RE: [xtm-wg] A modest motion for approval and vote

["Mason, James David (MXM) " <mxm@ornl.gov>]

If I could vote, I would vote in favor of some sort of recognition of the
original editors.

Jim Mason

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jack Park [SMTP:jackpark@verticalnet.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 26, 2001 09:24 a.m.
> To:	xtm-wg@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:	Re: [xtm-wg] A modest motion for approval and vote
> 
> I am now able to say that voting is closed and the motion has passed
> rather
> handily.  Many thanks for the votes.  Whoever is in charge of the web site
> and publications is now instructed to display all names of editors on the
> front page of XTM 1.0.
> 
> How that may be done is the subject of some discussion.  I suggested
> Editors
> Emeritus, but that was criticized for a variety of reasons.  I leave the
> precise details of how to display the names of editors open to group
> decision.
> 
> In any case, it is the implied intent of this motion that the names be
> restored asap.
> 
> Jack Park
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Pepper <pepper@ontopia.net>
> To: <xtm-wg@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [xtm-wg] A modest motion for approval and vote
> 
> 
> > At 18:20 11/03/01 -0500, Jack Park wrote:
> > >Motion:
> > >Return the names of the original editors of the XTM documents to the
> front
> > >page to be displayed along with the current editors. Do so for all web
> and
> > >print publications.
> >
> > Life is too short to vote anything but 'yes' on this motion,
> > even though I would have liked to find a more appropriate way
> > of honouring Steve and Michel.
> >
> > Some of you youngsters lurking out there may not know this, so
> > pay close attention...
> >
> > - Without Steve Newcomb and Michel Biezunski, there would be no
> > topic maps.
> >
> > I repeat: no topic maps. The two of them invented the paradigm
> > almost single-handedly and nurtured it for nearly a decade.
> > Today, their vision is set to revolutionize the way we manage
> > information and knowledge. That is an incredible achievement
> > and nothing will ever diminish its value. We should recognize
> > that contribution and stand in awe of it.
> >
> > Steve and Michel may sometimes do things that surprise us,
> > such as resigning from XTM. (Actually, neither of them are
> > speaking to me at the moment, which is a new and painful
> > experience for someone who insists on considering them as
> > friends.) But we have to remember that Steve's a Newcomb, and
> > Michel's French ... which is to say that both are men of great
> > passion, in addition to having total intellectual honesty AND
> > the courage of their convictions to boot.
> >
> > (This is not the place to dwell on their more human aspects,
> > but be assured that they do have some.)
> >
> > I hope they will one day realize that no-one wants to take
> > away their baby; it's the baby that wants to be allowed to
> > grow up. In the meantime we should all bear in mind that,
> > without them, we wouldn't even *be* here as part of a movement
> > whose importance puts our bickering in a rather comical light,
> > to say the least.
> >
> > I would like to propose that TM.Org formally bestow the title
> > of "Inventors of Topic Mapping" on the pair of them.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > P.S. Steve, Michel! Come back to XTM! You are sorely missed.
> > There is a big, gaping hole where your vision ought to be...
> >
> > --
> > Steve Pepper, Chief Technology Officer <pepper@ontopia.net>
> > Convenor, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34/WG3  Editor, XTM (XML Topic Maps)
> > Ontopia AS, Maridalsveien 99B, N-0461 Oslo, Norway.
> > http://www.ontopia.net/ phone: +47-22805465 GSM: +47-90827246
> >
> >
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