-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quarta-feira, 9 de Janeiro de 2002 12:44 To: All Subject: The First Story for 2002
Dear All,
The Last Story http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00094.html generated an overwhelming response and we wish to thank you all for the nice words and warm feelings. It is impossible to include all the messages we received at the end of 2001 but to give you a flavor we have selected a line or two from the mails of ONLY 6 IFIP Silver Core Holders of whom you probably have not heard for quite a while: Here they are:
OTTO SPANIOL, DE [TC 6 Chair 1992-1997, SC Holder] "Your informations and (in particular) your monthly jokes are brilliant!!!"
KAREN DUNCAN, USA, [IFIP Publications Officer until 1989, SC Holder] "I was going to vote for the regular e-mail communications from the Secretariat, as the most significant IFIP event of the year! I've enjoyed hearing from you regularly." PN - Karen and I first met in Koprivshtitsa (BG) at about the time the Berlin wall crumbled. Her visit was intended to help me learn about the IFIP Publications process. It was followed by a lot of email communications resulting in a smooth transition, however, one project still remains outstanding - rafting on the Colorado river with Karen and her husband, George Glaser [an IFIP Vice-President 1982 -1988]
VEITH RISAK, AT [Past President of OCG, SC Holder] " Thanks for your nice mails.I think, that by this IFIP is more and more visible... I think, such positive societies [P.N.: IFIP and OCG] can do a lot for a good international climate. Perhaps we should think, how we could go more public (in a broader sense)."
SYLVIA CHARP, USA, [WG 3.3 Chair -1971-1977, SC Holder] "I have thoroughly enjoyed all of your messages. Unfortunately I have not been active in IFIP for a number of reasons but I remember fondly all of my friends and the time I spent on all of the activities with which I was involved... I am still involved with international activities, but not through IFIP. Perhaps, it is time to get reacquainted." P.N.-- WE HOPE THE TC 3 MANAGEMENT WILL TAKE NOTE OF SYLVIA'S INTENTIONS!
TOM VAN WEERT, NL [WG 3.2 Chair 1996-2001, SC Holder] "Now that I have stepped down as Chair of Working Group 3.2 I also want to thank you and your staff for your support and humorous contributions. IFIP needs a Delivery Co. like yours!" [P.N. Tom is one of the authors of the IFIP-UNESCO ICT Curriculum for Higher Education -- http://www.ifip.or.at/pdf/ICF2001.pdf ]
And here is a very special note from MARIA TOTH, HU, [OC Co-Chair, IFIP Congress 1998, SC Holder] "Dear Santa No 3! I have made for you and Dorothy a few recognitions during the last years, but far not so many as many times I'm thinking with acknowledgement, gratefully of both of you. Your wonderful personalities makes IFIP human and friendly beyond the perfect controlling and administrative fulfillment of the work." P.N. THANK YOU MARIA for being so generous! In the December 1998 issue of the IFIP Newsletter http://www.ifip.or.at/newsletters/nl4q98/congress98.htm there is a very nice article about Congress 98.
* * * Several of you were intrigued by the analogy of 2001 with a Shakespearean play in the Last Story. Some asked us how we see the international scene and the internal IFIP stage during 2002. The international 2002 scene would be hard to predict judging from an apocryphal photo http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/jokeimages/Photofamille.jpg we received in early Jan 2002 from neutral Switzerland. Would 2002 be "deja vu", as the body language and seating arrangement suggest, or would the gentlemen invite others and sit around the round table? If they could only find their Delivery Co.!
As to the IFIP 2002 scene, two IFIP officers -- President Elect W. Grafendorfer and Executive Director P. Nedkov -- were interviewed publicly on what they personally think should be the guiding principle of IFIP this year [ http://www.ifip.or.at/minutes/C2000/heads.jpg ]. Their unanimous response was: "Soft on Diversity, Hard on Process"
A primary effort in 2002 would be the IFIP Congress http://www.wcc2002.org If you have still not submitted a paper there are still some days for you to write it! In all cases, the Delivery Co. hopes to see you all in Montreal!
Finally, once again, thank you very much for your generous words. We take it that we have passed the 2001 Audition and we look forward to future pleasant and productive cyberspace and bio encounters.
Greetings,
The Delivery Co.
P.S. JAN LEE, USA (IEEE CS GA Representative to IFIP, SC Holder) responded to the Last Story with a VERY LAST Story as follows:
[In response to the part about the 4 stages of a man's life]
"I tell the story of the FIVE stages of man's life:
At a very early stage of his life, when a girl smiles at him, he hits her!
At the next stage , when a girl smiles at him, he blushes and turns away!
In the teenage years , when a girl smiles at him, he smiles back!
In middle age , when a girl smiles at him, he looks around to see if his wife noticed!
At my age, when a girl smiles at him, he checks his zip!"