paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx wrote Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:14:31 +0700:
> ...[snip]...
>
> [PDM] do we have a formal way to suggesting/voting for sessions? how
> are these sessions chosen?how do we know how many people are
> interested in a topic? could we have a 'call for sessions' where people
> can submit their talks and then maybe have more than one speaker
> present around the same topic, to have a plurality of views and enrich
> the discourse? (01)
For those who are new to the community, our regular weekly
conference calls are on Thursdays starting 10:30am PDT / 1:30pm
EDT / 6:30pm BST / 7:30pm CEST / 17:30 GMT/UTC (adjusted back to
PST & EST when the US gets off daylight saving time.) (02)
When we don't have a scheduled events (like an invited talk or
panel discussion), we will, by default, use that slot for (what
we call) our "regular operations planning and review meeting"
where active members of the community get together and review our
activities and well being, suggest new ideas, corrective actions,
etc. etc. These calls are only announced on the wiki (under "News
and Announcements" (in order not to create additional mail
traffic), but everyone who cares is welcomed to join in. One can
also send in his/her idea(s) for discussion, through the
mailing list or the wiki session page, in absentia. (03)
Practically all Ontolog initiatives are community driven. The
best way to make something happen is to (i) announce the idea,
(ii) get enough people to support and idea (and be willing to
work on it), (iii) create a project/initiative, form a team,
appoint a champion and (iv) then go do it. The champion of an
initiative is generally trusted with making the calls and seeing
to it that we have a top quality program. (04)
In the past, new initiatives, projects, programs, etc. generally
come out of these discussions, or from ideas informally brought
up in the discussion list. And, without exception, champions of
all past initiatives have made open calls to the entire community
for participation (as team members, as presenters, etc.) (05)
That's the informal way things get done around here. The formal
way is documented under:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid1Y ...
both should work, but of course, the formal way is normative. (06)
> [PDM] I wonder For example, if vendor a can come up and
> sell their stoffe, it would be only fair if vendor b
> could do the same... and to balance the vendor perspective,
> we could have users, observers, researchers, all providing
> their perspective (which now they can do in form of questions
> and answers, but it does not get captured as being part of
> the topic, merely follow up) just ideas .. cheers, PDM (07)
By default we intend to keep our distance from commercial
vending, as discussed earlier - see:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-09/msg00031.html#nid02 (08)
... commercial products and vending have slightly different
objectives from what we are chartered to do. "Selling" is
probably better done elsewhere, than over the settings of a
purely volunteered (and community donated) effort that we operate
on here. (09)
Regards. =ppy (010)
Peter Yim
Co-convener, Ontolog
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