oops... this went back to just bill, by accident... Michael Herman wrote: > > thanks to all for your warm responses to the non-guide. feels very much > like the morning after an open space event. finding my way back to > little ol' me after having stood at the edge of so much caring, wisdom, > community, etc... allowing it to flow through me into something new that > really isn't me or mine at all. > > regarding your comments, bill... i think your link to gail's comment is > interesting in theory, but apples and oranges in practice. yep. some of > this might have been better. but we didn't do it that way. sorry. i > hope our care and respect do come through when you get a chance to read > it. > > wondering, too, if *you* have decided not to contribute to this list > because of this compilation? ...and (if so) is this because of what we > did or simply because you've been reminded that this list is already > very public, very worldwide and remains so apparently forever in a fully > searchable archive, even before some jokers decide to compile something? > this seems important to clarify before we draw any conclusions about > our future practice here. > > and just to be clear about ownership... yes the thing is copyrighted... > to the osi, whatever that means, and only so that nobody else outside of > the authors could claim ownership later. the copyright itself was > intended to safeguard the rights of all contributors, as much as > anything can safeguard anyone anymore. > > so, another cup of tea????? > > m > > ps... we've gotten one glitch alert so far and will be making > those little fixes as they are discovered. if you want the final > final version, you might wait a week or so. > > pps... to florian... i thought your participation was an > absolutely masterful combination of fully present and (almost) > totally invisible! really, i thought we were all very much > ourselves... and wonderful! >
> Bill Harris wrote: > > > > ICA Taiwan wrote: > > > > > Winston's and Lisa's comments were very helpful - especially having > > > her as a participant. I would emphasize getting permission from the > > > group for any photos or quotes/comments and ask the journalist to not > > > use any names without permission from that person. In Indonesia > > > > I glanced at part of the NON-Guide and, like many here, found it > > potentially very helpful. > > > > I did have a twinge, though, for it appeared to be a compendium of > > copyrighted material that was assembled without explicit permission of > > its creators. In the spirit of Gail's comments above, I wonder if it > > would behoove the compilers to solicit and store written permissions > > from each of the people they included just to protect themselves. (It > > would have been better to have done that in advance, but now is better > > than never.) > > > > That would also let others know their rights were respected in this > > forum; otherwise some may decide not to contribute. > > > > Regards, > > > > Bill > > > > PS: If those permissions were solicited and given, then forgive my > > presumptiousness. In that case, you might make it clearer in the > > document, though. > > - > > -- > > Michael Herman > 300 West North Avenue #1105 > Chicago IL 60610 > 312-280-7838 voice > 312-280-7837 fax > > http://www.michaelherman.com > ...an invitation. -- Michael Herman 300 West North Avenue #1105 Chicago IL 60610 312-280-7838 voice 312-280-7837 fax http://www.michaelherman.com ...an invitation. * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
