[Tccc] Online scientific social networking (Updated the old petition: Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap and efficient on-line open system)
Pars Mutaf
pars.mutaf
Fri Nov 4 13:14:40 EDT 2011
Based on ICCC feedback (last 2-3 days) we reformed the campaign.
Please note the following statement in the petition:
....We want the following online scientific social networking system in
addition to the existing conferencing system:
...
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Francesco Buccafurri <bucca at unirc.it> wrote:
> Dear Alls,
> but you really think that all life can be replaced
> by on-line social networks?
> A conference is a complex experience with a lot
> of aspects that on-line meetings cannot reproduce at all.
> The travel, the full immersion in the conference environment,
> the coffe-breaks, the social events with the colluegues,
> the human interactions are the real contributions of
> a conference.
> A lot of collaborations, ideas, projects start
> thanks to a conference since it is really an "Event", that
> change for a few days our routine, making everything
> potentially impressive.
> I definitely do not think that all this can be even
> approximated by the most advanced social network platform...
> I vote for an opposite petition!
>
> Best Regards
> Francesco
>
> Francesco Buccafurri
> Full Professor of Computer Science
> University of Reggio Calabria - Italy
>
> ----- Messaggio originale -----
> > Da: "Pars Mutaf" <pars.mutaf at gmail.com>
> > A: "Stephen F Bush (GE Global Research)" <bushsf at research.ge.com>
> > Cc: "TCCC" <tccc at lists.cs.columbia.edu>
> > Inviato: Venerd?, 4 novembre 2011 13:42:19
> > Oggetto: Re: [Tccc] Online scientific social networking (Updated the old
> petition: Replacing scientific conferences
> > with a cheap and efficient on-line open system)
> > On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Bush, Stephen F (GE Global Research) <
> > bushsf at research.ge.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I haven't been following the thread on this one, but just from
> > > reading the
> > > petition, IMHO, it comes off sounding like spoiled children who want
> > > lots
> > > of
> > > free things.
> > >
> > >
> > non-sense.
> >
> >
> >
> > > If this is really necessary, time would be better spent developing a
> > > business
> > > plan to make it successful, or at least somewhat attractive to a
> > > business
> > > or
> > > agency, not just demanding a list of free things.
> > >
> > >
> > Do it please. We are also working on it. The goal of the petition is
> > to
> > support the idea so that it is adopted.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: tccc-bounces at lists.cs.columbia.edu
> > > [mailto:tccc-bounces at lists.cs.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Pars Mutaf
> > > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 3:06 AM
> > > To: TCCC
> > > Subject: [Tccc] Online scientific social networking (Updated the old
> > > petition:
> > > Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap and efficient on-line
> > > open
> > > system)
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > Based on your input and many discussions on different mailing lists
> > > we have
> > > updated the petition "Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap
> > > and
> > > efficient on-line open system."
> > >
> > > The following new petition expresses much better our (signers)
> > > argument and
> > > the solution that we want:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/we-want-online-scientific-social-networking.html
> > >
> > > SO PLEASE MAKE ONE MORE EFFORT: Sign it and share it with ALL your
> > > colleagues.
> > >
> > > Pars
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer
> > > Communications
> > > (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication.
> > > Tccc at lists.cs.columbia.edu
> > > https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication.
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