Dear
Finn:
The
main problems as perceived by most TC6 members are:
- IFIP
TC6 has little impact worldwide compared to other
organizations
- IFIP
business model (e.g., expecting revenue from book royalties) is deemed to
failure
Therefore, TC6 members decided to use the last meeting as a brainstorming
session to discuss problems and devise a strategy for the future. Two groups
were formed to discuss various aspects of TC6 business and how to improve them.
These include: (1) governance (TC and WGs); (2) Conferences/Workshops; (3)
Business Model; (4) Publications.
The
set of recommendations is the result of the brainstorming sessions and have been
distributed to obtain further input from other TC6 colleagues. One cannot expect
solutions to these problems from a short meeting. However, Ad hoc committees
(composed of a Chair and few members each) have been created to explore further
the identified issues and report back to TC6. These include a committee on
Governance, a committee on publications, business model and quality
control, and a committee on digital library. I suppose that the TC6 meeting
minutes will reflect this.
In
general, many believe that it is urgent to revisit the way TC6 conducts its
business in order to better serve the community. Being small compared to other
similar organizations such as IEEE and ACM (as it is the case now for TC6
and IFIP in general) can be exploited to better take into account the way the
world is changing, for example by providing open access quality
publications.
We look forward to your and
others input.
Best
regards
Raouf
-----Original Message-----
From:
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[mailto:ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE] On Behalf Of Finn Arve
Aagesen
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:44 AM
To: raouf
boutaba; ifip-tc6@informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Cc: Finn Arve
Aagesen
Subject: Re: [ifip-tc6] TC6 strategy
planning
Dear All
Sorry for not attending this time.
Can I ask if you also can send me the list
of the
problems these
strategic actions intend to solve?
I miss actions to solve some of "my real
problems"
and I see actions that make "my
problems" worse.
As an example: I did not find the
concept <stimulate> in
the list of recommendations.
Best regards from Finn Arve...
----- Original Message ----
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:21
AM
Subject: [ifip-tc6] TC6 strategy
planning
Please find
attached the draft minutes of the TC6 strategic planning meeting in Wroclaw
(Poland), October 29-30, 2005.
Regards
Raouf
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