As semi-promised earlier today, I have added more text and discussion for the 9 SIGImage/SQL items that made it on the Interex 2002 SIB; which can of course be found at: http://www.interex.org/advocacy/survey/sib2002.html One more time: Vote NO LATER THAN SUN 24 March 2002. The details are posted to the bulletin board that is "behind" both the read-only and "real-vote" versions of the ballot. Just click "Details" for each item... :-) Note you can get to the "next higher level" of the bulletin-board view of all SIG items by going direct to (BIG-time wrap): http://www.interex.org/cgi-bin/yabb1/YaBB.pl?board=mpesib2002&action=message index&start=0 or; alternatively: Just go one-level up in the "tree view" at the top of each "Detail" item. SIDEBAR: While this bulletin-board system is considerably more complex than the old Interex "HPW Roundtable pre-submission" system, it has several nice features: One is a global view of how many people have looked at each item (see last above URL). Another (for those claiming responsibility for each item) is that we can set it to get email notification when someone replies to a specific item. A small downside: No easy way that I can see to get BACK to the ballot once you go into the bulletin board system; other than hit "Back" on your browser; or going back to click on the original URL again. ... which I guess is not a big deal... Encouraging (IMO) Sidebar to SIDEBAR: Item # 1: "Identify a way for users and developers to continue to run MPE in some supported fashion after end of HP sales and support, and ask CSY to facilitate that outcome" is an easy run-away winner in the "view count" so far. BB operational sidebars: (1) It's fairly easy to miss that there is a "page 2" to the top-level bulletin-board view of all SIB items. (2) The order of the SIB items in the "top level" bulletin board view appears to always be sorted in "last replied to" order... So list order will likely be different every time you look at it. BB "sneaky Sidebar": Turns out you do NOT actually have to register and / or log in to the Interex BB system to post a reply to any SIB item; although doing so saves having to enter your name and email address every time if you want to post a reply. But if all you want to do is READ what's there, doesn't look like you gain anything by going through the registration effort. Ken Sletten * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *