Dear members of the VOQL WG,
On behalf of the IVOA executive committee I am pleased to annouce that we selected a new chairperson and a deputy chair for the VOQL WG. This is because the former cochair, Maria Nieto-Santisteban, needs to concentrate to finish her thesis. At the same time the exec decided to introduce a new chairperson-ship system -- a combination of a chair and a deputy chair to enable the WG management more robust.
The exec has assigned Pedro Osuna (ESAC) as the new chair and Yuji Shirasaki (Japan) as a new deputy chair of the VOQL WG. I would like to note that a chair and a deputy chair need to discuss to manage a WG and that the deputy does not necessarily mean that he/she automatically takes over the chair when the chair steps down. When the chair steps down, the exec will discuss to assign a new chair and a new deputy chair.
The exec would like to appreciate Maria's leadership in managing the VOQL WG and in rewriting the ADQL/SkyNode working documents. Her task was so hard becuase of the importance of the ADQL and the SkyNode interface, and she really made great jobs !!
I would like to invite Maria to participate all the IVOA activities to delevep a new research infrastructure for the astronomical communities.
Finally I would like to ask Pedro and Yuji to take the lead of the VOQL WG from now on.
With best regards,
Masatoshi Ohishi, chairman, IVOA Received on 2006-07-27Z17:44:21