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To: paoladimaio10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "[ontolog-forum]" <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Mike Bennett <mbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:18:00 +0000
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Paola,    (01)

Peter did not pick on you. He posted some ananymous examples of things 
we should all avoid, and that should have been the end of it.    (02)

You then stepped up and said you were the author of all of those 
examples. You may think that everyone remembers everything you have 
written, and who it was that wrote each thing. I'm sorry to disillusion 
you.    (03)

We all came here because we like the policy as it stands. Democracy is 
electing to come here, not trying to change it. There is no place for 
emails about the agenda of this group, you either find it appropriate to 
your work or you don't. I would welcome an alternative forum for the 
issues you like to discuss, and for posts about things you have not had 
time to think about. Let me know where I can find it and I will see you 
there, outside of working hours.    (04)

Mike    (05)

Paola Di Maio wrote:
> Peter, Matthew, Pavitra,
>
> and those who have emailed :-)
>
>
> Peter, you obviously like making me the center of your on list 
> frustrations,
> no worries, I am bold enough, and again sorry that discoursive posts, 
> and honest
> replies to thread, make you unconfortable
>
> Pavitra, and others, thanks for making Peter note that his moderation 
> style on this
> occasion is a tad hysterical (lets try to see the humourous side of it?)
>
> Mathew, you are right
>
> My behaviour on this forum is based on the assumption that this is an 
> open forum,
> and not Peter Yims personal space - if thats the case, many things are 
> explained
> (including the narrow stance on some threads) -
>
> But please look at my posts, what exactly is it that I say to cause such
> an irrational escalade? I asked others (offlist) to tell me what 
> exactly did I say
> that warrants such vile attacks, and nobody came back with anything
>
> I do however exert my (human) right to freedom of speech and opinion
> on this list, as well as anywhere else
>
> It says this is an open community, etc etc, this changes everything!
> (i was wondering why the forum has had the same convener in all these 
> years... )
>
> On the other hand, look at how this escalated
>
> Peter picked some out of context portions of my post (from an 
> otherwise interesting thread)
> and pointed at them as inappropriate
>
> I, and others, have pointed out that yes, we need less noise, but picking
>
> out on one person/snippets may not be correct
>
> peter leashed out on me on list (not offlist )
>
> I merely defend myself against personal attacks,
>
>
> Anway I am thoroughly bored with this now
>
> Peter, please do take your insults against me offlist would you?
>
> I will resist your onlist provocations from now on, but after I meet 
> my deadline
> a private duel is in order, your choice of weapons
>
> PDM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Matthew West 
> <dr.matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:dr.matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Colleagues,
>
>      
>
>     I think it is very easy to find yourself behaving inappropriately
>     in this forum, and that is because it can look like an entirely
>     open and public space, which really it is not. Let me try to draw
>     an analogy on how I see things.
>
>      
>
>     Acceptable behaviour varies depending on where you are. When you 
>     are in your own home you can do very nearly what you  like. Murder
>     would still be frowned on, but you can certainly say what you like
>     as often and as loud as you like, and if I am visiting you I have
>     no right to complain, but I am free to leave.
>
>      
>
>     In a public space what you can say will depend on where you are.
>     In the US you can probably still say what you like, in the UK at
>     least if you say it too loudly you might be charged with
>     disturbing the peace. In Iran you might have to be altogether more
>     careful.
>
>      
>
>     When you visit someone else’s home it is a different matter. If
>     you have been invited to a party and the host thinks you are
>     making too much noise, he may ask you to quieten down. If you do
>     not, he may ask you to leave. They are within their rights to do so.
>
>      
>
>     The Ontolog Forum is really a room in Peter’s home. The door is
>     open, on it there is a sign that says “Computational Ontology
>     Discussion Room” and there is an open invitation, it has glass
>     walls so anyone can see what is going on inside. It can look very
>     like a public space, but actually it isn’t.
>
>      
>
>     Many of us forget this from time to time, either going off topic,
>     or being overly sharp in our responses. When Peter reminds us that
>     we have strayed, we should remember that it is his house and we
>     are his guests.
>
>      
>
>     Regards
>
>      
>
>     Matthew West                           
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>     <mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of
>     *Pavithra
>     *Sent:* 30 January 2010 11:00
>     *To:* paoladimaio10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:paoladimaio10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; [ontolog-forum]
>     *Cc:* [ontolog-forum]
>     *Subject:* Re: [ontolog-forum] [OT] Paola di Maio fiasco [was -
>     Re: Knowledge, Options and Institutions]
>
>      
>
>     Steve Ray,
>
>     Since you are the Chair, please ask Peter to accept her "apology"
>     and be graceful.
>
>     What is the harassment policy on this forum?   
>
>     This forum should be not be used for personal attacks or to
>     humiliate anyone!
>     ( Please note that I have referred this email to Steve Ray and not
>     to Peter and I do not expect a reply from Peter on this either).
>
>     Regards,
>     Pavithra
>
>     --- On *Fri, 1/29/10, Peter Yim /<peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx>>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     Subject: [ontolog-forum] [OT] Paola di Maio fiasco [was - Re:
>     Knowledge, Options and Institutions]
>     To: paoladimaio10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:paoladimaio10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     Cc: "[ontolog-forum]" <ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>     Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 11:37 PM
>
>     Paola,
>
>     > [PdM]  I apologise for sharing a link without
>     commenting/annotation to
>     > make its relevance more explicit
>
>     [ppy]  don't apologize, but instead, please allow us to get back in
>     focus, and run a high quality, high signal-to-noise collaborative
>     environment by heeding some of my earlier suggestions (e.g. the
>     statements that I started with "Please: ..." under:
>     http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2010-01/msg00207.html#nid07
>     ).
>
>     > [PdM]  Whats the best way for ontolog community members of
>     sharing/pointing
>     > to a knowledge resources if not posting them to list?
>
>     [ppy]  that would depend on what one would like to share. If it is
>     relevant to the list, share it on the list. If it belongs more to a
>     social network setting, share it on facebook, linkedin, ... etc. ...
>     Ref. that book you were posting about, I trust you have done some
>     further reading, and maybe after the first 20 pages, you might already
>     have discovered that this is more relevant to, say, "Knowledge
>     Management," "Knowledge Economy" or even "Technology and Society" than
>     to "practical issues and strategies associated with the development
>     and application of ontologies," then you should find the more
>     appropriate community to share your insight (*after* you have gain
>     some insight) with the relevant community. On your post, your cited:
>     "Rating:  (not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first" ... so, there
>     you go!  ... Amazon.com carries this book too, and has only one review
>     so far. You can try there too, it has communities built around various
>     subject matters, and can definitely offer you a much larger audience
>     than here.
>
>
>     > [PdM]  I did not have the time to write up a commentary
>     yesterday,  and
>     > wanted to capture the reference as I was on it and before it got
>     lost ...
>
>     [ppy]  Try keeping a notebook (paper of electronic), start a blog, ...
>     do something else, don't do it at the expense of the entire Ontolog
>     community, please. ... Maybe the majority of us don't like to hear you
>     "think out loud" and that is causing much of the tension, and Ontolog
>     is losing highly respected members of the ontology community because
>     of it. Can't you see that I am fighting you because you are hurting
>     this community (and not because of "mind control" or whatever you
>     suspect i am doing)?
>
>
>     > [PdM]  Collaborative knowledge creation starts with sharing
>     resources...
>
>     [ppy]  sure ... but you should be mindful that Ontolog Forum has a
>     mission. As an extreme example, sharing cooking recipes with a
>     community would foster "collaborative knowledge creation" and result
>     in better cooking for many (I'm certain,) but it would be totally
>     inappropriate here.
>
>
>     PAOLA ... you are a very smart woman, actually too smart for me to
>     know how to handle, as the convener of this forum. If you are asking
>     simple questions like the ones above, and cannot respect even very
>     straight forward requests, it is either:
>
>     (a)  you genuinely don't know better ... which I don't think is
>     the case,
>     (b)  you think it's funny ... which I doubt; the rest of the
>     community probably doesn't think this is amusing either,
>     (c)  you feel you have a right to do whatever you like here, at the
>     expense of everyone else, and you have no respect for the hosting this
>     party, or
>     (d)  you are being disruptive ... and if that is truly the case, you
>     had better leave the party.
>
>     While you enjoy being the center of attention. Personally, I just want
>     to quietly support a community of practice that wants to move the
>     Ontolog Charter forward; therefore, please don't try to make me repeat
>     my position over and over again. The only sure way to get to be the
>     center of attention in this community is to be *really* good
>     ontologist. Being rowdy will just get you kicked out.
>
>     Please take note: being a part of this community is a privilege (that
>     goes for *everyone* in the community), not a right!
>
>
>     Regards.  =ppy
>
>     Peter Yim
>     Co-convener, ONTOLOG
>     --
>
>
>     On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Paola Di Maio
>     <paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx
>     <http://mc/compose?to=paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     >
>     > Mr Peter
>     >
>     > I apologise for sharing a link without commenting/annotation to
>     make its
>     > relevance more explicit
>     >
>     > Whats the best way for ontolog community members of
>     sharing/pointing to a
>     > knowledge resources if not posting them to list?
>     >
>     >  I did not have the time to write up a commentary yesterday, 
>     and wanted to
>     > capture the reference as I was on it and before it got lost
>     > to the sea of references, others may be able to comment  in the
>     meantime, i
>     > ll get back to it later (maybe two years )
>     >
>     > Collaborative knowledge creation starts with sharing resources...
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > PDM
>
>
>     > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx
>     <http://mc/compose?to=peter.yim@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>     >> Ms. Paola,
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Ontolog is neither a book club, nor a social network. It is
>     possible
>     >> that this is a great book (although making that conclusion after 20
>     >> pages for an almost 400 page book may seem a little premature) but
>     >> that is *not relevant* ... the way you brought it up, and how
>     far it
>     >> is removed from our chartered discussion, just makes you post
>     "noise'
>     >> rather than "signal."
>     >>
>     >> Can't you detect the similarity in the way you made this post with
>     >> example (A) in my earlier request (ref.
>     >>
>     http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2010-01/msg00207.html#nid07
>     >> ), a M.O. which I was imploring the community to try to avoid,
>     so we
>     >> can improve on the signal-to-noise ratio on this forum?
>     >>
>     >> I am certain this will be of interest to some people, and is a very
>     >> appropriate post in a different setting ... so, *please*, take
>     this,
>     >> and other similar conversation of yours elsewhere.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Thanks in advance.  =ppy
>     >>
>     >> Peter Yim
>     >> Co-convener, ONTOLOG
>     >> --
>
>
>     >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Paola Di Maio
>     <paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx <http://mc/compose?to=paola.dimaio@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     >> wrote:
>     >> >
>     >> > <label: to be read in the context of other forum posts>
>     >> >
>     >> > I am reading pages 19-20 of this great book online, and
>     although I do
>     >> > not have the time to offer any sensible commentary at the
>     moment, I thought
>     >> > I would share
>     >> >
>     >> > some of you may enjoy reading the commentary that pertains to
>     some of
>     >> > the threads under discussion
>     >> >
>     >> > PDM
>     >> >
>     >> > Knowledge, options, and institutions
>     >> >
>     >> > Author: Bruce Mitchel Kogut
>     >> > Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
>     >> > Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
>     >> > Rating:
>     >> >
>     >> > (not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
>     >> >
>     >> > insane uris for online version (auch)
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     
>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d5Ba6MsLWGcC&lpg=PP1&ots=tkzAGzQFOK&dq=Knowledge%20and%20the%20speed%20of%20the%20transfer%20and%20imitation%20of%20organizational%20capabilities%3A%20an%20empirical%20test&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=Knowledge%20and%20the%20speed%20of%20the%20transfer%20and%20imitation%20of%20organizational%20capabilities:%20an%20empirical%20test&f=false
>     
><http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d5Ba6MsLWGcC&lpg=PP1&ots=tkzAGzQFOK&dq=Knowledge%20and%20the%20speed%20of%20the%20transfer%20and%20imitation%20of%20organizational%20capabilities%3A%20an%20empirical%20test&pg=PA19#v=onepage&q=Knowledge%20and%20the%20speed%20of%20the%20transfer%20and%20imitation%20of%20organizational%20capabilities:%20an%20empirical%20test&f=false>
>     >> >
>     >> > <iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="border:0px"
>     >> >
>     
>src="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d5Ba6MsLWGcC&lpg=PP1&ots=tkzAGzQFOK&dq=Knowledge%20and%20the%20speed%20of%20the%20transfer%20and%20imitation%20of%20organizational%20capabilities%3A%20an%20empirical%20test&pg=PA19&output=embed
>     
><http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d5Ba6MsLWGcC&lpg=PP1&ots=tkzAGzQFOK&dq=Knowledge%20and%20the%20speed%20of%20the%20transfer%20and%20imitation%20of%20organizational%20capabilities%3A%20an%20empirical%20test&pg=PA19&output=embed>"
>     >> > width=500 height=500></iframe>
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> >
>     >> > --
>     >> > Paola Di Maio
>     >> > **************************************************
>     >> > “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you
>     everywhere.”
>     >> > Albert Einstein
>     >> > **************************************************
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