- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 11:08:48 -0400
- To: Daniel Schwabe <dschwabe@inf.puc-rio.br>
- Cc: semantic-web@w3.org
On 05/01/2018 09:55 AM, Daniel Schwabe wrote: > Hi, > ACM is a membership society. I presume that if a majority of its members votes to make the DL free open access, the management will be compelled to implement it… > As I understand it, the income from DL is one of the major revenue streams for ACM, which allows it to provide the other services to members. > Perhaps more transparency about this would be welcome, but, again, this is up to the membership to request. Sure, if it ever came to a membership vote, then the membership would decide. But my experience with such organizations is: (a) management normally makes the operational decisions, including deciding what questions to ask of the membership (usually); (b) management is responsible for the organization's finances; and (c) membership tends to defer to management on operational/financial matters. That's why I'm suggesting that we try to get the ear of ACM management. But if there are members who know how to propose such a change, that's good too. David Booth > > Cheers > Daniel > >> On May 1, 2018, at 09:25 - 01/05/18, David Booth <david@dbooth.org> wrote: >> >> On 05/01/2018 05:16 AM, Sarven Capadisli wrote: >>> The Official ACM demonstrates "free" and "Open Access": >> >> . . . [Long, convoluted fail] . . . . >>> PS: Until ACM figures out AWWW, URI management, HTML,.. >> >> Nice sleuthing! The ACM's continued failure to provide free and open access is an embarrassment to the field of computer science. Anyone know the folks in ACM management, to try to get this changed? >> >> Thanks, >> David Booth > > > > Daniel Schwabe Dept. de Informatica, PUC-Rio > Tel:+55-21-3527 1500 r. 4356 R. M. de S. Vicente, 225 > Fax: +55-21-3527 1530 Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22453-900, Brasil > http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~dschwabe > > > > > > >
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