Re: [wos] 2 Themen für die WOS

[Volker Grassmuck]

Hi Robert,

good to hear from you. Yes, Atul is right. Conference language is 
English. There are 180 people on this list, and you are certainly not 
the only non-German speaker. There are many German speakers as well, 
so I don't think we can enforce an all-English policy on the list. 
Please bear with German posts and let that not discourage you from 
posting in English. 

An application deadline for funding is coming up at the end of July. 
So we are currently collecting ideas for writing up a first draft for 
wos4. It will likely be a patchwork of issues again. There will some 
continuation from last time. What I find important is to identify 
trends that have changed or newly emerged since wos3. What are / will 
be in 2006 the hot topics in free software, PETs, archives etc.? And 
then two specials are emerging: theater (and IP, formats between 
conference and theater etc.) because the venue and partner of wos4 
will be a theater, and Brazil (which might be difficult to plan 
because of the presidential elections in 2006). 

So yes, please let's hear your ideas. 

best
Volker

On 24 Jul 2005 at 11:19, Atul Chitnis wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Robert Guerra wrote:
> 
> > I have a feeling i'm one of the few persons on the list that can't understand 
> > german...
> 
> You probably have a point there. WOS itself is now much more global in 
> nature, and the conference language (if I recall correctly) is English.
> 
> While I speak German, I know that everyone who is on this list probably 
> speaks much better English than I speak German. :)
> 
> > from the title of the subject, my impression is that themes for the next WOS 
> > conference are being proposed and/or discussed. If that is the case, i would 
> > happy to contribute my ideas as well. Let me know if it's more appropriate 
> > for me to send comments on the list, or email the planners directly.
> 
> Mailing the planners directly would keep the rest of us out of the 
> ideas-loop.
> 
> And yes, the current discussion is about themes for WOS4 - focus areas, 
> robotic camel riders and other exotic stuff. :)
> 
> Atul
> 
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