dear nicola
this appears a good selection of people. i would perhaps include tom bittner
to have a member from the usa academic environment. (01)
kind regards (02)
andrew (03)
On Friday 24 April 2009 17:40:33 Nicola Guarino wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> here is the list of people that I propose for the *temporary
> Executive Council* that will guide our new association to the first
> ordinary assembly. As you know, this E.C. is not elected but just
> appointed at the first IAOA meeting on April 29th. They will remain in
> place till the first election which has to take place within one year.
>
> I hoped more people were going to volunteer for the E.C. but I
> suspect many were worried of taking the position now because more
> practical work is expected in the initial period of the association.
> Considering the few that were available, we had anyway to make some
> choice, asking other people in order to make sure to cover several
> geographical areas and reache many research communities. Others are
> left out, I'm aware of this, but we did our best given the
> circumstances.
>
> Also, in making the list I was guided by the need to have people near
> me that are ready to do practical work and to react quickly to solve
> problems. In particular, I will propose Stefano to play the role of
> secretary during this period, if the Executive Council will approve
> this at the first meeting.
>
> Please feel free to express your opinion on this proposal, either
> publically or privately, before April 29th. I believe that the
> scientific position and visibility of the people in the list are
> excellent, but we need the active participation of all of you to
> launch the association in the best way and to make it known in all the
> research communities. In this spirit, we shall certainly need
> volunteers willing to follow the association startup process in
> specific sectors or geographical areas. We are finally starting a new
> challenge with the official beginning of the IAOA, it is our
> responsibility to make it successful!
>
> All the best,
>
> Nicola
>
>
> Proposal for the IAOA initial Executive Council:
>
> Nicola Guarino, ISTC-CNR
> John Bateman, University of Bremen
> Stefano Borgo, ISTC-CNR
> Paul Buitelaar, DERI
> Antony Galton, University of Exeter
> Michael Gruninger, University of Toronto
> Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University
> Mark Musen, Stanford University
> Laure Vieu, IRIT-CNRS and ISTC-CNR
> Peter Yim, CIM Engineering Inc.
>
>
> P.S.: We shall circulate by express mail the official constitution act
> to be signed by those EC members who will not attend the meeting.
>
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