Re: SUO: Ballot may be released Friday
Oh, never mind, Pierre is a shame for all soccer players ;o))
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"West, Matthew R SITI-ITPSIE" a écrit :
>
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >