.jp>]

Many things, especially hotel and travel free, are  more expensive in 
August than in September.

If we will plan the computing school in August, I have to find 
another place with reasonable price.

However, I agree that the computing school should be held before the congress.


Atsushi


At 8:05 AM -0400 07.5.14, Frances C. Bernstein wrote:
>      I would like to point out the in the United States Sept. 1, 2008
>is Labor Day.  Many universities and colleges start their academic
>schedule immediately thereafter and many people will have trouble
>getting home in time from the IUCr Congress itself.  If you schedule
>the computing school after the Congress you will be severly limiting
>the number of USA academics who would be able to attend.
>
>      A quick check of ten universitites shows the following institutions
>starting classes during that week or even earlier:
>      University of Michigan
>      Yale
>      New York University
>      Brandeis (begins before Labor Day}
>      UC Berkeley (begins before Labor Day)
>      Rutgers University
>      University of Illinois at Chicago
>      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (begins before Labor Day)
>Only two universities (Harvard, Princeton) begin significantly later.
>
>      It would be courteous to USA academics to schedule the computing
>school before the IUCr Congress rather than after.
>
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>On Mon, 14 May 2007, Atsushi Nakagawa wrote:
>
>>  Dear  Members of the IUCr Computing Commission
>>
>>     I have to say that we can book the Awaji Yumebutai International
>>  Conference Center only AFTER the OSAKA 2008 congress (Sep.1-).
>>
>>     If the computing school has to be held before the IUCr congress, I
>>  have to find another place.
>>
>>
>>     Best wishes,
>>
>>  Atsushi
>>
>>  At 0:18 PM +0200 07.5.14, a.l.spek wrote:
>>  >Dear Members of the IUCr Computing Commission
>>  >
>>  >We are currently working on the organisation of a Computing School to
>>  >be held prior to the OSAKA 2008 congress.
>>  >
>>  >Our Committee member, Prof. Atsushi NAKAGAWA has investigated options
>>  >for a suitable site for the school. His suggestion for a suitable
>>  >meeting site is the nearby 'Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center
>>  >on the Awaji Island'
>>  >
>>  >http://www.yumebutai.org/english/index.html
>>  >
>>  >We hope that the fee for the school participants can be in the order
>>  >of 500 Euro (similar to the Siena 2005 school) for 60 students + 20
>>  >teachers (free housing + meals - no travel).
>>  >
>>  >What we now need is a suitable theme for this school.
>>  >
>>  >Please respond a.s.a.p. with ideas and suggestions.
>>  >
>>  >Best wishes
>>  >
>>  >Ton Spek
>>  >
>>  >Chaiirman of the IUCr computing Commission.
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