[geo-forum] Invitation to Expedition Wkshp on March 14 at Interoperabili

[susan.turnbull@xxxxxxx]

Greetings!

You and your colleagues are invited
to the Tuesday, March 14 Collaborative Expedition Workshop #49 at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD., Administration
Building, Lecture Room D, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.  The workshop is
titled, "Leveraging Open Standards and Open Collaboration: Pioneering
Mechanisms for Agility Across Open, Intergovernmental Communities ".
 This workshop is held in conjunction with numerous open meetings
at Interoperability Week@NIST.  You're welcome to attend these meetings
also.   Please register for  additional Interoperability meetings
at the NIST link below.

Expedition workshop participants will
explore the agility and effectiveness of select global Communities of Interest
around global health and safety (i.e. Tsunami wiki and flu wiki)  Important
questions include:  What lessons can we learn from self-organizing
communities characterized by "service to the greater good", emergent
governance and light-weight, interoperable tools?  Please RSVP to
Renee.hughes@xxxxxxx or  202-501-4083.  You must include in your
RSVP whether you are are a US citizen.  Non-US citizens please see
logistics details below to assure your RSVP.  You're also invited
to the March 3 orientation to the Office of Intergovernmental Solutions'
Collaborative Work Environment, which includes introduction to wiki usage.

March 14 - Workshop agenda and venue/logistics:
http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/LeveragingOpenStandardsOpenCollaboration_BuildingAgilityAcrossOpenCommunities


March 13 - 17 Interoperability Week
@NIST:
http://www.mel.nist.gov/div826/msid/sima/interopweek/index.htm

March 3 - Orientation to Collaborative
Work Environment Teleconference from 10:30 - noon:
http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?CommunityLearning_CWE/ConferenceCalls_2006_03_03


Best Regards,
Susan

Susan B. Turnbull
Co-Chair, Emerging Technology SC,
Architecture and Infrastructure Committee,
CIO Council and Co-Chair,
Social, Economic and Workforce Implications
of IT and 
IT Workforce Development, Subcommittee
on Networking and Information
Technology Research and Development
Senior Program Advisor
Office of Intergovernmental Solutions
Office of Citizen Services and Communications
US General Services Administration
p 202.501.6214
susan.turnbull@xxxxxxx
http://www.gsa.gov/collaborate
http://www.gsa.gov/intergov
http://www.nitrd.gov




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