RE: SUO: Ballot may be released Friday
Dear Pierre,
I think you have the idea at last. Just don't belittle it. When people
can throw rocks, if they choose to throw flowers that means something.
Matthew West
Principal Consultant
Shell Information Technology International Limited
Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 7934 4490 Other Tel: +44 7796 336538
Email: matthew.west@shell.com
Internet: http://www.shell.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Grenon [mailto:pierre.grenon@ifomis.uni-leipzig.de]
> Sent: 29 May 2003 15:17
> To: West, Matthew R SITI-ITPSIE
> Cc: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org; Pierre Grenon; jim.s3@juno.com
> Subject: RE: SUO: Ballot may be released Friday
>
>
> Dear Matthew,
>
> Thanks for your kindness and your efforts at rationalizing and being
> pedagogical. So, according to you, although I'm apparently
> asked to vote on the
> future activity of this group, I should not confuse this with
> an actual vote on
> the future activity of this group, it truly is some kind of
> credit giving and
> flower throwing to dearly regarded colleagues.
> We should cut the spiel here and vote on the creation of a
> SUO badge, I'll
> candidate for being the editor of the SUO badge list, I'm
> good at Paint and can
> even design a logo.
>
> Best
> Pierre
>
> > Dear Pierre,
> >
> > The rules are that anyone can propose any motion they like.
> Jim must present
> > such motions for vote. There has been encouragement to
> merge the motions, but
> > it is Adam's final and absolute right to make a motion that
> is just what he
> > wants it to be.
> >
> > The motions whether they pass or fail will neither prevent
> or force people
> > to do anything. They would mark a level of consensus (if
> they pass) and that
> > would be quite an achievement in itself. As I said before,
> it is politics
> > (nothing wrong with that). Just don't confuse it for
> something else. There
> > is certainly no requirement to be logical or canonical.
> >
> >
> > Matthew West
> > Principal Consultant
> > Shell Information Technology International Limited
> > Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom
> >
> > Tel: +44 20 7934 4490 Other Tel: +44 7796 336538
> > Email: matthew.west@shell.com
> > Internet: http://www.shell.com
> >
> >
>