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CFP: 8th International Conference on E-commerce Research, June 9-12, Gammarth, Tunis, Tunisia: ***Extended deadline***
by hella kaffel ben ayed 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Call for Papers The 8th International Conference on Electronic Commerce Research (ICECR-8) Palace Hotel, GAMMARTH, Tunis, June 9-12, 2005 http://www.atsma.org/ICECR8/ [My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Scope and Goals of the Conference The series of ICECR conferences established a history of success in bringing together academic and industrial researchers from various fields on an ongoing, annual basis to discuss developments and challenges of electronic business understood in the largest possible sense of the term. The aim of ICECR-8 is to continue this tradition and provide a high quality forum for the presentation of results, exchange of ideas, and scientific discussions on challenges, methodologies, new technologies and their impact, computational and deployment issues, policies and advanced applications in the area of e-business. Our goal is to open the conference to participants from all fields, in particular, telecommunications, computer science, management sciences, and operations research, economy, legal and policy studies. The conference will combine technical presentations grouped in research sessions, with industry and research plenary speakers, as well as industry-lead panels. Following the earlier successful meetings held in Nashville, Dallas, and Montréal, the ICECR-8 will be held at the Palace Hotel at Gammarth, Tunis, Tunisia. This is an ideal facility for a conference that brings together researchers from all over the world and, in particular, from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North and South America. Papers submitted for presentation at the conference will be refereed and selected based on the full paper (15 to 35 pages) or an extended abstract (2 to 4 pages). The papers or abstracts have to be submitted through E-mail, by February 1, 2005 to Professor Bezalel Gavish. All papers selected for presentation will be published in the conference proceedings. Refereed full papers will be considered for publication in the Electronic Commerce Research Journal or the Telecommunication Systems Journal. Further information and instructions will be announced later and will be posted on the conference web site. Paper E-mailing address: Professor Bezalel Gavish, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75205, USA, gavishb2000(a)yahoo.com. Tel: (214) 528-3584 FAX (775) 860-7130. Please join us at the ICECR8 Conference URL: http://www.atsma.org/ICECR8/ Tunis, June 9-12, 2005 Hella Kaffel Ben Ayed Senior Reseacher-CRISTAL Lab-University of manouba, Assistant Professor- University of Tunis El Manar- Faculty of Science of Tunis Department of Computer Science. Office:216 71 872 600 Cell:: 216 98 350 536 Fax: 216 70 860 437 hella.kaffel(a)fst.rnu.tn Please join us at the ICECR8 Conference URL: http://www.atsma.org/ICECR8/ Tunis, June 9-12, 2005 Hella Kaffel Ben Ayed Senior Reseacher-CRISTAL Lab-University of manouba, Assistant Professor- University of Tunis El Manar- Faculty of Science of Tunis Department of Computer Science. Office:216 71 872 600 Cell:: 216 98 350 536 Fax: 216 70 860 437 hella.kaffel(a)fst.rnu.tn

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Birthday!
by Otto Spaniol 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Dear all, I would like to inform you that today (February 22, 2005) our Bulgarian delegate, Kiril Boyanov, has a quite "round" birthday. Unfortunately, I cannot join the birthday party since I have to go to this bloody IFIP council meeting in Korea. But I wish (also in the name of all delegates) Kiril all the best for the next seventy years. I have taken the opportunity to formulate two greeting addresses at this aoccasion: - an official one (see annex 1) - and a less conventional (see annex 2) one which was more difficult but where it is (hopefully) not so complicated what is particular with it. Best wishes and cheers, Kiril! Three Pliska on you! Otto

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Call for IPSI Transactions Special Issues in 2005/6; c/ba
by IPSI Transactions Special Issues 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Dear potential Speaker: We are pleased to inform you that both IPSI Transactions journals are planing some special issues in late 2005 and early 2006, and you are welcome to submit your paper(s), until the deadlines listed below! IPSI Transactions on Internet Research: March 31, 2005 - Special Issue on E-Education: Concepts and Infrastructure June 30, 2005 - Special Issue on E-Business: Concepts and Infrastructure IPSI Transactions on Advanced Research: March 31, 2005 - Special Issue on the Research with Multidisciplinary Elements June 30, 2005 - Special Issue on the Research with Interdisciplinary Elements Each submitted paper first undergoes the editor review, and those who pass this first stage are sent to 12 external experts for a rigorous review; decisions are made after at least 6 external reviewers respond! The review is free of charge, but the authors of the accepted papers ar expected to pay the publication fee of E400 per paper (if 4 or 5 or 6 pages of the TIR/TAR format), and the additional fee of E100 per page, for each extra page, till the maximum of 10 pages. Rigorous reviewing is the major strength of IPSI journals, which is the major contributor to their high quality! Soft copies of the existing issues of TIR and TAR can be seen at the web, and hard copies can be obtained on a special request by email, as indicated on the web, where can find all information! Sincerely yours, Prof. Dr. Veljko Milutinovic, Editor-in-Chief P.S. If you need aditional information, please reply to this e-mail.

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TC6 funds
by Otto Spaniol 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Dear all, enclosed is a document concerning creation and usage of TC6 funds. This should be discussed and accepted (possibly after some modification) at the occasion of IFIP council in Korea (South!) next week. Please check the documents and give me some comment if I should try to make some modifications. Best regards Otto

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MATA 05
by Otto Spaniol 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Dear all, I received the following CfP for MATA 05 (see below). The website says that the approval by IEEE and IFIP is still pending. Which WG is involved here? Best regards Otto ----------------- IEEE/IFIP- MATA'2005 2nd International Workshop on Mobility Aware Technologies and Applications "Service Delivery Platforms for Next Generation Networks " October 17-19, 2005, Montreal, Canada http://www.congresbcu.com/mata2005/ Scope ----- In face of the emerging notion of seamless services and next generation networks (NGNs) driven by the convergence of the mobile internet and fixed / mobile telecommunication networks, mobility aware technologies and middleware play an important role. The aim of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for academic and industrial researchers and developers from the IT, internet and telecommunications domains, as well as network operators, and service providers to discuss the advances in mobility aware technologies and their applications in the field of NGN. The workshop will focus on new concepts, protocols and architectures as well as recent developments of mobility aware middleware, service delivery platform technologies and related applications within the fields of terminal, network and service provisioning and management, service control for multimedia services, policy-based service control and management, adaptable telecommunication systems and applications, programmable networks and devices / autonomic communications, ambient networks, intelligent appliances, smart end systems and smart environments, Emphasis will be given to specific MATA aspects, such as security, interoperability, performance, context awareness, mobility and presence management, as well as new mobile application fields, business models and related topics. Full Papers ========== Authors are invited to submit a full paper of up to 10 pages including figures, tables, references and annexes. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes on Computer Science series. A special issue featuring the best papers is planned as well. Submissions should follow the LNCS style. The document must be in Acrobat PDF or MS-Word format. Further details on submission can be found at: http://www.congresbcu.com/mata2005/ Short Papers and Posters ======================== Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of maximum two pages for a short paper and one page for a Poster. Tutorials Proposals for half-day technical tutorials related to MATA technologies or the use of these technologies in the above fields are solicited. Questions regarding submissions will be answered by the TPC Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz (magedanz(a)fokus.fraunhofer.de) Note that all correspondence will take place by email. Important dates =================== Full paper due: 30th April 2005 Short Paper and Poster due: 15th June 2005 Notification of acceptance: 30th June 2005 Final papers due: 31st July 2005 Tutorial proposals: 15th June 2005 ====================================================

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DSOM 2005 - Call For Papers
by Juergen Schoenwaelder 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Call for Papers (DSOM 2005) 16th IFIP/IEEE Distributed Systems: Operations and Management >> Management of Ambient Networks << October 24-26, 2005, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain <http://www.dsom2005.org/> The sixteenth IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management (DSOM 2005) will be held October 24-26, 2005 in Barcelona, Spain. The workshop is sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 6.6 on Management of Networks and Distributed Systems with technical co-sponsorship by the IEEE Communications Society, Technical Committee on Network Operations and Management (CNOM). The Workshop's location is the Campus Nord of Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona. UPC is in a residential area in the north of the city, at walking distance of hotels and commercial areas and well accessible by public transportation from downtown. This is the first time that DSOM will be co-located with four other events in order to strengthen the links between our respective communities. These co-located conferences are the 8th International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks and Services (MMNS 2005), the 7th Symposium on Self-Stabilizing Systems (SSS 2005), the 5th Workshop on IP Operations and Management (IPOM 2005), and the International Workshop on Autonomic Grid Networking and Management (AGNM 2005). SCOPE OF THE DSOM WORKSHOP -------------------------- Ambient Networks are a new vision to provide accessibility and distributed services through the dynamic composition of networks. The wide adoption of packet switched networking technologies and the fast growing wireless networking infrastructures in public as well as in private spaces allow systems to choose how to obtain connectivity. Systems may also dynamically form new networks and the devices or the whole network may be mobile. Furthermore, many ambient networks will be in private spaces, owned and "operated" by non technical users (home networks). The heterogeneity of the services and resources participating in ambient networks and the dynamics associated with the composition of networks poses new management challenges. Ambient networks and services cannot be managed in the classic way. Instead, management of ambient networks must become an invisible and integrated part of a highly automated and adaptive control plane. Autonomic and self-management approaches therefore are of key importance. Important and challenging questions related to security, privacy, trust, and isolation in ambient networks need to be answered. In addition, questions related to the interface between managed and self-managed networks need to be addressed. Papers addressing these research questions are especially welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Self-management and self-configuration * Management of Home Networks * Autonomic Management of Networks and Services * Inter-domain Management * Context-driven Management * Adaptive Management Services and Applications * Control Theoretic Management Approaches * Distributed and Decentralized Management * Security, Privacy, Trust, and Isolation * Composable Management Systems * Performance and QoS Management * Fault Management and Fault Tolerance * Policy-based Management and Service Level Agreements * Monitoring, Event, and Fault Handling * Configuration, Accounting, Billing * Management Architectures and Information Models * Standardized Frameworks, Models, and Programming Interfaces * Implementation, Instrumentation, and Experience PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- Paper submissions must present original, unpublished research or experiences. Late-breaking advances and work-in-progress reports from ongoing research are also encouraged to be submitted to DSOM 2005. Papers under review elsewhere MUST NOT be submitted to DSOM 2005. Authors are requested to submit either long papers or short papers (work-in-progress reports): * Long papers (up to 12 single-spaced single-column pages) * Short papers describing work-in-progress (up to 4 pages) Submissions exceeding the above mentioned paper size will not be reviewed and returned to the authors. Papers must be submitted online in PDF format via the "Paper Submission" link that can be found on the the DSOM 2005 web page. PROCEEDINGS ----------- The DSOM 2005 proceedings will be published in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For that reason we recommend that the PDF file of each paper be generated using LaTeX and the LNCS style available from Springer-Verlag. For more information regarding manuscript format please visit the author's instruction links at LNCS: <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> IMPORTANT DEADLINES ------------------- Submission: May 8th 2005 Notification: July 18th 2005 Camera ready: August 8th 2005 PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS ------------------------ Juergen Schoenwaelder, International University Bremen, Germany Joan Serrat, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE --------------------------- - Ehab Al-Shaer, DePaul University, Chicago, USA - Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, Canada - Nevil Brownlee, The University of Auckland, CAIDA, New Zealand - Marcus Brunner, NEC Europe, Germany - Mark Burgess, University College Oslo, Norway - Omar Cherkaoui, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada - Alexander Clemm, Cisco, California, USA - Luca Deri, ntop.org, Italy - Metin Feridun, IBM Research, Switzerland - Olivier Festor, LORIA-INRIA, France - Alex Galis, University College London, UK - Lisandro Z. Granville, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Takeo Hamada, Fujitsu Labs of America, USA - Heinz-Gerd Hegering, Institut fuer Informatik der LMU, Germany - Joseph L Hellerstein, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA - James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea - Cynthia Hood, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA - Alexander Keller, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA - Lundy Lewis, Lundy Lewis Associates, USA - Antonio Liotta, University of Essex, UK - Emil Lupu, Imperial College London, UK - Hanan Lutfiyya, University of Western Ontario, Canada - Yoshiaki Kirha, NEC, Japan - J.P. Martin-Flatin, CERN, Switzerland - Jose Marzo, Universitat de Girona, Spain - Jose M. Nogueira, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil - George Pavlou, University of Surrey, UK - Aiko Pras, University of Twente, The Netherlands - Juergen Quittek, NEC Europe, Germany - Chris Ramming, DARPA, USA - Danny Raz, Technion, Israel - Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Leibniz Supercomputing Center, Germany - Akhil Sahai, HP Laboratories, USA - Adarshpal Sethi, University of Delaware, USA - Rolf Stadler, KTH, Sweden - Radu State, LORIA-INRIA, France - Burkhard Stiller, UniBW Munich, Germany & ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Frank Strauss, TU Braunschweig, Germany - Joe Sventek, University of Glasgow, UK - John Vicente, Intel, USA - Victor Villagra, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain - Vincent P. Wade, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Felix Wu, University of California at Davis, USA - Makoto Yoshida, The University of Tokyo, Japan /js -- Juergen Schoenwaelder International University Bremen <http://www.eecs.iu-bremen.de/> P.O. Box 750 561, 28725 Bremen, Germany

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Reminder: CFP for Performance 2005
by Sara Alouf 17 Feb '05

17 Feb '05

Dear colleague, Please accept my sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. I would like to draw your attention to the deadline for registering papers at Performance 2005, it is *five* days from now. The review process is not double-blind, authors are required to put their names and affiliations in their submissions. The deadline for papers, tutorials and hot topic sessions is on March 1, 2005. All details can be found on the conference web site: http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/ and the papers submission web site: http://www-net.cs.umass.edu/performance-2005/CyberChair/ I have attached the complete Call for Papers at the end of the message for your convenience. Best regards, Sara Alouf Publicity Chair of Performance 2005 *************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************** PERFORMANCE 2005 The 24th IFIP WG 7.3 International Symposium on Computer Performance Modeling, Measurement and Evaluation October 3-7, 2005 Juan-les-Pins, France http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/ Sponsored by IFIP WG 7.3, the Computer Performance Foundation and INRIA The PERFORMANCE 2005 conference solicits papers on the development and application of state-of-the-art analytic, simulation, and measurement-based performance evaluation techniques. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Performance-oriented design and evaluation of: communication networks, mobile and wireless systems, Internet servers and E-commerce systems, Web services, Web architectures, peer-to-peer systems, grid computing, computer architectures, database systems, operating systems, software systems, distributed systems, multimedia systems, file and I/O systems, memory systems, real-time systems, and fault-tolerant systems. * Techniques and algorithms: analytic modeling, performance optimization, queueing analysis, stochastic scheduling, model verification and validation, power analysis, hybrid models, experimental design, system or network measurement and monitoring, workload characterization, simulation, and statistical analysis. ** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ** PAPERS: Papers should not exceed 22 double-spaced pages including figures, tables and references. PERFORMANCE 2005 does not use a double-blind review process, authors should put their last names and affiliations on their papers. A limited number of submitted papers will be accepted for a poster session. Submissions must be made electronically as Postscript or Adobe PDF files through the Conference Web site (http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/). In case of problems, please send papers by email to papers.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr. Papers will be selected on the basis of their originality, technical standards, relevance and clarity. Full papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal Performance Evaluation (Elsevier) available at the conference. TUTORIAL SESSIONS: Tutorial proposals, not exceeding 3 pages, have to include title, abstract, duration (1H30 or 3H), intended audience, assumed background of attendees, name, affiliation and a biographical sketch of the instructors. Proposals should be sent to the tutorials co-chairs (tutorials.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr). HOT/CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC SESSIONS: Proposals are solicited for a hot topic session, in which a group of speakers will present and discuss their recent results in an area. Send proposals to proposals.perf2005(at)sophia.inria.fr, identifying the organizer of the session, the session title, three to five speakers, the titles of their talks, and a short abstract of each talk. ** IMPORTANT DATES ** FEBRUARY 22, 2005, 11PM EST Title, abstract and author affiliation due. MARCH 1, 2005, 11PM EST Submission of papers, hot topic proposals and tutorial proposals. JUNE 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance. JULY 1, 2005 Camera ready copy due. ** INFORMATION AND INQUIRIES ** http://www-sop.inria.fr/maestro/performance2005/ info.perf2005(a)sophia.inria.fr ** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ** GENERAL CHAIR: Philippe Nain, INRIA, France PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Cheng-Shang Chang, National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Daniel A. Menasce, George Mason U., USA TUTORIALS CO-CHAIRS: Eitan Altman, INRIA, France Zhen Liu, IBM T. J.Watson Reseach Center, USA LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS: Konstantin Avrachenkov, INRIA, France Ephie Deriche, INRIA, France FINANCE CHAIR: Dany Sergeant, INRIA, France PUBLICITY CHAIR: Sara Alouf, INRIA, France PROCEEDINGS CHAIR: Rudesindo N��ez Queija, CWI, The Netherlands ** PROGRAM COMMITTEE ** Almeida, Virgilio UFMG, Brazil Baccelli, Francois ENS, France Bonald, Thomas France Telecom, France Borst, Sem CWI, the Netherlands Calzarossa, Mariacarla U. Pavia, Italy de Souza e Silva, Edmundo UFRJ, Brazil Duffield, Nick AT&T Research, USA Eager, Derek U. Saskatchewan, Canada Gelenbe, Erol Imperial College, UK Golubchik, Leana USC, USA Harchol-Balter, Mor Carnegie Mellon U., USA Haring, Guenter U. Wien, Austria Harrison, Pete Imperial College, UK Haverkort, Boudewijn U. Twente, the Netherlands Herzog, Ulrich Friedrich Alexander U., Germany Hou, Jennifer U. Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA Hsu, Yarsun National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Iazeolla, Giuseppe U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Jean-Marie, Alain U. Montpellier & INRIA, France Kumar, Anurag IISc, India Kurose, Jim U. Massachusetts, USA Le Boudec, Jean-Yves EPFL, Switzerland Lee, Duan-Shin National Tsing Hua U., Taiwan Liebeherr, Jorg U. Virginia, USA Lindemann, Christoph U. Dortmund, Germany Lui, John Chinese U. of Hong Kong, China Marsan, Marco A. Politecnico di Torino, Italy Mazumdar, Ravi U. Waterloo, Canada Merchant, Arif HP Labs, USA Misra, Vishal Columbia U., USA Mitra, Debasis Bell Laboratories, USA Muntz, Richard R. UCLA, USA Nicol, David U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Perros, Harry North Carolina State U., USA Sanders, William U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA Serazzi, Giuseppe Politecnico di Milano, Italy Setia, Sanjeev George Mason University, USA Smirni, Evgenia College of William and Mary, USA Squillante, Mark IBM Research, USA Stewart, William North Carolina State U., USA Thomasian, Alexander NJIT, USA Trivedi, Kishor Duke U., USA Tucci, Salvatore U. Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Vernon, Mary U. Wisconsin-Madison, USA Verscheure, Olivier IBM Research, USA Williamson, Carey U. Calgary, Canada Woodside, C. Murray Carleton U., Canada Xia, Cathy IBM Research, USA Yao, David Columbia U., USA Zhang, Zhi-Li U. Minnesota, USA

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CFP: First International Workshop on Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (ConWiN 2005)
by Linda Jiang Xie 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ********************************************************************** ******** ConWiN 2005 ******** ****** ****** **** First International Workshop on **** ** Convergence of Heterogeneous Wireless Networks ** * * * July 10, 2005 in Budapest, Hungary * * in Conjunction with WICON 2005 * * * * http://www.ConWiN.org * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * ********************************************************************** Scope of ConWiN 2005: ===================== The advances in the wireless communication technologies have enabled the realization of wide range of heterogeneous wireless networks from wireless local area networks (WLANs), several generations (2G/3G) of wireless cellular networks to mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) and wireless sensor networks (WSN). This technological evolution is further inspiring researchers to envision the next generation wireless networking architectures and even the space Internet. Next Generation Wireless Internet (NGWI) will be the convergence of these heterogeneous wireless networks and the next generation Internet to provide mobile users with a wide range of high resource demanding services such as high speed reliable data and real-time multimedia delivery. While the unique characteristics of each of these wireless networks pose diverse set of challenges, their integration severely expands the set of open research problems for seamless, efficient, and reliable communication. Therefore, there exists an urgent need for a significant research effort to focus on solving these new challenges posed by the integration and the convergence of these wireless heterogeneous networks. The objective of ConWiN 2005 is to provide a research platform where researchers bring their contributions to light by presenting their technical papers on the issues regarding the integration and the convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks. Papers solicited in ConWiN 2005 spans a wide range of areas of interest including but not limited to: - Physical layer issues for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless communication technologies - Novel and adaptive communication protocols at all layers, i.e., MAC layer problems, routing, reliable and multimedia transport, for integration of diverse wireless systems such as WLANs, 3G, and WSNs - Novel and practical communication architectures for the convergence of heterogeneous wireless networks - Efficient mobility/handoff management protocols for seamless roaming within the converged communication architecture - Killer applications/services for the convergence towards the NGWI - Security, authentication, and billing solutions for the converged architecture Important Dates: ================ Submission deadline : February 25, 2005 Notification of acceptance : May 1, 2005 Camera-ready version : May 15, 2005 Workshop Date : July 10, 2005 Submission Details: =================== The workshop will only accept for review original papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review by another conference or journal. Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers of no more than 12 pages of IEEE double column format. Manuscript submission should be done electronically via e-mail by sending a pdf version of the manuscript to conwin(a)eee.metu.edu.tr Papers of particular merit will also be published in Computer Networks Journal (Elsevier). Organization Committee : ======================= Workshop Chair: -------------- Ozgur Baris Akan, Middle East Technical University, TURKEY TPC Co-Chairs: -------------- Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Publicity Chair: ---------------- Jiang (Linda) Xie, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA For more information about the workshop, see http://www.conwin.org/

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Once more: TC6 calendar
by Otto Spaniol 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

Dear all, please find a once more an updated (and simplified) version of the TC6 calendar - which contains some new events such as Networking 2006 in Coimbra (+ a TC6 meeting which is proposed to be held there!). By the way: You may remember the bonmot which was cited by me at the occasion of our Bangkok meeting. Unfortunately, I'm not the author of that bonmot but I have stolen it with great pleasure. It reads: "A committee is a group which takes minutes and wastes hours". Whereas this statement may be true also for TC6 it is probably not fully true for our previous meeting.... since this meeting risks to remain without minutes. Another argument for attending the meetings in person ;-) ! Best regards Otto

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Event Request forms
by Otto Spaniol 15 Feb '05

15 Feb '05

To: WG chairs (predominantly). Dear WG chairpersons, I received a message that a lot of Event Request Forms are missing. Please ensure that these forms come in due time. Remark: MMNS'04 was indeed "forgotten" by me, DAIS 2005 and FMOODS 2005 arrived just today. But the others are indeed unknown to me. WG chairs should fax the documents (even without my signature) to the IFIP secretariat in order not to loose time. My signature can then come some weeks later. Best regards Otto >Dear Prof. Spaniol, > > > >due to queries and payment request forms that are being presented to me, >I have become aware of the fact that there are numerous TC6 events which >are unknown to IFIP and do not exist in the IFIP database. Examples of >such are: > > > >INTELLCOM 2004; MMNS 2004 & 2005; WONS 2005; ONDM'05; WOCN2005; >FMOODS'2005; DAIS'2005; EUNICE 2005; ICI 2005, etc, just to name a few. > > > >The absence of such from the data base is based on the fact that Event >Forms for such events are, were, and have not been forwarded to the >Secretariat by the Organizers for proper recording in the system. > > > >A major set-back of this negligence is that the due Sponsorship Fees >are, have not and will not be paid to IFIP for crediting to the TC6 >account. While this is happening, signed payment requests are being >forwarded by participants to these events and these payments are and >will be deducted from TC6. > > > >In the future, payments requests made on events that are "non-existent" >cannot be honoured or recognised. > > > >Please advise accordingly. > > > > > >Christine. >

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