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Re: [iaoa-general] IAOA startup process

To: Nicola Guarino <nicolguar@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "iaoa-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <iaoa-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Luciano Serafini <serafini@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:31:25 +0100
Message-id: <20090320153125.GB28447@xxxxxx>
Dear Nicola,     (01)

many thanks for taking this action. I'm happy to help in this 
initial phase. I also have no problems to participate to a meeting in trento. 
:)     (02)

Luciano     (03)



On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 06:24:06PM +0100, Nicola Guarino wrote:
> 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<http://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
> 
> http://beta.meetomatic.com/respond.php?id=F76K60
> 
> 5. Please feel free to:
> 
> -  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<mailto:greco@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Looking forward to your feedback,
> 
> Nicola Guarino
> Stefano Borgo
> Sira Greco
> 
> 
>     (04)

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