Replied: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 21:16:55 -0500 Replied: Ian Foster Return-Path: grcntr-owner-gridbook2@mcs.anl.gov Delivery-Date: Tue Dec 3 11:58:43 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mcs.anl.gov (cliff.mcs.anl.gov [140.221.9.17]) by grids.ucs.indiana.edu (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id gB3GwhN19322 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:58:43 -0500 (EST) Received: (from listserv@localhost) by mcs.anl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA129204 for grcntr-gridbook2-outgoing; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:57:57 -0600 Received: from itf2.mcs.anl.gov (vpnclient18108.mcs.anl.gov [140.221.18.108]) by mcs.anl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA89362 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:57:52 -0600 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20021203002541.02417d10@pop.mcs.anl.gov> X-Sender: itf@pop.mcs.anl.gov X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 X-Priority: 2 (High) Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 10:56:48 -0600 To: gridbook2@grids-center.org From: Ian Foster Subject: Status + Plans Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_1727914==.ALT" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DEAR_SOMEBODY version=2.21 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-gridbook2@grids-center.org Precedence: bulk Content-Length: 5559 --=====================_1727914==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Dear Grid Book 2nd Edition Authors: I know that some of you (the ones who have submitted drafts) have been wondering how we are doing on feedback and schedule; the others (the ones who haven't submitted drafts) have been perhaps feeling guilty and wondering why we weren't bugging you more than we have been. Well, we've been trying not to be too annoying, and also realized that with many people engaged with SC and Thanksgiving, nagging wasn't going to be too effective during the latter part of November. However, we are now dropping the "nice guys" facade and are going to start bugging you all like mad! We'll be sending more details over the next few days, but here in brief is the situation: * We have received roughly half of the chapters, the other half are promised "real soon now" with varying degrees of "real soon" but I believe in most cases this really does mean that they are more or less done. So we are a bit behind, but not too badly so. * What we propose we do is the following: send feedback on current drafts (where this has not been done) in the next day or two, and then establish December 20th as a cutoff for final versions of those drafts that we have already, and for high-quality drafts from those who have not submitted. We'll then perform more reviews, get feedback to people with late drafts, and aim for final submission of text to MKP by late January. So, note that if you have not submitted your draft, please do asap: this week is better than next! But December 20th is the cut-off: after that date we will just have to go without your chapter. Thanks to everyone who has been so good at submitting things on time; and to those who have not, we understand how hard this is to fit in, and are ready to help in any way we can with this final push. Regards -- Ian and Carl. _______________________________________________________________ Ian Foster http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~foster Math & Computer Science Div. Dept of Computer Science Argonne National Laboratory The University of Chicago Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A. Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A. 630 252 4619 (fax 5986) 773 702 3487 (fax 8487) --=====================_1727914==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Dear Grid Book 2nd Edition Authors:

I know that some of you (the ones who have submitted drafts) have been wondering how we are doing on feedback and schedule; the others (the ones who haven't submitted drafts) have been perhaps feeling guilty and wondering why we weren't bugging you more than we have been. Well, we've been trying not to be too annoying, and also realized that with many people engaged with SC and Thanksgiving, nagging wasn't going to be too effective during the latter part of November. However, we are now dropping the "nice guys" facade and are going to start bugging you all like mad!

We'll be sending more details over the next few days, but here in brief is the situation:

* We have received roughly half of the chapters, the other half are promised "real soon now" with varying degrees of "real soon" but I believe in most cases this really does mean that they are more or less done. So we are a bit behind, but not too badly so.

* What we propose we do is the following: send feedback on current drafts (where this has not been done) in the next day or two, and then establish December 20th as a cutoff for final versions of those drafts that we have already, and for high-quality drafts from those who have not submitted. We'll then perform more reviews, get feedback to people with late drafts, and aim for final submission of text to MKP by late January.

So, note that if you have not submitted your draft, please do asap: this week is better than next! But December 20th is the cut-off: after that date we will just have to go without your chapter.

Thanks to everyone who has been so good at submitting things on time; and to those who have not, we understand how hard this is to fit in, and are ready to help in any way we can with this final push.

Regards -- Ian and Carl.

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Ian Foster                                      http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~foster
Math & Computer Science Div.           Dept of Computer Science
Argonne National Laboratory             The University of Chicago
Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A.               Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A.
630 252 4619 (fax 5986)                773 702 3487 (fax 8487)
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