Re: NDS: starting the conversation

["Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel Ethan" <joelcg@illinois.edu>]

Nice note.
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On 4/29/14, 9:25 AM, "Ray Plante" <rplante@illinois.edu> wrote:

>Hi folks,
>
>My name is Ray Plante, and I am leading the team here at NCSA that is
>assisting Ed with the organization of the NDS initiative.  To be sure,
>it's very exciting to be able to talk with such a diverse group of
>leaders on the important and timely issue of data sharing and
>publishing.
>
>As you've noticed, based on your responses to our invitiation to join
>an NDS consortium or one of its advisory boards, we've taken the
>liberty of adding you to the mailing list,
>consortium@nationaldataservice.org.  You'll also notice that you are
>free to post to this list.  Indeed, we hope you will use this list
>freely to discuss issues of what the NDS should become.  We very much
>want open discussion to be a hallmark of this initiative.
>
>(I'll confess that a technical glitch put the wrong reply-to: in the
>message; nevertheless, I'm happy for all of us to see how the meeting
>is taking shape.)
>
>If you want to communicate with us one-on-one, please use the
>info@nationaldataservice.org address.  In particular, if you find the
>consortium list too busy, we'll be happy to remove you from the list,
>and keep you informed via the less busy "announce" list.
>
>In the coming weeks, we'll be filling out the web site
>(http://www.nationaldataservice.org/) with more information, including
>details about the June meeting.  We'll be connecting a wiki as well,
>giving you a chance to engage directly in the planning and discussion.
>
>Finally, we appreciate that this is a busy time for most of us, and
>not everyone will be able to make the June 12-13 meeting; however,
>this will not be the only opportunity to be involved.  We're planning
>some virtual discussions both before and after that I hope will keep
>you fully connected with the process.
>
>thanks for your excitement!
>Ray Plante
>