[Mpi-forum] [EXTERNAL] Re: Voting results

Jeff Hammond jhammond at alcf.anl.gov
Wed May 30 18:11:57 CDT 2012


> One take away from being in the room on Wednesday is that there is a strong importance to having an advocate present for voting.

This naturally prejudices in favor of institutions with substantial
travel funds.

I still do not understand why voting remotely via video conference is
not an option.  It's 2012.  We might not have flying cars yet, but
we've got more than enough future tech to preclude the need for people
to fly around the world to participate in the MPI Forum.

Jeff

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