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11 <h1>MOWGLI Kick-Off</h1>
13 <p>The meeting will be held on Friday, 15 March 2002 at the
14 <a href="http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de">Max Planck
15 Institute for Gravitational Physics / Albert Einstein Institute</a>
16 in Golm near Potsdam. The institute can
17 be easily reached from Berlin via public transport or car. Please check
18 <a href="http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de/people/directions">our institute's
19 homepage</a> for maps and information how to reach the institute from
20 several destinations in Berlin.</p>
23 <p>Accomodation can be arranged in a hotel nearby, within walking distance
24 from the institute (singles 62 Euro, doubles 86 Euro). Since the
25 reservation needs to be made very soon, please let me know how many
26 people are attending from your node, indicating day of arrival and day
27 of departure. A copy of this message should be sent to
28 <a href="mailto:ute@aei-potsdam.mpg.de">Mrs. Ute
29 Schlichting</a>, who is taking care of the
30 reservations. However, if you prefer to organize a stay in Berlin, you
31 may want to refer to one of the following links</p>
34 <li><a href="http://berlin.hotelguide.net">Berlin HotelGuide Network</a></li>
35 <li><a href="http://www.berlin.de/home/English">Tourist Information Berlin</a></li>
36 <li><a href="http://www.berlin-info.de/english/hotels/index.html">Berlin
40 <h2>AGENDA & SOCIAL EVENTS</h2>
41 <p>The agenda for the meeting is currently in preparation. Of course,
42 suggestions are very welcome. The current tentative agenda is:</p>
44 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">short presentation of the partners
45 (15 m. each).</span></li>
46 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Consortium Agreement.</span>
47 I will send you a draft asap, and we may
48 discuss possible amendments by email; it would be nice to have it
49 signed for the kick-off.
50 This point should take almost no time, unless there are major
51 issue - e.g on copyrights or background proprietary technologies
52 which have not been solved by email)</li>
53 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Project Roles and Bodies.</span>
58 <li>Project Manager (that should be Prof. Andrea Asperti)</li>
59 <li>Eploitation and Dissemination Manager (that should be Bernd)</li>
60 <li>Work-package leaders (the leader should belong to the site
61 responsible of the Work-package)</li>
66 <li>Project Coordination Committee (PCC) one for each site + the
67 Project Manager (and the EDM ?)</li>
68 <li>Project Dissemination Board
69 one for each site + the EDM (and the PM?)</li>
70 <li>Workpackage teams (even for WP0)</li>
74 We can fix all the roles by email, if you agree. We shall set
75 up specialized mailing lists for each body (if required).
76 Of course the roles may largely overlap, but in any case we need
77 people who can promtly react. You may already start sending me the
78 relevant information (comprising email, telephone, etc.).</li>
79 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Scheduling and location of the first
80 and the second meeting.</span>
81 The second meeting (and annual review) should be in Bologna
82 from February 19 to February 20 (just after MKM 2003).
83 Since KUN is responsible for WP1, I would suggest to do the
84 first meeting in Nijmegen (july/august)</li>
85 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Deliverables for the first six
87 We have three kinds of deliverables:
89 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Technical:</span>
90 1.a, 1.b, 1.c, 2.a (1.3 should be ready at month 3).<br />
92 The only software here is the exportation module 2.a (that will
93 require some joint effort between Bologna and Rocquencourt and
94 a sufficiently stable version of COQ). This is a point to be
95 discussed in the kick-off.</li>
96 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Managemant:</span>
97 0.a (self assesment parameters and criteria)</li>
98 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Dissemination:</span>
99 7.a (Dissemination and use plan).</li>
101 I would expect each site responsible for the deliverable suggest
102 a procedure and a precise scheduling for collecting material,
103 distributing the work and preparing the draft.
104 The draft should be ready some time (15 days?) before the deadline,
105 to get approval by the PCC.
106 We should also probably agree on the format of these deliverables
109 Any other technical issue relative to the preparation of these
110 deliverables should be discussed during the Kick-off.</li>
111 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">MOWGLI web site.</span>
112 We are setting up the MOWGLI web site and a CVS repository.
113 We plan to have a first prototype for the kick-off, and we may discuss
114 its design and functionalities there. We could possibly need a few
115 administrative document to grant you an access to the CVS repository
116 (we have to check).</li>
117 <li><span style="font-weight: bold">Other?</span></li>
120 <h2>TECHNICAL FACILITIES</h2>
121 <p>Full network access is provided, as well as the usual presentation
122 facilities (Video Projector, Overhead projector).</p>
126 <p>For further informations on the organization, please contact
127 <a href="mailto:EditorLR@aei-potsdam.mpg.de">Christina Weyher</a>.<br />
128 For further informations on the agenda, please contact
129 <a href="../people/bologna/asperti.html">Prof. Andrea Asperti</a>.</p>