[DUC] meeting rescheduled

[dchen010 at student.ucr.edu]

Hi there,

Something happened to my account,and it may take some time to 
fix it up. And something else.In case I won't be able to show 
up,I'm attaching some comments/advice here.

The draft is well-done.No problem with that except that 
initials of the title should be capitalized and duc8 is 
better changed to DUC VIII or the 8th DUC. Redundant 
comments,I guess.I'm sure you'll formalize it in the final 
draft.By the way, I love the mosaic-like design for the 
title "breaking it down" in the pdf.The form physically and 
humorously explains the content.

Are you going to print out and send it as flyer? Or we can 
use both email call and printed call for papers so as to 
reach more people. For the e-version,we can use either pdf 
file,or,if time allows,a simple webpage,with the title at 
top,then a table of content linked to the details page 
down.The table of content may include the several items of 
the draft like overview of duc/duc background, the primary 
concept of duc VIII(breaking it down) and possible/tentative 
topics,submission instructions,important dates,and perhaps 
two extra parts:program committee(with names and contacts of 
the board or committee members,and preferably one or two 
faculty members related to the program), and a selected 
listing of happenings and achievements of last 7 
conferences,so that people will know we have a history and 
prestige and will give it more credit.I'm sure everyone will 
receive a couple of the like calls per day and won't take 
much notice when busy.

If we have an icon(for duc),we may also add it onto the page.

I know everyone is busy during the preparatory stage of the 
conference,and i don't mean to complicate things and overload 
ourselves.Just a quick idea I came up with that I'd like to 
share.A flyer may get thrown away easily, while a 
simple,clear webpage may stay longer and reach a large body 
of people from elsewhere without ourselves taking the trouble 
of traveling physically.

Thanks Jessica and Mark for the great work. In case I won't 
be there this afternoon,hope the meeting is both fun and 
fruitful.

Duanzi