All, (01)
I talked with Tony Shaw, this week, about plans for the upcoming
Semantic Technology conference. He again offered Ontolog a meeting
room, if we desire one. I told him that were thinking more along the
lines of an informal community dinner, assuming we can find someone
to organize it. (02)
He reiterated his offer for Ontolog member discounts, suggesting that
we be considered a "community partner", which would give Ontolog
members a 50% cut. (03)
Finally, he asked if we would want to contribute to / sponsor a
keynote on the topic: "What is an Ontology?" Dave McComb had
informed him of Ontolog's recent discussions on that topic. I told
him that we were trying to find individuals to consolidate the
discussions down to something like a digest. Tony offered the
possibility that his company could provide small writing stipends for
graduate students to do some of the work. His goal is to create a
conference take-away with Ontolog holding the copyright. (04)
Tony would prefer a response by Wednesday, so that the conference
brochures could reflect our decisions, but we don't need to respond
that quickly. (05)
In any event I suggest that we invite Tony to Thursday's 10:30
planning session to reach agreement on the particulars. (06)
Thoughts and suggestions? (07)
/s/ kwc 2007.02.11 11:35 (08)
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