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<p>Hi Everyone,</p>
<p> I have been doing some cleaning up and organising on Github and tried to put together more of an agenda for the final NIAC2020 session by adding another
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column (on the far right) of our Github project</a>. Of course, there is certainly room for further items to be added and for discussions to be revisited. This can be done prior to the meeting either through emails to the list, or by adding further issues to
the <span class="OWAAutoLink">Github project</span> and further comments onto the associated Github issues.<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Here is a zoom link for the final NIAC2020 session on Monday, October 26th, starting at UTC 13:00</span><br>
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<p><a href="https://psich.zoom.us/j/94545564641?pwd=SHpoTEhkOERHZ3I2MlJjeVRacHVaUT09" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk435607" previewremoved="true">https://psich.zoom.us/j/94545564641?pwd=SHpoTEhkOERHZ3I2MlJjeVRacHVaUT09</a></p>
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<div class="form-group">I acknowledge that this NIAC meeting has been a bit of a bumpy ride and I have made some mistakes. COVID19 has forced us to figure out new ways of collaborating in a climate of restrictions and unpredictability. I thank you for your
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<div class="form-group">Cheers,</div>
<div class="form-group">Ben<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NeXus-committee <nexus-committee-bounces@shadow.nd.rl.ac.uk> on behalf of Tobias Richter via NeXus-committee <nexus-committee@shadow.nd.rl.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:34:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NeXus-committee@nexusformat.org; nexus-tech@nexusformat.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NeXus-committee] NIAC2020 final session</font>
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Dear all,</p>
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I will just post my two cent worth here, because there may not be a better place.</p>
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We have a record number of members on the committee. Forgetting to invite the committee to the committee meeting may have been an isolated lapse. But the governance model that we are steering towards is that of an open source project, where those that do the
work get to decide. Obviously open source projects run that way for a reason. And those that put in a lot of work should be heard and thanked.
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So to make that clear: Thank you guys for all the work in the recent months and especially weeks!</p>
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But my point is: I have not seen an attempt to engage with the new members and involve them in the decision making. That would include setting the agenda. In fact Heike has opened a NIAC ticket, that received no perceivable attention. Instead the agenda for
the ‘final NIAC2020 session” discusses proposals prepared by one subset of people _<i>after</i>_ they have been put to a (named) vote.</p>
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In NeXus history many decisions in the past have been non-controversial. But when rubberstamping by the committee is the only expected outcome, the facilities may not feel represented and their needs addressed by that governance model.
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Best wishes,</p>
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Tobias</p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">NeXus-committee <nexus-committee-bounces@shadow.nd.rl.ac.uk> on behalf of "Watts Benjamin (PSI) via NeXus-committee" <nexus-committee@shadow.nd.rl.ac.uk><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Benjamin Watts <benjamin.watts@psi.ch><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 21 October 2020 at 10:10<br>
<b>To: </b>"nexus-committee@nexusformat.org" <NeXus-committee@nexusformat.org>, "nexus-tech@nexusformat.org" <nexus-tech@nexusformat.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[NeXus-committee] NIAC2020 final session</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> Thank you for responding to the poll. The final NIAC2020 session will be on Monday, October 26th, starting at UTC 13:00.I strongly encourage anyone on the NIAC who doesn't already have a Github account to please
sign up and let me know your username so that you can be added to the nexusformat project. This will make voting easier (by adding emojis to the Github comments).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">The main agenda will be to discuss the proposals brought forward for voting, as listed here:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Cheers, </span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> NeXus-committee <nexus-committee-bounces@shadow.nd.rl.ac.uk> on behalf of Watts Benjamin (PSI) via NeXus-committee <nexus-committee@shadow.nd.rl.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 13 October 2020 10:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NeXus-committee@nexusformat.org; nexus-tech@nexusformat.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NeXus-committee] NIAC2020 and Code Camp 2020-2</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">
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<p style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> Firstly, I will apologise for not publicising the NIAC2020 details properly on the email list. Thankfully, we were able to have some very productive discussions that were aided by
Githubs organisational tools. You can review these discussions via:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> The session minutes:
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https://www.nexusformat.org/NIAC2020minutes.html</a></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> The github project:
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https://github.com/nexusformat/NIAC/projects/1</a></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">The list of proposals brought forward for voting:
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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rl5tAywWW4l7wvMy-rCAg_DdwPuNCZYbYLodAQAlwO4/edit#gid=1462589617</a> (votes are cast by adding emojis)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">The final session planned for today will begin soon (Session I at UTC21:00) and, although we have run out of planned topics, I will be present to discuss anything anyone wants to bring up. You can join the zoom meeting
via <a href="https://ukri.zoom.us/j/99316368835?pwd=VU5ReGxidmdkV09MSEZMN2pUMWFBQT09" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk869689" previewremoved="true">
https://ukri.zoom.us/j/99316368835?pwd=VU5ReGxidmdkV09MSEZMN2pUMWFBQT09</a> but note that this is not quite the end of NIAC2020.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">A Code Camp is planned for Monday and Tuesday next week following a similar schedule of Zoom sessions that are being organised here:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Following the Code Camp, we will hold a final NIAC2020 session in which to the issues can be further discussed and the votes finalised. This is to give a chance for people who were unable to attend the Zoom session
of the past 2 days a fair chance to participate. It will also provide a chance to make NIAC decisions on issues that have arisen during the Code Camp. To decide the precise date for the final NIAC2020 session, please respond to the following poll by Monday,
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">The most fair time seems to be UTC 13:00, similar to when we typically have the Telcos. Note that DST will end in Europe on Oct 25th.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Cheers,</span></p>
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