[Vtic2003] RE: Extending VTIC2003 Deadline

[Bi Nguyen]

Hi all,
Em hope everyone is doing great and ready to move forward..... Em don't
know who has the latest sponsorship's letter. The last time em saw it;
it still had red marks on it. Please give em some directions and
guidelines what to do next. Thanks
 
Energetically,
Em
Bi
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Nhan T. Do [mailto:ndo at sst.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:03 PM
To: Nhan T. Do; vtic2003 at vacets.org; bi at salasobrien.com
Subject: Extending VTIC2003 Deadline



Dear all, 

First of all, thank you for taking your time to vote for the VTIC2003
options.  An overwhelming number of the organizing committee members
voted for option 2.  A total of 12 people took the time to vote and to
give many great suggestions.  The ratio of option 2 : option 1 is 10:2.

Therefore, the abstract submission deadline will be extended to 6/1/03.
The deadline for the full paper will also be extended to 7/1/03.  We
will have ~ 6 weeks to compile the proceeding.  We will need a lot
support from everybody.  Anh Ban and Bi will need to send out the
sponsorship letters right away.

Despite Tri's tremendous effort in soliciting for the abstracts with
past VTIC authors and potential future authors, we fell short of the
number.  I therefore would like to urge the more senior committee
members (ca'c anh Hai, Hung, James, Luc, Thuy, and Tri CaoH) to use your
personal contacts on abstract solicitation.  Today, anh Hai personally
called Dr. Tinh Nguyen at NIST for a submission and got a commitment.
Thanks, anh Hai.

We currently have 15 submissions (both oral and poster).  Our goal is to
have 30 oral and 10 poster submissions.  If each of us can get 1-2 more
submissions, we will definitely have a respectable VTIC2003.

I will follow this email with an announcement to extend the abstract
submission deadline soon.  Please send me any comment before I send out
the annoucement.

Again, thank you everyone for your time and enthusiastic support. 

Best regards, 

Nhan 

	-----Original Message----- 
From:   Nhan T. Do 
Sent:   Tuesday, May 06, 2003 5:32 PM 
To:     Nhan T. Do; 'vtic2003 at vacets.org' 
Subject:        RE: VTIC2003 

	Dear VTIC2003 Organizing Committee: 

	First of all, thank you for your suggestions on what to do next
with VTIC2003.  Please send me your vote on one of the following 2
options:

	1)  Postpone VTIC2003 to next year (2004). 
2)  Extend the abstract submission deadline to June 1, 2003.  The full
paper deadline will be pushed by one month.  This option will require
aggressive approach to potential authors.

	You have 48 hours to cast a vote.  I will send out the decision
by 6PM 5/8/2003. 

	Thank you for your time and effort. 

	Regards, 

	Nhan 

	-----Original Message----- 
From:   Nhan T. Do 
Sent:   Monday, May 05, 2003 5:27 PM 
To:     'vtic2003 at vacets.org' 
Subject:        VTIC2003 

	Dear all, 

	As of today, Tri and I have received only 13 abstracts for the
VTIC2003.  There may be a number of reasons for the low number of
submission this year.  Two possible main reasons are (1) the current
economic situation and (2) proximity (time) of this to VTIC2002.

	I would urgently like to call for an on-line discussion of what
to do next.  I am proposing the following 2 options: 

	1)  Postpone VTIC2003 to next year 
2)  Extend the abstract submission deadline again 

	Please send me any other option you can think of in the next 24
hours.  I will then post all the options to the organizing committee for
a quick vote.

	Thank you for your time and effort. 

	Regards, 

	Nhan 

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