-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: terca-feira, 14 de Maio de 2002 12:09 To: all Subject: [IFIP] What's up in IFIPland?
Dear All,
In our message of 25 March [ http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00121.html ] we promised an active Spring campaign to rally the IFIP allies of good. So far, so good!
Re. our email "Evaluated in Paris" of 6 May: Many thanks, everyone, for your congratulations. That mail was sent internally but we have also posted it at http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00135.html for those who wish to find out what UNESCO thinks of IFIP.
An important part of our Spring campaign was dedicated to developing new partnerships. Here is what we have to report on applications for IFIP membership:
1. CLEI: Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios Informatica (CLEI) is an IFIP regional corresponding member and its members represent 12 Latin American countries. We are in contact with the CLEI President, Prof. Ricardo Baeza Yates, with regard to CLEI's resolve to become an IFIP full regional member. Here is what Ricardo wrote yesterday: "Dear Plamen, I plan to attend the next IFIP Congress in Montreal and apply in person for an upgrade of CLEI's membership."
2. CROATIA: An Information release was circulated about the IT-STAR meeting [ ref. http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00130.html ] which, among other items, stated that the procedure for Croatian membership to IFIP was initiated. The President of the Croatian IT Society (CITS), Mr. Marijan Frkovic, gave us the information package related to CITS' application. Mr. Frkovic also agreed to investigate the interests of organizations from other ex-Yugoslavia republics to join IT STAR and IFIP. Here is what Marijan recently wrote: " Dear Plamen, as I promised last time in Portoroz I am in contact with people from ex yu republics. I had contact with yugoslav society... I hope that we will have minimum one new IT STAR member until the next meeting"
2. CYPRUS: Early this month an email came in with the subject "Cyprus calling" [how nice]! It commenced as follows: "Dear Plamen, Good evening from Cyprus, this is Panicos Masouras Secretary of the Cyprus Computer Society. Perhaps you recall that we exchanged a couple of emails last year on the possibility of the CCS becoming a member of IFIP." This morning, we received a faxed copy of the the CCS application for Full membership with an assurance that the society looks forward to cooperating in promoting IFIP's goals and objectives.
IFIP's Admissions Committee will report on these applications with a recommendation to IFIP's General Assembly in Montreal. Until then, we have subscribed their representatives to our e-mailing list. If any of you are aware of other national organizations interested in IFIP membership please be advised that a note on "How to join us" is posted at http://www.ifip.or.at/how_to_join.htm
There is much more to come, especially with regard to our "Rhapsody in Maple". You will find out what we mean later this week. Before then, however, let us also report that we had a few complaints; some of you think that we have forgotten our "joke" deal. As a compensation, we offer true stories in the Fun zone below.
Servus from IFIPland,
The Delivery Co.
Fun Zone
The following are real statements found on insurance claim forms. Drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident succinctly:
*Coming home, I drove into wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
*I thought my window was down, but found it was up when I put my head through it.
* The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
* The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
* I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment.
* In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
* I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision, and I did not see the other car.
* The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of its way when it struck the front end.
* I was thrown from the car as it left the road. I was later found in the ditch by some stray cows.
* The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
* I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
* As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
* My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.
* An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.
* I told the police that I was not injured, but upon removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull.
* I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the curb when I struck him.
* The pedestrian had no idea which direction to run, so I ran over him.
-------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/