Mike, (01)
Resending this message, just in case it (or your response to me) slipped
through the cracks, or never reached its destination earlier. (02)
I shall look forward to receiving the details as outlined below when you
can get around to it. (03)
Thanks & regards. -ppy
-- (04)
Peter P. Yim wrote Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:10:41 -0700: (05)
> Dear Dr. Gruninger,
>
> Thank you very much for confirming your acceptance to invitation we
> extended through Evan Wallace, to speak to the Ontolog-Forum on Sep.
> 16, 2004. I am writing to provide further details and some
> administrivia on the event.
>
> This will be a 1.5 to 2 hour event conducted in the form of a virtual
> presentation (approx. 45 min.) over a phone conference that is
> augmented by online presentation material, followed by an open
> discussion (about 30 min.). This will be scheduled during our our
> regular weekly call on Thursdays, 1:30pm to 3:00pm (quite possibly
> extending to 3:30pm) Eastern Time
>
> As mentioned, the other [ontolog] co-conveners and I are looking
> towards bringing some of our activities at [ontolog] to more closely
> align with pertinent government (NIST included, obviously) strategies
> and initiatives; and to foster working relationships with government
> groups that are working in the semantic technology space. Your talking
> to the group and affording us a chance to have an open dialog would be
> most helpful towards that end.
>
> I shall look forward to receiving from you, at your convenience
> (hopefully before the end of this month):
>
> (a) a short biographic sketch of yourself. In addition, if you can
> provide (links to) slightly more extended bio/intro of you and your
> work, that would be even better. It would be fine if you just supply
> the URL's to these material (if something appropriate is already
> available online),
>
> (b) a recent picture of yours (about 150x150 pixels, in png, jpg or
> gif format),
>
> (c) a title of your talk, and
>
> (d) an abstract of your talk (anywhere from a few sentences to a
> couple of paragraphs will do).
>
> Once I get the above, I will start circulating the information among
> the community, so that people could mark their calendars and plan to
> attend. Closer to the time, I will coordinate with you on getting your
> powerpoint or other presentation material online, so that they could
> be accessed virtually during the talk.
>
> For your reference, please feel free to check out the wiki pages of
> similar recent presentations, like the ones given by Steve Ray of
> NIST (see
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_02_12), or
> one the by Brand Niemann on eGov (see
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2004_04_22)
>
> Additionally, we have been recording (some, so far, since this is
> still a volunteer effort; but the intent is to do it for all) our
> presentation sessions and make the streaming audio available online,
> along with the presentation material. May I, on behalf of ontolog,
> request your permission to do so. (Please refer to our IPR policy at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl#nid036).
>
> Once again, thank you very much for agreeing to speak, and to having a
> dialog with our community. I shall look forward to the event, and to
> collaborating with you in the future. Feel free to contact the
> undersigned if there is any question.
>
> Sincerely,
> PPY
>
> Peter P. Yim (650-578-9998)
> [ontolog] forum, co-convener
> http://ontolog.cim3.net
> --
>
>
> (06)
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