<p>Dear friends,<br />
<br />
For me is very good to know egbert de smet' efforts near UNESCO.<br />
The meeting could be a strategic time to discuss all questions concerning ISIS family, and much more.<br />
Do you have any ideia about planed date ?<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
<br />
Rafael António<br />
<br />
Citando Mauricio Brito <mbr__123@hotmail.com>:</p>
<blockquote type="cite"> This is a very good news...<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
<br />
Mauricio<br />
<br />
> From: gaspyy60@gmail.com<br />
> To: egbert.desmet@ua.ac.be; isis-users@iccisis.org<br />
> Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:22:52 -0300<br />
> Subject: [Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support<br />
> <br />
> Good Egbert<br />
> They are good new, and that there is not money... it is already a topic to <br />
> which we are accustomed. But something is something, at least we begin... <br />
> again. And they won't abandon Isis.<br />
> <br />
> What is not been that it is AlphaIsis<br />
> FAO, do I know, do they have a soft?<br />
> Good, really, thank you to be in charge of and to give us the news that are <br />
> positive, but there of a new beginning and it is it is good that ABCD sinks. <br />
> For the libraries with single librarians to position is we necessary.<br />
> A hug<br />
> Maria Mercedes MacLean<br />
> gaspyy@infovia.com.ar<br />
> 3m@proyectoleonardo.com.ar<br />
> 3m@bibliotecalista.com.ar<br />
> 3m@mamercedesmaclean.com.ar<br />
> <br />
> ----- Original Message ----- <br />
> From: "De Smet Egbert" <egbert.desmet@ua.ac.be><br />
> To: <isis-users@iccisis.org><br />
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:17 PM<br />
> Subject: [Isis-users] UNESCO's ISIS support<br />
> <br />
> <br />
> > Dear colleagues,<br />
> ><br />
> > at the end of March we had a meeting at UNESCO, for which up to today <br />
> > still no formal report (to be authorized by UNESCO... sorry !) was <br />
> > available. For this reason I have not yet reported about it at all - bear <br />
> > with me please.<br />
> ><br />
> > Today I got, after some insisting from my side, a reply from Mr. Banerjee, <br />
> > Director of the Knowledge Societies Division of UNESCO.<br />
> ><br />
> > Here is his reply, certainly positive and giving some hope for improvement <br />
> > of UNESCO's support, which I quote literally :<br />
> ><br />
> > " Dear Dr De Smet,<br />
> ><br />
> > During your meeting with me, Davide and the other Isis experts at<br />
> > UNESCO, we have agreed on the following three actions:<br />
> ><br />
> > - Help the Isis Community to organize itself as an international<br />
> > association or a foundation, bearing in mind the several attempts that<br />
> > were done in the past. This help could come from the Open Source world<br />
> > in particular from the recent experience of LibreOffice and the newly<br />
> > created Document Foundation.<br />
> ><br />
> > - Organize an international public event on Isis at UNESCO: after the 3<br />
> > world meetings in Latin America, mainly organized by BIREME/PAHO, that<br />
> > would be the first time that UNESCO hosts a public international event<br />
> > on Isis in Paris. The occasion could be the 20th anniversary of the<br />
> > adoption of Isis at the Ecole du Louvre.<br />
> ><br />
> > - Work on the "image" of Isis through a restyling of UNESCO's Isis page<br />
> > which would put forward the different ongoing Isis activities/projects<br />
> > worldwide (mainly: the ABCD software, J-Isis and FAO's AlphaIsis).<br />
> ><br />
> > Since then, Davide has worked with our Web Team in order to prepare the<br />
> > Isis web Page which has not been updated as you know since a very long<br />
> > time. Clearly this exercise does not take much time per se but, as the<br />
> > whole UNESCO CI Sector web is being migrated on a new (Open Source) CMS<br />
> > the Web Team is overwhelmed and was not able to make it. I have asked<br />
> > Davide to take care himself of the migration/update of the webpage: I am<br />
> > sure he will rapidly come up with an up-to-date site. I also asked him<br />
> > to call upon the Isis Community for posting Isis related news on the<br />
> > website.<br />
> ><br />
> > Concerning the creation of an International Association for Isis, Davide<br />
> > got in touch with the Document Foundation people. At the end of May they<br />
> > will come to UNESCO for an expert meeting on languages and we'll be able<br />
> > to discuss with them about this subject.<br />
> ><br />
> > Davide has also contacted FAO in order to know more about their<br />
> > AlphaIsis project whose license terms has still to be cleared by FAO.<br />
> ><br />
> > As for the event, I am asking Davide to get in touch with the Ecole du<br />
> > Louvre as well as you, the Isis Community and other potential partners<br />
> > (Bireme?, FAO?) to see the possibilities for organizing such a user<br />
> > meeting, giving our budgetary constraints.<br />
> ><br />
> > We are very much committed not to leaving Isis and the Isis Community<br />
> > and we look forward to working together with this Community towards a<br />
> > sustainable future for Isis.<br />
> ><br />
> > Best regards,<br />
> ><br />
> > Indrajit Banerjee "<br />
> ><br />
> > Egbert de Smet<br />
> > Antwerpen, Belgium<br />
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