[Vtic2003] FW: [vacets-head] RE: Call for paper
Hung Nguyen
hunguyen57 at cox.net
Wed Jun 11 11:19:22 PDT 2003
RE: [vacets-head] RE: Call for paperDear anh Nhan/anh Tri,
For planning purpose, would you let us formally know about the decision to delay VTIC03?
Thanks
Hu+ng
----- Original Message -----
From: Luc T. Nguyen
To: VACETS Technical Conference 2003 ; vacets-head at saigon.com
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:02 PM
Subject: RE: [Vtic2003] FW: [vacets-head] RE: Call for paper
Many old and new authors have taken the pain to send in their abstracts. Some of the papers will not be relevant next year. We do not want to alienate the authors (especially new ones) by cancelling this year conference because we might not be able to get them back next year.
Correct me if I am wrong but each VTIC we only have about 100 participants. Most of the participants are from the core members of VACETS, namely the Board, and Adcom members, and the authors. With 17+ papers and the San Jose location how many participants can we expect this year? Can we organize a smaller conference? Can we be creative and add some other sessions such as "industry pannels" on jobs, industries outlook, interpersonal relationship, small business, start up, etc. How can we encourage more attendees from the student population? Can we just burn the CDs and not print the proceeding to save some money? Do we have to have the sponsors to have our VTIC?
I think the issues boiled down to financial. If we can break even then we should proceed with the conference.
I will do my part to help with anything I can, just let me know.
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Luc T. Nguyen, Ph.D.
CTO/VP Engineering
Zvolve Systems, Inc
Phone: 770 551-4503
Fax: 770 551-4509
lnguyen at zvolve.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-vacets-head at vacets.org [mailto:owner-vacets-head at vacets.org]On Behalf Of Hung Nguyen
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:32 PM
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Cc: bi at salasobrien.com; haitran at rocketmail.com; vacets-head at vacets.org
Subject: Re: [Vtic2003] FW: [vacets-head] RE: Call for paper
Bravo, anh Ban. We need to build more momentum for next year. Hung.
----- Original Message -----
From: Tran, Ban (TYSONS CORNER(VIENNA) ONE 795)
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Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Vtic2003] FW: [vacets-head] RE: Call for paper
Cac anh chi men,
Despite all rallying effort to get VTIC2003 on the road, I think it was a wise decision to postpone the event until next year due to reasons that are beyond our control. Participating in this year VTIC's event is obviously not a top priority due to the continued poor technology job market and unemployment concerns. The unemployment report that came out today was worse than expected, leaving most people less than encouraged.
I agree with Anh Tri's statement, that having a poorly attended conference would have a negative impact on VACETS on many fronts, specifically sponsorship in my view. Sponsors wants to have maximum exposure for their dollar and we are not in a position to deliver on that expectation this year.
Therefore, I whole heartedly support the postponement and hope for a much improved economic outlook in 2004. With that in mind, I will soon submit my application for candidacy for the Board in our continued effort in making VTIC2004 a success.
Cheers!
Ban
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nhan T. Do [mailto:ndo at sst.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:15 PM
To: vtic2003 at vacets.org
Cc: bi at salasobrien.com; haitran at rocketmail.com
Subject: [Vtic2003] FW: [vacets-head] RE: Call for paper
Dear organizing committee members;
With Tri's input, I decided to postpone this year VTIC until summer next year. Please send me any feedback before I send out the postponement announcement. Thanks, anh Hai and anh Hung for your great effort in recruiting authors.
Best regards,
Nhan
-----Original Message-----
From: Tri Tran [mailto:tran4 at popsicle.llnl.gov]
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:21 PM
To: Nhan T. Do
Cc: thuytle at email.sjsu.edu; loi_tran at sbcglobal.net; jlap at nyctc.cuny.edu; bi at salasobrien.com
Subject: RE: [vacets-head] RE: Call for paper
Hello all,
We have 17 abstracts, 1 poster so far. There are 3 multiple submissions from same author (Hung, Luc and Tri) with the rest coming from 12 other authors with a few new faces. There is one cancellation this weekend (Tuyet of LLNL submitted 2 and withdraw 1). There may be 3 more that we have a good chance of getting (Dai Nghiem, Tung Bui and Tri Cao). The interest level is low with the last 4-5 submissions comes from personal contacts anh Hai made during the 1-month extension period.
I recommend that we postpone this conference until next year for the following reasons:
1. There will be too much work to organize for a few people
2. The wealth of the topical areas is not as wide as I would like to see
3. A cancelled conference is not good but a poorly attended conference is worse for VACETS
4. Time is limited
Attached is a spreadsheet showing the abstracts and authors FYI.
Tri
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