Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Klaus Graf
I am not a friend of Stevan's discussion style but I find this discussion boring. Can we please return to our topic? In Australia is already OPEN ACCESS DAY Please consider what you can do "today" (Tuesday) to spread the word about OPEN ACCESS. In my weblog at http://archiv.twoday.net there wil

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Jeffery, KG (Keith)
All - actually I find Stevan's style invigorating and stimulating.  I may get annoyed (which stimulates thought) but Stevan has an impeccable style of scholarly discusssion which could - with benefit - be emulated by others.  I do not see any conflict of interest or role - Stevan appears to me t

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Tony Hey
I agree with Derek. From the 'votes' that have been reported it is clear that a large majority support Stevan's role in moderating this list. There should be an end date from the process and this should be within a few days. I think that Sally should set such a deadline so that the list can move

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Derek Law
Am I the only one who finds this febrile discussion increasingly wearing and irritating? If we must have this vote can we please do the normal thing and have A closing date (ideally about 48 hours ahead for my money) and get back to What actually matters? Derek Law ___

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Jan Velterop
[ The following text is in the "WINDOWS-1252" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] I don't know what 'voting' means here. It's entirely up to Stevan what to do and what not to do anyway. If he wi

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
A timely and very clear reminder As promised, I am collecting votes (offline, to avoid cluttering up the list) on whether Stevan should remain as moderator of the list. Please note that we are NOT voting on (a) whether Stevan should change his posting style (he has already said that he will not d

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Rosalind Reid
Hello Sally, Just a note to say that although I'm no longer with American Scientist, this Forum is my creation--I invited Stevan to launch it-- and I can see to a moderator change (by making the necessary contact with the system administrator) if need be. Oh yes, and as a member of the list, I vo

Re: Explaining and Justifying a Mandate

2008-10-13 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, s.jag...@roehampton.ac.uk wrote: > What is an IR? What is an REF? What is an 'elevator pitch'? As a new > Subject Head for my department, I find this type of email frustrating. If > you are going to cross post, it would be nice if you provided a glossary > for those of us unin

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Jean-Claude Gu�don
[ The following text is in the "utf-8" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] I was on the road in the last few days, cut off from the Internet. This will explain my silence. I agree with all the

Re: Call for a vote of nonconfidence in the moderator of the AmSci Forum

2008-10-13 Thread Jan Velterop
[ The following text is in the "WINDOWS-1252" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] Apologies for the lateness of my comments on this matter. Stevan has my full support. He is fully entitled to po