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7 <title>MOWGLI Kick-Off</title>
10 <h1>MOWGLI Kick-Off</h1>
12 <p>The meeting will be held on Friday, 15 March 2002 at the
13 <a href="http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de">Max Planck
14 Institute for Gravitational Physics / Albert Einstein Institute</a>
15 in Golm near Potsdam. The institute can
16 be easily reached from Berlin via public transport or car. Please check
17 <a href="http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de/people/directions">our institute's
18 homepage</a> for maps and information how to reach the institute from
19 several destinations in Berlin.</p>
22 <p>Accomodation can be arranged in a hotel nearby, within walking distance
23 from the institute (singles 62 Euro, doubles 86 Euro). Since the
24 reservation needs to be made very soon, please let me know how many
25 people are attending from your node, indicating day of arrival and day
26 of departure. A copy of this message should be sent to
27 <a href="mailto:ute@aei-potsdam.mpg.de">Mrs. Ute
28 Schlichting</a>, who is taking care of the
29 reservations. However, if you prefer to organize a stay in Berlin, you
30 may want to refer to one of the following links</p>
33 <li><a href="http://berlin.hotelguide.net">Berlin HotelGuide Network</a></li>
34 <li><a href="http://www.berlin.de/home/English">Tourist Information Berlin</a></li>
35 <li><a href="http://www.berlin-info.de/english/hotels/index.html">Berlin
39 <h2>AGENDA & SOCIAL EVENTS</h2>
40 <p>This is the current tentative agenda:</p>
43 <td style="text-align: right">9:25</td><td>-</td><td>9:30</td>
44 <td style="font-weight: bold">Welcome.</td>
47 <td style="text-align: right">9:30</td><td>-</td><td>11:00</td>
48 <td style="font-weight: bold">Short presentation of the partners (15 m. each).</td>
51 <td>11:00</td><td>-</td><td>11:30</td>
52 <td style="font-weight: bold">Coffee break.</td>
55 <td>11:30</td><td>-</td><td>11:40</td>
56 <td style="font-weight: bold">Consortium Agreement.</td>
59 <td>11:40</td><td>-</td><td>12:10</td>
60 <td style="font-weight: bold">Project Roles and Bodies.</td>
63 <td>12:10</td><td>-</td><td>12:30</td>
64 <td style="font-weight: bold">Scheduling and location of the meetings.</td>
73 <td>12:30</td><td>-</td><td>14:00</td>
74 <td style="font-weight: bold">Lunch.</td>
83 <td>14:00</td><td>-</td><td>15:30</td>
84 <td style="font-weight: bold">Deliverables for the first six months.</td>
87 <td>15:30</td><td>-</td><td>16:00</td>
88 <td style="font-weight: bold">Coffee break</td>
91 <td>16:00</td><td>-</td><td>17:00</td>
92 <td style="font-weight: bold">MOWGLI web site (demo and discussion)</td>
95 <p>This is a brief explanation of some of the topics we should discuss:</p>
97 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">short presentation of the partners
98 (15 m. each).</span></li>
99 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Consortium Agreement.</span>
100 I will send you a draft asap, and we may
101 discuss possible amendments by email; it would be nice to have it
102 signed for the kick-off.
103 This point should take almost no time, unless there are major
104 issue - e.g on copyrights or background proprietary technologies
105 which have not been solved by email)</li>
106 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Project Roles and Bodies.</span>
111 <li>Project Manager (that should be Prof. Andrea Asperti)</li>
112 <li>Eploitation and Dissemination Manager (that should be Bernd)</li>
113 <li>Work-package leaders (the leader should belong to the site
114 responsible of the Work-package)</li>
119 <li>Project Coordination Committee (PCC) one for each site + the
120 Project Manager (and the EDM ?)</li>
121 <li>Project Dissemination Board
122 one for each site + the EDM (and the PM?)</li>
123 <li>Workpackage teams (even for WP0)</li>
127 We can fix all the roles by email, if you agree. We shall set
128 up specialized mailing lists for each body (if required).
129 Of course the roles may largely overlap, but in any case we need
130 people who can promtly react. You may already start sending me the
131 relevant information (comprising email, telephone, etc.).</li>
132 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Scheduling and location of the first
133 and the second meeting.</span>
134 The second meeting (and annual review) should be in Bologna
135 from February 19 to February 20 (just after MKM 2003).
136 Since KUN is responsible for WP1, I would suggest to do the
137 first meeting in Nijmegen (july/august)</li>
138 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Deliverables for the first six
140 We have three kinds of deliverables:
142 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Technical:</span>
143 1.a, 1.b, 1.c, 2.a (1.3 should be ready at month 3).<br />
145 The only software here is the exportation module 2.a (that will
146 require some joint effort between Bologna and Rocquencourt and
147 a sufficiently stable version of COQ). This is a point to be
148 discussed in the kick-off.</li>
149 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Managemant:</span>
150 0.a (self assesment parameters and criteria)</li>
151 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Dissemination:</span>
152 7.a (Dissemination and use plan).</li>
154 I would expect each site responsible for the deliverable suggest
155 a procedure and a precise scheduling for collecting material,
156 distributing the work and preparing the draft.
157 The draft should be ready some time (15 days?) before the deadline,
158 to get approval by the PCC.
159 We should also probably agree on the format of these deliverables
162 Any other technical issue relative to the preparation of these
163 deliverables should be discussed during the Kick-off.</li>
164 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">MOWGLI web site.</span>
165 We are setting up the MOWGLI web site and a CVS repository.
166 We plan to have a first prototype for the kick-off, and we may discuss
167 its design and functionalities there. We could possibly need a few
168 administrative document to grant you an access to the CVS repository
169 (we have to check).</li>
172 <h2>TECHNICAL FACILITIES</h2>
173 <p>Full network access is provided, as well as the usual presentation
174 facilities (Video Projector, Overhead projector).</p>
178 <p>For further informations on the organization, please contact
179 <a href="mailto:EditorLR@aei-potsdam.mpg.de">Christina Weyher</a>.<br />
180 For further informations on the agenda, please contact
181 <a href="../people/bologna/asperti.html">Prof. Andrea Asperti</a>.</p>