I second Guenter and Amalyah's suggestion. I also was there and voted to change the name of the "Visual Information" SIG to "Digital Imaging" - much more straight-forward. The point is to get information out to our members, not confuse them.
Mikki Carpenter, MoMA > -----Original Message----- > From: Amalyah Keshet [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 4:52 AM > To: MCN List > Subject: Re: Visual Information SIG name change > > I was there and voted for it, but I'd like to voice my opinion again: I > had > no idea this SIG was about digital imaging from the name "Visual > Information." Gotta change it. > > Amalyah Keshet > > At 10:31 1999-11-04 -0800, you wrote: > >I think changing the name of Visual Information to Digital Imaging is a > great idea. Digital Imaging is more 20th, going into the 21st century. > > > >While we are on the subject of name changing, the MIS Sig voted three > years ago to have the word "Managers" deleted from its name. I see all > the > new stuff on the web site is managers again. Can we also have our name > officially changed? > > > >***************************************************** > >Christine Bostick, MIS Director > >Oregon Historical Society > >1200 SW Park Avenue Portland, OR 97205 > >503-306-5217 Fax: 503-221-2035 > >email: [email protected] > >***************************************************** > > > >>>> Guenter Waibel <[email protected]> 11/03/99 03:32PM >>> > >Dear SIG chairs, > > > >as Rick has pointed out in his e-mail earlier today, name changes in > >SIGs need to be reviewed by the SIG committee. I am the chair of the > >Visual Information SIG, and at our meeting at this year's MCN we had > >a unanimous vote to change to name from Visual Information SIG to > >Digital Imaging SIG. I had been approached by several members before > >the actual meeting because they didn't know what a "Visual > >Information" SIG was all about, which brought about the idea to > >change the name. > > > >Rick, please advise me and the rest of us how we review propositions > >like this - does it work along the lines of "if you have any > >objections, speak up now or remain silent forever?" > > > >All the best, > > > >Guenter > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Guenter Waibel > >Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive > >2625 Durant Avenue > >Berkeley, California 94720-2250 > >Digital Access Specialist http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ciao/ > >[email protected] > >Phone 510-643-8655 > >Fax 510-642-4889 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ! > > > > > > > > > amalyah keshet > head of visual resources (photo services / rights & reproductions) > the israel museum, jerusalem > [email protected] > visit our museum: <www.imj.org.il>
