Re: Scott: OASIS XDI TC Request for invited expert

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Scott McGrath <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org> wrote:

Hi Drummond,

the process is detailed at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/liaison_policy.php#fee-waivedgrants

Giovanni has already submitted his Membership Application, I'll ping
Laurent for approval to waive the fee. He s on vacation, so this
might take another week-plus. Meanwhile Giovanni's membership is
active.

Scott...

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@xdi.org> wrote:
> Scott,
>
> It's been a week and we haven't seen any reply from OASIS to the email below
> from Bill and I. We need to know the decision on this as it's vital to
> continuing Giovanni's work on the TC.
>
> We look forward to hearing back from you.
>
> Best,
>
> =Drummond
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Drummond Reed <drummond.reed@xdi.org> wrote:
>>
>> Scott,
>>
>> I strongly agree with Bill. Giovanni is one of the most active and
>> treasured members of the TC. What would we need to do to submit such a
>> request?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> =Drummond
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Barnhill, William [USA]
>> <barnhill_william@bah.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Scott,
>>>
>>> I hope you are doing well. Giovanni is a key member of our TC and the two
>>> of us have been the working well together to provide several of the semantic
>>> aspects and RDF tie-ins to XDI. Unfortunately his University is not
>>> continuing their membership due to financial reasons. I seem to remember
>>> something about a very limited number of OASIS sponsored individual
>>> memberships for invited experts. If that is still the case I'd be happy to
>>> submit a request as TC co-chair that Giovanni be given one of those
>>> sponsorships. I suspect Drummond would agree.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Bill Barnhill
>>> Booz Allen Hamilton
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Giovanni Bartolomeo [giovanni.bartolomeo@uniroma2.it]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 8:45 AM
>>> To: xdi@lists.oasis-open.org
>>> Subject: [xdi] Looking for a new affiliation
>>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> due to the severe budget restrictions recently imposed to all Italian
>>> Universities, this year the University of Rome Tor Vergata will not be
>>> able to renew its OASIS membership.
>>>
>>> As a consequence, after more than three years of way together (and
>>> some good results, I hope), I will not be able to continue any
>>> activity in this TC, unless I'll find another affiliation.
>>>
>>> Is there any organization, institution, or other OASIS member
>>> interested in supporting my research, to which I could affiliate in
>>> order to continue to contribute to this TC?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your understanding and your help.
>>> Giovanni
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Invito da parte dell'Ateneo:
>>> Il tuo futuro e quello della Ricerca Scientifica hanno bisogno del
>>> tuo aiuto. Dona il 5 x mille all'Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata
>>> codice fiscale: 80213750583 http://5x1000.uniroma2.it
>>>
>>>
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