- From: Joseph Pollack <josephrichardpollack@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:04:06 +0100
- To: Eva Blomqvist <evabl444@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-decisionml@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CAH_DsS+=NiAp3ikwhTDCGOG0vrCsLkDrS==rCpSYAWDvxx=r=A@mail.gmail.com>
Dear Eva and W3C D&DM Group, I also think that this is a (potentially) valuable group. Yet I think we should do more to advertise and invite more participants, perhaps then we'll have the numbers necessary to be able to choose a new "leadership" & perhaps even new activity! Warm Regards, -Joseph. On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Eva Blomqvist <evabl444@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > as you are aware, this group was initiated by me and Jeff Waters in 2012, > as a continuation of the previous incubator group on the same topic. Our > intention was to carry on and further develop the work we did there. > However, due to lack of time, the group work never really took off. > > At one point, I volunteered to chair the group, but since then I have > unfortunately not been able to properly manage the group and start off the > work, mainly due to lack of time on my part. At the moment I am on > maternity leave, and will not be back in office until the autumn, hence, > this situation will not improve at least for the next half a year or so. > > Nevertheless, I still feel that this is a highly interesting topic, and a > lot has also happened around Semantic Web initiatives since 2012 that could > impact decision support systems. So, it would be interesting to see what > this group would be able to achieve, given the proper management! I would > therefore like to initiate a discussion among you (the members of the > group) here on the mailing-list, and suggest that you 1) decide if you also > feel this group is worth keeping, or if you'd rather we suggest the W3C to > shut it down, and 2) in case you want to keep it, propose someone else to > lead the group (in addition to me, or as a replacement to me - I'll agree > to either approach) and decide on a set of steps for kick-starting the > group work/discussions. > > Best regards, > Eva Blomqvist > >
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