Re: Call for comments from IG: STEM survey first draft

Peter,

just as an FYI, I have sent a reference to two of my colleagues at CWI who have a longer experience in publishing (both are more seniors, that is).

Ivan

> On 04 Feb 2015, at 11:56 , Peter Krautzberger <peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org> wrote:
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> Thanks, Ivan, I've just sent out the first batch.
> 
> @Group: could you share the survey with suitable people in your organization?
> 
> Thank you!
> Peter.
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> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org> wrote:
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> > On 03 Feb 2015, at 19:56 , Peter Krautzberger <peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org> wrote:
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> > Quick question @W3C folks:
> >
> > Could you look over the settings of the survey? I've modified start/end date etc. and I would like to be sure that this is ok from a W3C point of view.
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> Yes, they are o.k., as far as I could see
> 
> As for the survey, having scanned through this I would say: let us send it out!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ivan
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> >
> > Best,
> > Peter.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Peter Krautzberger <peter.krautzberger@mathjax.org> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I've updated the survey after feedback from the testers, https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/64149/DPUB-STEM-2014-12/.
> >
> > This is the final call for comments before the STEM TF's survey is going out to the first batch of people later today.
> >
> > Of course, additional suggestions for improvements and for people to include in the survey are welcome!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Peter.
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org> wrote:
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> >
> > On 20/01/2015 16:17, Karen Myers wrote:
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> > On 1/20/15 9:59 AM, Thierry MICHEL wrote:
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> >
> > On 20/01/2015 15:04, Ivan Herman wrote:
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> > On 20 Jan 2015, at 14:59 , Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > On 20/01/2015 14:19, Peter Krautzberger wrote:
> > I am not sure I understand who are the pigs.
> >
> > We (the TF) had decided to do a test run with a small number of test
> > subjects; this found approval on a regular IG call later.
> >
> > The goal will be to reduce our inevitable blind spots before releasing
> > it to the wider group of people. The data from these test subjects
> > would
> > not enter the survey (though they would be able to take part in the
> > final survey as well).
> >
> > Yes I  am aware of that resolution, I couldn't (and don't)
> > understand why they are called pigs.
> >
> >
> > Thierry,
> >
> > "guinea pig" is an English expression. It is a name of an animal:
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pig
> >
> > in contrast google translate, it is 'cochon d'inde' in Frence. And it
> > is also used as an expression for "cobaye".
> >
> > sorry but I was not aware of this english meaning and in France you
> > would not want to be called a pig nor a guinea pig ;-)
> >
> > in French Guinea pig is 'cochon d'inde', which actually means pigs of
> > America, because when Christopher Columbus discovered America he
> > thought it was India.
> > So some animals like turkey (dinde, cochon d'inde, dindon) and indians
> > carry that indian spell.
> > Also "ble d'Inde" is used in Quebec for sweet corn that humans eat.
> >
> > Right but not in France, we say Maïs.
> > (probably because we don't eat much corn or we eat the same corn as the animals ;-)
> >
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> >
> > Thierry
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> >
> > Ivan
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> Ivan Herman, W3C
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> Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/
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ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-2704