I like Leo will do what I can to help, but my Company will probably
not pay for me to travel to Trento either.
Regards, Terry
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[mailto:iaoa-general-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Obrst, Leo
J.
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 2:01 PM
To: Nicola Guarino; iaoa-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [iaoa-general] IAOA startup process
Nicola and all,
Thanks much for organizing this. I will participate as
much as I can, and would assist on the Executive Council, but unfortunately cannot
travel to Trento. If facsimile signatures will not do, I am afraid I cannot
physically sign. However, I hope to provide comments on the updated
Constitution/Charter shortly. And will assist in other ways.
Thanks,
Leo
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Leo Obrst The MITRE Corporation,
Information Semantics
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[mailto:iaoa-general-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nicola
Guarino
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 1:24 PM
To: iaoa-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [iaoa-general] IAOA startup process
Dear colleague,
this message reaches you since you expressed your interest in setting up
the International Association for Ontology and its Application. We are
happy to inform that this Association is now shaping up.
1. Thanks to the help of Peter Yim
(who also set up this list server), a web site is up and running at the address
www.iaoa.org. Obviously the site is almost
empty right now, the only thing you can get there is the draft Statute,
resulting from the interaction with various volunteers, and the contact address
of our lab's secretary, Sira Greco, who is managing the mailing list of
interested people. Notice that, despite the site is public, it does not make
sense advertizing it before the association is formally constituted.
2. We shall collect comments on the
Statute until the end of March. By April, 1st we shall post the final version.
3. Next step will be the
Association's Constitution Act. The Italian Law requires that this must be a
document undersigned by an initial group of members, who recognize the Statute
and elect the first Executive Council. According to the Statute, the first
Executive Council will be a provisional body, whose main goal will be to lead
the Association to the first ordinary meeting (which must take place within one
year).
4. Our goal is to have a temporary
Executive Council who is agile enough to trigger the startup process, and at
the same time fairly representative of the community. However, we have the
formal and practical problem of gathering together to sign the official
document (a "physical signature" is required). Our proposal is to
invite those of you who are willing to participate to the founding assembly to
attend a small scientific workshop here in Trento, within the end of April,
just to offer you a further opportunity to justify your trip. The founding
assembly will elect the temporary Executive Council and undersign the
constitution act. To confirm your interest to participate to the founding
assembly, and to express your preference concerning the date, please
visit
- candidate yourself for the
Executive Council;
- suggest possible
candidates;
- suggest events and/or locations
for the first ordinary assembly in a year from now;
- express general comments
concerning the association's startup.
Note however that this maling list is
moderated, so please answer to the senders of this message only. Requests fo be
included into this mailing list should be addressed to greco@xxxxxxxxxx
Looking forward to your feedback,