[J3] Thanks for a successful meeting!

[Bill Long]

> On Oct 15, 2020, at 9:32 AM, Steve Lionel via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
> 
> I'll admit that I didn't know what to expect from our first-ever virtual J3 meeting, but I thought (and many of you seem to agree) that it went very well. We had more participants than at any Vegas meeting in memory, we got a lot accomplished, knocking off two work items and fourteen UTIs, plus several interps. (There are a few papers that I think are awaiting "Post", so there may be more UTIs resolved.)

Indeed. Great thanks and congratulations are due to Steve and Lorri for pulling this off so admirably. 


> . Even the June 2021 WG5 meeting is at risk due to the pandemic lasting longer than any of us anticipated, but no decision has been made on that yet. We WILL have a WG5 meeting, even if it has to be virtual.
> 

The phase 3 trials for the COVID-19 vaccines are scheduled to end in October, 2021.  It is realistic to assume that any activity involving travel or a large in-person gathering would be a risk if scheduled before late next Fall. 

Cheers,
Bill

> 
> Steve
> 

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