[Gpdtc] [External] Draft merger agreement

[Cloet, Ian C.]

Dear Andreas and Jianwei,

Thanks for your positive comments, they are appreciated!

This is likely obvious, but regarding the "75% majority vote", this is just for the "guiding principles" as Jianwei notes. For other decisions of the SC we hope/trust it will function normally, e.g., by majority vote.

Cheers, Ian






On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 23:19:15 +0000
Jianwei Qiu <jqiu at jlab.org> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I would like to second what Andreas said "Thank you very much, Ian, Martha, David and Christian!"
> 
> This document covers all important issues that are needed to ensure a successful merge of two groups with well defined physics objectives and mechanism to achieve them.
> 
> Since SC has only 8 people, the 75% is effectively saying that at least 6 people are needed for any major changes of these guiding principles.  I think, this is a reasonable choice in view of the fact that each group has 4 people on SC.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jianwei
> ________________________________
> From: Gpdtc <gpdtc-bounces at jlab.org> on behalf of Andreas Metz <andreas.metz at temple.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2022 5:59 PM
> To: David Richards <dgr at jlab.org>; gpdtc at jlab.org <gpdtc at jlab.org>
> Subject: Re: [Gpdtc] [External] Draft merger agreement
> 
> Thank you very much, Ian, Martha, David and Christian!  In my opinion, this looks very good and covers the essential points in a concise manner.
> 
> A minor point that I have is about item 10, the "75% majority vote."  I understand the rationale behind this but, at the present stage, such a rule may be perceived as quite bold by the other group.  Maybe there is a "safe" way to water this down a bit.?  But take a final decision on this as you see fit.
> 
> Most likely I won't join tomorrow, but I have full confidence that the document will be finalized in the best way possible.
> 
> Thank you again for your tremendous and very important work!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Andreas
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Gpdtc <gpdtc-bounces at jlab.org> on behalf of David Richards <dgr at jlab.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2022 5:19 PM
> To: gpdtc at jlab.org <gpdtc at jlab.org>
> Subject: [External] [Gpdtc] Draft merger agreement
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> We have just had a long discussion to reach a consensus on the bullet points to present to Feng, Ismail, Phiala and Xiangdong in advance of a meeting we have arranged with them for 4pm on Monday.  We are currently refining the document, and expect to have that completed by 930am tomorrow morning.  Please take a look at that document, though please add comments below rather than altering the bullets as written.
> 
> We aim to reach an agreement on this document tomorrow afternoon, and then present it as our collective bullet points to the other team to implement the merger.
> 
> Please complete the “when2meet” for tomorrow afternoon at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.when2meet.com_-3F14271198-2DYwZ4E&d=DwIGaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=O0ypPvcn8ZUcU42oKTSHzQ&m=38dQzeDGvU0z0H_ZyoyBS2DhGMXqty4Kn3XWukKxAweWKbgFbaXU-lkiD4ZPRTBU&s=I4wl8_52QcDzScW_6w-H-4PRzvRHsrMW5xr5TZHp9_w&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253A-252F-252Fwww.when2meet.com-252F-253F14271198-2DYwZ4E-26data-3D04-257C01-257Candreas.metz-2540temple.edu-257Cd823f8a68a6b4682fdcd08d9ddf53e6b-257C716e81efb52244738e3110bd02ccf6e5-257C0-257C0-257C637784867654834890-257CUnknown-257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0-253D-257C3000-26sdata-3D-252Bf9i5NML-252Fcqr08eTOSXxslPRehusymX-252BDUz19zhxR9o-253D-26reserved-3D0&d=DwMF-g&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=O0ypPvcn8ZUcU42oKTSHzQ&m=45Cl7NiBEVwgiRmjaDvmMXU1O53jJv6f3wRROROKcw34RPv1potNJsOZfTLozBXJ&s=_EcE87aK3sHObzSYPtSQ9lOBw0N72ZMLwoYrWFq3DUk&e=>.  If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, and have comments, please place them at the end of the document, after the bullets.
> 
> Regards,
> Ian, Martha, David and Christian