Weekly Conference Call Jan 12 2007

= VistA Community Weekly Conference Call - Fri 12-Jan-2007 =


 * Topic: " VistA Community Meeting -- Rehash part 1" General Discussion


 * '''Organizer / Moderator: Mr. Maury Pepper

Weekly Conference Call Details
The VistA Community is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, (for which we give thanks).


 * Date: Friday, January 12, 2007
 * Start Time: Fri 6:00 AM HST / 8:00am PST / 12:00pm CET / 11:00pm EST / 4:00 PM GMT/UTC
 * ref: World Clock
 * Expected Call Duration: 1.0 hours
 * Dial-in Number:
 * from a telephone (US): 866-483-4159 (toll free)
 * from a phone (Outside USA): 706-634-0093
 * callers from other countries are welcome to call in.
 * Conference ID Number: 5722758
 * Department (if asked): VISTA


 * Please review our Virtual Session Tips and Ground Rules - see: Virtual Speaker Tips
 * please use Conference Call Etiquette when participating in the call, especially during the Question and Answer time.


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 * This conference call, like all other VistA Community events, is open to the public. Information relating to conference calls in general are on the wiki page: http://www.vistapedia.org/~forum/index.php?title=Weekly_Conference_Calls


 * this session is shared on this wiki page: http://www.vistapedia.org/~forum/index.php?title=Weekly_Conference_Call_Jan_12_2007


 * Please note the call is currently not recorded.

Attendees

 * Attended:
 * Peter Bodtke
 * John Leo Zimmer
 * Maury Pepper
 * Chris Richardson
 * David Whitten
 * Greg Woodhouse


 * Expecting:




 * Regrets:



Questions We Intend to Discuss Today

 * A review of what transpired at the VistA Community Meeting
 * Followup on actions planned at the meeting.

Agenda & Proceedings

 * Session Format: this is be a virtual session conducted over an augmented conference call
 * 1. Opening with a self-introduction of participants (5~10 minutes total) - we'll skip this if we have more than 20 participants
 * 2. Topic introduction by the one of the co-organizers (~5 minutes)
 * 3. Open Q&A and general discussion by all participants (40~50 minutes)
 * 4. Summary / Conclusion / Follow-up (organizer/moderator) ~5 minutes


 * Additional Resources:

Questions, Answers & Discourse:
The VistA Community meeting at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD, was held Jan 9-11, 2007. We had varied agenda covering many areas of interest to the VistA Community. Topics at the meeting included:
 * VistA Office EHR details, and vendors support
 * WorldVistA membership structure with proposed benefits and responsibilities
 * New Chief of Technology (David Whitten) and plans for projects in 2007
 * More active support of this Wiki as a way of documenting
 * Members Pages on WorldVistA.ORG website
 * allow usage of Zope/Plone site
 * Planned Education Seminars in 2007
 * March meeting at Robert Morris University
 * September meeting at George Mason University
 * Planned Technical Meetings in 2007
 * Spring meeting in Atlanta Georgia
 * Summer meeting
 * Fall meeting
 * Winter meeting


 * Session ended 2007.01.12 @ 1:10 pm EST