On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:54:01 Alliance for the Advancement of Technology (AAT) wrote: >Just one more response and then I will take this off-line until >more is known about the most recent AAT program year. > >>Since it may be accurate to say that your organization is quite >>unknown to most of us, would you please care to elaborate on it? >>Especially with regards to how and who supports your organization? >>Thank you kindly. > >Additional information about the AAT may be accessed >via http://www.aatideas.org on the web. > Dear Ron, I did surf the above link and tried finding the kind of information I was looking for through the various sub-links, but I suppose I couldn't find it.
What I'm mostly interested in is to find out if this is more of a personal initiative from you or if it has been "sponsored" by certain organizations/groups/companies/associations, etc. Nonetheless I can certainly appreciate the moto and objectives of your org as stated therein. However, I feel that in order for you to "take off" or see them have any significant impact "out there" it probably would behoove you to... "connect" with orgs like BIPM, NIST, Standards Committees globally speaking, etc. They may be very interested in this initiative. Otherwise it will be just "another nice idea" floating out there, if you know what I mean. On a more specific tone though, your message got me thinking... Perhaps we could indeed come up with "alternative" proposals to fix this mess time/angle and volunteer to present it before those that may be responsible for the "running" of these things before the public. If we can get a sympathetic ear from them this may have a chance to succeed. However, such a proposal has to be technically sound, simple and attractive. Otherwise it will turn them off to it. I suppose you could convince them of the merits thereof if you prepared a brief essay on it in a presentation format to *sell* it to this type of audience. Just my 2-cents worth suggestion... (And I'd have a brief summary of ideas I could share with you for such a proposal, but a one that would be a little different from yours... If you're interested in hearing it I'd be glad to share that with you) >At this time the AAT is preparing a report with more information >about the organization and its programs. I can say at this time >however that more than half of the web site traffic is ICAS related. > >And as for the development or revision of current or future >ICAS features (which include localizations and term sets), >so much depends on what interest users or organizations >may have in an ICAS system. > BTW, have you started approaching some of these 'organizations'? If yes how have they been reacting to it? Marcus >More later, > >Ron >-- >Ron Stone, programs manager >Alliance for the Advancement of Technology (AAT) > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.aatideas.org > >AAT >PO Box 141155 >Mpls., MN 55414-1155 >USA > >********************************************************************** >This e-mail, including any attachments, is confidential >and is intended solely for the use of the individual or >entity to whom such is addressed. Any unauthorized >review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. >If this e-mail was not intended for you, >please notify the sender. >********************************************************************** > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
