RE: LinkedIn

Yep.  public-ogsw@w3.org really works.  I just tested it.  

Amol - wait for Ivan's notification, and you can subscribe to it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ivan Herman [mailto:ivan@w3.org] 
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:08 AM
To: amol@usc.edu
Cc: Chum, Frank Y; Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler)
Subject: Re: LinkedIn

Amol,

the mailing list you could use is:

public-ogsw@w3.org

the mailing list is actually alive already, I will send around
notification later today. The mailing list is completely open and public

Ivan

Amol Bakshi wrote:
> I have no personal preference for either mechanism and the LI group
> can be deleted at any time if we decide to go with alternate
> approaches.
> 
> I do notice that LinkedIn is being used increasingly for forming
> "professional" groups - e.g., the Programme Committee for the SPE
> Intelligent Energy conference in 2010 just created its own LinkedIn
> group - nothing has happened there so far but it's just a few days
> old! In my opinion, many people who may not otherwise join a mailing
> list for a technical discussions might still be interested in LinkedIn
> because it is just a great networking mechanism.
> 
> On a related note, do we expect technical discussions at this point?
> It seemed to me that non-technical issues (use case, business value,
> standards vs proprietary, etc.) will dominate in the near future. Is
> the next step to just wait for companies to approach the W3C about
> membership?
> 
> -Amol
> 
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Chum, Frank Y <FChum@chevron.com> wrote:
>> Hi Amol,
>>
>> Thank you for putting this together.  Steve Bratt from W3C suggested to
>> Ivan about setting up a public mailing list at W3C for this purpose.
>> All W3C mailing lists are visible to and monitored by the W3C staff and
>> they sometimes contribute in replying relevant technical questions. I
>> suggest that we wait and see how the W3C mailing list progresses before
>> we go any further on the LinkedIn account.  Your thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amol.work@gmail.com [mailto:amol.work@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Amol
>> Bakshi
>> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:52 PM
>> To: Chum, Frank Y
>> Subject: Re:
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> Could you send a note to all the W3C workshop participants informing
>> them that a LinkedIn group has been created to facilitate further
>> discussions and that they can join if they wish?
>>
>> They will need a LinkedIn account unless they have one already.
>>
>> The URL for the group is: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1559817

>>
>> When someone clicks on the 'Join' button for the group, I will get a
>> request and approve it, if it comes from one of the participants.
>>
>> Perhaps you can try it out before sending the link out to everyone.
>>
>> Regards
>> Amol
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Chum, Frank Y <FChum@chevron.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear W3C Workshop participants,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On behalf 0f the W3C Workshop on Semantic Web in Oil & Gas Industry
>> Program
>>> Committee, I would like to thank you for your active participation
>> that made
>>> the past two days a success.  A link to the Workshop report will be
>> sent to
>>> you as soon as it is available.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope everyone a safe journey home amid the snowy Houston weather
>> condition.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>> Workshop co-chair
>>>
>>>

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