Re: Wiki and Irisregister

[Gerry Snyder <geraldcsnyder@gmail.com>]

Bob,

You put so much into an email that replying is difficult, but some 
comments need to be made.

Robert Pries wrote:
> ....
>
> Neither committee originates registration information.... The 
> copyright holder is not John but the Iris registrar and both John and 
> I have permission to use that information.

If you do, I apologize for bringing the issue up in the first place. I 
certainly remember the wiki being approved, but I do not remember the 
use of the R & I information in the wiki being mentioned or discussed, 
let alone approved. Can you substantiate your claim?
> ....
>
> The issue of copyright is a red herring. John does not own the Iris 
> register. I do not own the wiki. AIS owns both. One does not sue 
> oneself for copyright infringement.

Your own red herring. If it is felt by some that one part of an 
organization may be misusing information, a clarification should be made 
so that everyone has the same understanding of the situation.
> The issue is whether there is a risk to the Iris Register because of 
> the Wiki. The Iris Register was a risk to the R & Is but it was 
> approved by the board.

The Iris Register was approved after a thorough discussion of the 
situation, and the implementation of limitations to minimize the risk 
caused by the Iris Register. That did not happen with the wiki. It 
should have.
> .... If there was a concern about the way the wiki was being 
> constructed the appropriate time to voice that concern would have been 
> in November or shortly thereafter.

The appropriate time to bring up a concern is whenever it becomes apparent.
>  .... There is still so much work to do and to me this discussion is a 
> distraction from what we need to be doing.

I am sorry that doing things right bothers you. It can indeed take some 
time and effort.

Why don't you just submit something like the following for board approval:

"I move that the AIS Board go on record as approving the inclusion of 
information from the Iris Check Lists and the Registrations and 
Introductions in the wiki without restrictions or limitations."

??

I expect that it will be rapidly approved.


Gerry

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