Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom meeting

[Bill Page]

Dear Axiom Users and Developers,

Based on Gaby's suggestion I wrote to the ISSAC 2007 conference
organizers asking to schedule a meeting about Axiom during the
conference next week, to which they agreed. It is tentatively
scheduled for Monday (July 30) 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM with conference room
still to be determined.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could let me know if you are
interested and able to attend.

Thank you.

Regards,
Bill Page.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: George Labahn <address@hidden>
Date: Jul 24, 2007 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: Axiom meeting during ISSAC 2007
To: Bill Page <address@hidden>



Dear Bill,

There is no problem finding you a room and even putting you opposite
the Maple tutorial meeting. Please just tell me if it will happen.

George L

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Bill Page wrote:

> Dear Program Committee;
>
> Gabriel Dos Reis and I and probably several more Axiom developers and
> users will be attending ISSAC 2007. Although we have not previously
> asked for such an arrangement, we were wondering if on short notice it
> might be possible to schedule and announce in the ISSAC 2007 program a
> short meeting for interested participants on the topic:
>
>  Axiom, present and future!
>
> Recently there has been some discord between members of the Axiom open
> source project concerning project goals, organization, and tools,
> resulting in a project fork. This has left both developers and users
> somewhat uncertain about the future of the Axiom open source project.
> An open meeting during ISSAC 2007 would be a timely opportunity to
> "clear the air" and help set new directions and priorities.
>
> -----
>
> In order to have as little impact as possible on the published
> schedule, perhaps the meeting could be organized for Monday (July 30)
> evening overlapping the Maple Tutorial, 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Depending
> on the number of participants we would hope that the meeting would be
> mostly a self-organized workshop except perhaps for a designated
> chairperson. I expect that a small room accommodating at most 20 - 30
> people would be adequate.
>
> Please let us know if this arrangement will be possible or if you
> could suggest something similar but more suitable. I understand that
> this might be difficult on such short notice so if this doesn't work
> out, then of course there will also be informal opportunities for us
> to meet during the conference.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Page.