[Mpi-forum] MPI Forum Meeting Schedule for 2016

[Anh Vo]

Hi Martin,
The last time we took the straw vote for the June meeting people were indicating that Seattle was first choice and San Jose was second choice. Now we know that Seattle is not feasible (due to the lack of meeting space), the alternative to Seattle is Bellevue. Bellevue is quite a nice town, but the public transportation isn't that great compared to Seattle. There is bus 560 that runs once per half hour from airport (once per hour during weekend) and the trip is about 50 minutes; otherwise we would need to use taxi or rental car (Taxi is about $55 to Bellevue downtown, Uber is about $35-$40), which takes about 30 minutes from/to the airport. Bellevue also has fewer hotels (one Hyatt, one Westin, one Courtyard Marriott, a few other nice local hotels). Should we get a doodle poll to decide whether the majority would prefer San Jose vs Bellevue given the above information? If we get this done early I can secure the meeting rooms

Thanks
Anh

From: mpi-forum [mailto:mpi-forum-bounces at lists.mpi-forum.org] On Behalf Of Schulz Martin
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 8:43 AM
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Subject: [Mpi-forum] MPI Forum Meeting Schedule for 2016

Hi all,

I just realized that this email I sent a week ago never made it out and got stuck in our list server. So here it is again, with some updates. Please respond to the doodle poll below soon.

During the MPI forum meeting two weeks ago in Chicago, we had a discussion about future locations for the MPI forum. The general consensus was to keep the 3 US + EuroMPI meeting schedule and to also keep the length for each meeting (Mon afternoon to Thu noon for the US meetings). As for locations and dates, here is the current proposal:

Chicago (Microsoft facility downtown):
2/29-3/3 -OR- 3/7-3/10 (see below)

Seattle (Microsoft facility downtown):
6/6-6/9
However, it turns out that the facility has no meeting room large enough for us - the proposal is therefore to hold the meeting in Bellevue near Seattle at the same dates.

Edinburgh (hosted by EPCC, part of EuroMPI):
9/21-9/23 (before EuroMPI)

Dallas (IBM facility)
12/5-12/8

All these dates and locations are tentative - please check all dates for obvious conflicts. If there are any, please send me email and I'll collect them.

As for Chicago - either week works and matches previous schedules. I have setup a doodle poll, so we can decide which one to use. The link is:

http://doodle.com/qnhmueikzgf6veeb

Please use a "NO" only if there is a serious conflict and use the "Maybe" option if you have a personal preference.

I would like to move quickly on this, though, to make sure our hosts have time to lock in the facilities. So, please participate in the doodle poll and send me potential conflicts by 6/20, this Friday.

Thanks!

Martin


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Martin Schulz, schulzm at llnl.gov<mailto:schulzm at llnl.gov>, http://scalability.llnl.gov/
CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA

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Martin Schulz, schulzm at llnl.gov<mailto:schulzm at llnl.gov>, http://scalability.llnl.gov/
CASC @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA

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