Peter: (01)
You'll be happy to know you'll be getting a lot more members too. I
promoted Ontolog Forum during my talk and many people were asking for the
URL. The Web 2.0 crowd is pretty eager to learn more. (02)
D (03)
On 3/29/07 3:53 PM, "Peter Yim" <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote: (04)
> Hi Francis,
>
> We actually have 3 membership classes now - Active Members, Members
> and Observers.
>
> The general delineation between any of the above 3 classes of members
> from non-members is that they are subscribed to the [ontolog-forum]
> mailing list ... although anyone can still have a choice of picking a
> "mail" (to inbox, this is the default), "digest" or "no mail" delivery
> mode), but subscription allows them to post to the forum. While
> non-subscribers still have access to our open message archives and see
> what's being discussed, they will not be able to post (i.e. they can't
> join in the 'conversation').
>
> All 3 classes of members are subscribed to [ontolog-invitation], our
> "announcment list" too (along with others who have participated in our
> events previously, or those who requested to be posted of our events.)
>
> Now to answer your question, 'observers' have no voting rights (all
> together). Members, if they are deemed to be 'active' (as determined
> over a set of a criteria as documented in the OASIS process which we
> follow), may vote on community issues ... when it really counts. That
> said, in the 5 years we have been around, we actually have never had
> to resort to 'counting votes' to decide on anything. All motions
> (actually only a handful, so far) were passed by general consensus.
>
> Hope that's clear enough.
>
> Best regards. =ppy
> --
>
>
> On 3/29/07, Francis Fung <ffung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Thank you very much. I think it would be great to join, but first let me
>> ask: what is the difference between an active member and an observer in your
>> organization?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Francis Fung
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter P. Yim [mailto:peter.yim@xxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:50 PM
>> To: Francis Fung; Rex Brooks
>> Cc: Kathryn Blackmond Laskey; Paulo CG Costa; Ken Baclawski; Steve Ray;
>> Janssen, Terry L. [C]; Michelle Raymond
>> Subject: Re: conf call today - Ontolog 2007.03.29
>>
>> Hi Francis,
>>
>> It was great to have you at our event today. Do consider joining
>> us if what we are doing at Ontolog aligns well with your
>> professional interest. See details at:
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid1J
>>
>> I just wanted to draw your attention to a question (and the
>> follow-up post) from Rex for you. See:
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-03/msg00408.html
>>
>> By the way, Rex, Kathy/Paulo mentioned (in their slides and to
>> your question, probably after you inadvertently dropped off,
>> though) that Paulo is currently working on a Protege plugin too.
>>
>> Regards. =ppy
>>
>> Peter P. Yim
>>
>> Co-convener,
>> Ontolog Forum
>> http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki/
>>
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>>
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>> --
>>
>>
>> Francis Fung wrote Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:01:27 -0700:
>>> Hello! I'd like to participate in the conference call today. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Francis Fung
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