I second this motion. (01)
Sincerely,
Rex Brooks (02)
At 4:02 AM -0700 7/7/06, Peter P. Yim wrote:
>Those who have been attending our planning meetings will recall that
>we have had the item: "NCOR relationship" listed as "pending" for
>months now.
>
>I am pleased to report that we (through exchanges between myself,
>Barry Smith and Mark Musen) are making very good progress lately,
>and are poised to establish a Two-Way Partnership Relationship
>between Ontolog and NCOR (once we get all the formalities out of the
>way). On our part, what needs to be done is that we put forth a
>motion, and get that adopted by this community.
>
>
>Terms of Reference:
>
>According to the NCOR Statutes, they are expecting NCOR partners to
>be: "institutions and research groups in academia, industry and
>government (that) have a proven track record of excellence in
>ontological research or in the application of ontology to the
>solving of concrete problems. In addition they should be committed
>to NCOR's primary goal of raising the quality of ontological
>research and development through development and testing of
>objective measures of quality.
>
>NCOR partner will also have obligations:
>
> o to contribute to NCOR's broader goals of coordination and
>evaluation of ontology research;
>
> o to help steer NCOR's work in a direction that makes sense for
>their respective constituency;
>
> o to help publicize NCOR's goals in their respective constituency;
>
> o to inform the Executive Committee about funding opportunities, and
>
> o to provide real problems which can be used to test ontologies
>developed by other NCOR partners."
>
>I believe Ontolog qualifies.
>
>
>Additionally, I reckon that we (Ontolog) will readily accept as
>'partner' any organization that shares our vision and mission as
>stated in the Ontolog's Charter (ref:
>http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidB) and is
>willing to join us in advancing that mission. In the case of NCOR, I
>trust that a two-way Partnership between our two organizations (NCOR
>and Ontolog) will potentially bring about synergies that will
>benefit practitioners and users of ontologies or ontology-related
>work.
>
>
>Motion:
>
>I, therefore, move:
>
>"That the Ontolog community offer NCOR to be an 'Ontolog Partner'
>and to accept to be an 'NCOR Partner' if so offered."
>
>
>Due Process:
>
>(a) I need an active Ontolog member to second the motion.
>
>(b) For the next 7 calendar days, we'll open this up for discussion
>(via this virtual forum), suggestions or amendments.
>
>(c) After that we'll re-state the (possibly updated) motion and put
>it to the vote. The ballot shall be open for 7 calendar days (during
>which active members will vote by e-mail.) We may adopt this
>summarily if there are no objections. (precedence ref:
>http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum//ontolog-forum/2005-06/msg00059.html#nid05)
>
>
>If we are lucky, we may be able to adopt this in time to allow us to
>announce this during the upcoming Ontolog Face-to-Face Meeting which
>commences on 23-Jul-2006. As such, your prompt response are
>solicited and appreciated.
>
>Feel free to post any question you may have on the matter.
>
>
>Thanks & regards. =ppy
>
>Peter P. Yim
>Co-convener, Ontolog
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