Telco 20191212

Date

Thursday, 12 December, 15:00 CET (+0100)

Hangout Link: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/j72qwlvegiojjpt3a36pfhow5ua

Agenda

• Code camp details (https://www.nexusformat.org/CodeCamp2020.html)
• New executive secretary?
• Membership renewal voting (https://www.nexusformat.org/Membership_Dates.html)

Minutes

Present: BW, AB, DW, HB, MK, PJ, FA, PC, HG

Code Camp

• PJ suggests making public presentation on NeXus during CC. He will schedule an event.
• MK wants us using github issues to make a list of items for the CC.

Introductions

• MK suggests doing a round of introductions since some new people are joining.

New Executive Secretary

• FA volunteers to take up the position.
• BW to organise an email vote.

Membership Renewals

• BW says renewals are going well, we have 6 votes complete and most of the remainder in progress.

NXmx

• HB and AB has made progress is refining the proposed application definition.
• Not sure if it will be ready for formal acceptance at the CC, but AB will present the current state at that time.
• HB intends to send a revised NXmx document for the new year.

Other Business

• PJ and colleagues are looking to make app def for photon correlation spectroscopy
• BW would like to have a vote on a new logo at the next full NIAC meeting.
  • BW encourages people to develop their preferred logo version in limited groups
  • PJ suggests sharing logo version on dropbox (to keep them out of the google index)
• DW will suggest another participant
• Next telco during CC, but maybe have a longer remote session than the usual 1 hour telco. PJ suggests that starting 1 hour later than the usual telco time (ie 16:00 CET) would give best chance for intercontinental collaboration.