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Dear Amber and Graham,<br>
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I fully support moving the planned CHEP to 2022. I think the one
issue from the delay, is the lack of opportunity for publications
for some of the community. There are many people on the computing
side, for whom CHEP and ACAT are basically the only outlets for
their work. ACAT2020 has been postponed (currently envisaged for
very late in 2021... but given that there is, as yet, no end in
sight to the pandemic, even that might not crystallize. I'm not sure
about CHEPinos... because there are many other well-established and
well-focused forums and we might start "treading on toes". However,
if we do go ahead, then we should think carefully about how to
address the "high-quality publication" issue. <br>
<br>
Regard, David.<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/08/2020 14:28, Amber Boehnlein
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear CHEP
IAC,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jefferson
Lab has a new events coordinator on staff, Anita Seay. Her
first action was to negotiate with the hotels and the city
of Norfolk about the possibilities concerning CHEP2021.
The negotiating position is much stronger now than in
May. The City of Norfolk and the hotels are making a
recommendation to the hotels’ corporate offices of moving
the conference without penalty to either Spring or Fall of
2022 if we can sign a contract that commits to an event in
Norfolk in 2022 at the original number of attendees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is not
the standard process for selecting the next CHEP, I know.
Unusual times call for unusual actions. However, please
let us know if you concur or not with the prospective date
change
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt"> If a quorum of you do, and the
corporate offices agree, Graham, Anita and I will submit an
updated proposal to this body and we can discuss dates.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We can then
discuss what to do about 2021 as well. I like the idea of
Regional virtual ‘CHEPinos’ with maybe some abbreviated
‘plenary’ format.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The
alternative is to proceed with the planning for an in-person
CHEP2021 for reasons I’ll explain when we next meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you so
much, and we request a response by Sept 1.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Amber and
Graham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Amber
Boehnlein <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Computational
Sciences and Technology Division Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">CIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thomas
Jefferson National Accelerator Facility<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a
href="mailto:amber@jlab.org" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#0563C1">amber@jlab.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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