Present: Claude Baudoin, Mike Bennett, Charles Dickerson (co-chair), Steve MacLaird, Karen Shunk, Jason Smith (co-chair).
Letter to potential academic participants
Karen Shunk sent before the meeting a rewritten version of Diane's draft.
Further wordsmithing and tightening of the text took place.
Final version approved for issuance.
Agenda of Seattle's in-person meeting
Claude volunteered to be the emcee
OMG overview (See if Richard is available. Otherwise, Karen can do it)
Talk(s) about the three “legs” of our value proposition to academia (Jason)
Help support the use of standards within curricula
Leverage our contacts within academia to help generate the next batch of standard bearers
Use OMG standards in our toolkit to facilitate the operation and goals of academia.
Use the Loughborough/JLR case study. Charles and Ji cannot attend in person, nor present remotely due to time zones differences; in lieu of that, they will record a video to present the impact study in absentia. Jason will introduce it.
After the presentations, leave time for Q&A and discussion on value, roadmap, action items.
Conclude by inviting attendees to spread the word, including to colleagues who might attend the Reston meeting. Ask whether meeting on Sunday afternoon was a good idea.
Invite people who want to to continue the conversation at the bar.
Action Items
Jason: Create an agenda document, and sent it to agendas@omg.org for posting on the event website.
Mike Bennett: submit additional rows for the table in 4.2.
All: join the next meeting on Wednesday 21 November at 10:30 am PST, 1:30 pm EST, 1830 UTC (Nov. 15 was not convenient for several people, and Nov. 22 is Thanksgiving Day in the US). The GoToMeeting instructions are the same every time.