Re: [huml] It is starting, folks, so do we want to drive or ridethis train?

[Peter Yim <peter.yim@cim3.com>]

Rex,

I'm with you (although, I've only signed up as an observer, 
because I knew this cannot be at the top of my priority list, at 
least for a while.) This is one subject area I am genuinely 
interested in (ref. the message I sent you on 9/21/2004 upon 
Russ' introduction).

I do want to put some time in (after this week, though, I have 
Uncle Sam to take care of now) to try to understand more fully, 
your vision in this matter, and to explore how I can contribute. 
Since we are close enough to each other, maybe we can even get 
together for coffee or lunch, which is something I had wanted to 
do all along.

Keep up the great work!

Sincerely.  =ppy
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Rex Brooks wrote Wed, 13 Apr 2005 06:10:03 -0700:
> http://www.internetweek.com/allStories/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160701690
> 
> The subject line sums it up. I have from time to time fowarded articles 
> and reports on various aspect of our field, hoping that it will strike a 
> chord or resonate with some of you, and this is another such.
> 
> I hesitate to allow myself to sound as disappointed as I feel in this 
> group since I have been the cheerleader for such a long time now that I 
> feel personally responsible for our lack of progress. Also, I don't want 
> to alienate any of you who happen to be left, now that my own schedule 
> has cleared enough that I can actually genuinely schedule the work I 
> have been touting for so long, but here it is.
> 
> If we are going to continue, and this is very important to me 
> personally, we need someone in addition to yours truly who is willing to 
> put in some real time and effort.
> 
> I have tried, but obviously not sufficiently. I will make one more push, 
> but please understand that if I don't see some response from this 
> effort, which is happening at a bad time--leading up to the New Orleans 
> OASIS Symposium, (which I can't afford to attend and promote HumanML), 
> which is followed immediately by the heart of summer vacation season 
> when people just drop off the map again until fall, unless one happens 
> to share in their summer conference schedules.
> 
> I will get the revision of the primary base done and I will synch it to 
> the Owl Ontology that accompanies and links a resource framework to it.
> 
> We'll see what happens.
> 
> To relay my views of the subject line: if we are not going to drive this 
> train, we should probably get off and let the businesses who only want 
> to make money do as they will anyway, but we can't ever say that we were 
> unaware of the consequences. It's our future that we are p-----g away here.
> 
> Ciao,
> Rex
> 
> -- 
> 
> Rex Brooks
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> Starbourne Communications Design
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