Otto, et all
First of all, I know this is the 2nd June! (I know we are only 1 hour not 1 day behind Central Europe but I thought I'd throw in a brief contribution.)
I would have liked to have sent a much more detailed response to the revised strategy paper but that needed more time than I have available.
Instead let me support Finn Arve's comments, particular point 3. If IFIP is going to sell its services to outside bodies, from where are the resources going to come? People give a lot of their time in support of IFIP but, if that time is going to be generating revenue for IFIP, will they still continue to give that time freely (in both sense of that word)? Indeed, for people from outside the academic community, might there not arise conflicts of interest between the interests of their employers and the interests of IFIP?
The strategy needs to be supported by a business model that deals with things like money, resources and people's time.
Maybe (to be more positive) there should be some examples of how IFIP could operate in the way proposed in the strategy. WITFOR and TC3 are areas which might be drawn upon to demonstrate that the strategy could work.
If there is an opportunity to get "late contributions" into the meeting next week, then I might (emphasis "might") be able to do more.
Regards
Peter
Peter Radford UK Representative to TC6
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-----Original Message----- From: ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE [mailto:ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE] On Behalf Of Otto Spaniol Sent: 30 May 2006 13:11 To: ifip-tc6@informatik.rwth-aachen.de Subject: [ifip-tc6] Strategy deadline earlier!
Dear all,
until now (approx. four hours since sending my corresonding message) only one -but very detailed and constructive - answer has been obtained concerning the IFIP strategy document.
We need an earlier deadine since Basie von Solms leaves for Europe already on June 6 and needs the comments by June 5.
Thus either you send your comments directly to him or send it to me *** until June 1 ***. (June 4 + 5 are holidays in catholic countries).
Best regards Otto
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