MAG Work Items April 2020

Hello Modeling Advisory Group and Interested Observers

I hope you're all bearing up during this strange time.   I was sorry to not see you all at our usual London meeting.

In cancelling the face to face meeting, the need to discuss an entire agenda in one sitting was removed and we became able to hold meetings on a per topic basis, which perhaps allows for more focused discussion.   It also means that we can potentially avoid time-zone issues and late night / early morning calls entirely using written discussion in confluence pages.

Questions in lieu of Face to Face Meeting

To this end, I've created a jumping-off page to collect links to pages on which I would appreciate your consideration and comments:  MAG Questions in flight.

There's just the one link about Boolean values as of today.  Those of you who are "watching" the space will receive notifications as further pages are linked in.

Modeling Advisory Group Membership

Most of the Modeling Advisory Group has now reached or passed their allocated terms and SNOMED International will be inviting applications for new participants.   However our target skill set is both broad and very specific, and such expertise is quite hard to come by.  Therefore it is likely that the majority of the existing membership will be asked to stay on.    I will assume that all MAG members would wish to remain involved unless I hear otherwise.   I expect to report on any change in membership by the end of July, in good time to arrange time/travel for the October Expo should it go ahead.

In the meantime, could I ask you to review your entry in the Declarations of Interest page please, and make any updates that may be required.

Thanks & Best Wishes, Peter