[Gmod-help] Quick reply requested

[Scott Cain]

Hi Dave,

That all sounds good to me (well, except the part about you all having
colds :-)  I'm glad things are going well.

Scott


On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:03 AM, Dave Clements <clements at nescent.org> wrote:
> Hello Todd, Scott, and Steve (our host in Oxford),
>
> The week in Oxford is split between a course and a GMOD meeting.  From our
> earlier e-mail exchange I think we should settle on July 16-19 at NESCent,
> just to safely avoid conflict (or synthesis?) with the meta-people.
>
> I updated the Google Docs you sent me with some text.  I've copied it to
> this e-mail so Scott and Steve can see it.  Please feel free to update at
> will.  The only thing that can't be changed is the URL:
> http://gmod.org/wiki/August_2009_GMOD_Meeting.
>
> Here it is:
> -------------
> 2A2. GMOD courses and Meetings (Dave Clements)
> GMOD North American Summer School: at NESCent, 16-19 July 2009
> GMOD Europe 2009:
>   GMOD European Summer School and GMOD Community Meeting
>   3-7 August 2009 in Oxford, UK
>
> Both GMOD Summer Schools are aimed at teaching new GMOD users how to get up
> and running with popular GMOD Components such as GBrowse, Chado. Apollo,
> BioMart and others.  The courses will focus on installation, configuration,
> and integration, and requires some level of comfort with Linux systems
> administration (although no programming).  The North American course will be
> held at NESCent, July 16-19, 2009.
>
> GMOD Europe 2009 is a weeklong event starting with a 3-day GMOD Summer
> School and finishing with a 2 day GMOD Community Meeting.  GMOD Europe 2009
> is being hosted by the Computational Biology Research Group at Oxford
> University, August 3-7, 2009.  These events are being held in Europe, for
> the first time ever, due to increased interest in and use of GMOD in Europe.
>
> Keep your eyes on the GMOD web site for details:
> http://gmod.org/wiki/GMOD_Summer_School
> http://gmod.org/wiki/GMOD_Europe_2009
> http://gmod.org/wiki/August_2009_GMOD_Meeting
> -----
> I'll create the URLs that make it into the newsletter before the Newsletter
> goes out, although they may just be placeholders (with snappy logos of
> course) for a few days.
>
> I will try to check my e-mail Monday morning.
>
> Parenthood of two is going well so far.  We got to know Neci last weekend
> and her foster parents delivered her on Tuesday.  She hasn't been fearful or
> panicked yet, and walks and talks reasonably well, despite a very tough
> start in life.  She also sleeps better than our almost 7 year old daughter,
> Naomi.  Naomi, by the way, has been spectacular with Neci and only minimally
> more trouble than usual otherwise (which is still not much trouble)
>
> Unfortunately, Neci also came with a cold, which she has generously shared
> with the rest of us, so we are all now bonding through mutual illness.  I've
> attached two photos, because, well, I just can't help it.
>
> I'll be back to work on Thursday, amazingly early, but darn cheery
> nonetheless.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave C.
>
> PS: Foster parents are my heroes.  Neci's were amazing.
>
> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Todd Vision <tjv at bio.unc.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Scott and Dave,
>>
>> I'd appreciate a quick response here.
>>
>> Are we ready to advertise one or both the GMOD summer schools (Europe or
>> US)?  I ask because the NESCent newsletter is going out next week, and we
>> generally like to include course announcements in that.
>>
>> All I have right now are dates for the class at Oxford, which is not quite
>> enough to work with.  I'm happy to put together a short blurb pointing
>> people to a website for more information, but there doesn't appear to be
>> anything ready yet on the wiki.  I can finesse the blurb by saying
>> something
>> like "watch this space!" if need be - I doubt the newsletter is a major
>> source of new applicants.
>>
>> Anyway, apologies for interrupting your time off Dave -- and I hope things
>> are going well!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Todd
>>
>> --
>>
>> Todd Vision
>>
>> Associate Professor of Biology
>> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>> http://visionlab.bio.unc.edu
>>
>> Associate Director for Informatics
>> US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
>> http://www.nescent.org
>>
>
>



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Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                   scott at scottcain dot net
GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/)                     216-392-3087
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research