[NCUC-EC] Hello

[Robin Gross]

Dear Ed,

Welcome back!  I'm so glad you are recovering and feeling healthy again!

Look forward to seeing you in Beijing.

Thanks,
Robin


On Mar 20, 2013, at 5:30 AM, Edward Morris wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> It’s been interesting to read the various theories about where I  
> have been. No, I haven’t been off getting married. Nor have I  
> thrown in the towel on this challenge completely or left planet  
> Earth (although I am going to Pyongyang in April, which may qualify).
>
> Unfortunately I’ve been busy experiencing the wonders of the  
> British NHS. When I came back from my second trip to the United  
> States last month I became quite ill. I was hospitalised for about  
> a week, released, and three days later was found unconscious by  
> Genvieve in our flat and re-hospitalised. I was twice given the  
> Anointment of the Sick, the Catholic ritual commonly referred to as  
> the Last Rites, and it was touch and go for about ten days as to  
> whether I would survive.
>
> Medical details are unimportant other than it appears that I  
> contracted a horrible virus that eventually caused me to become  
> septic. My diabetes didn’t help and the pancreas, heart and lungs  
> were all compromised. I was released about a week ago and have been  
> trying to sort life out over the holiday weekend,  whilst also  
> trying to ensure that the NHS hadn’t released me too soon again.
>
> At the moment I seem to be O.K.  My current priority, besides  
> paying bills, is reviewing some proofs of a book chapter I’ve  
> written  that is supposed to be back to the publisher today. Once  
> that is done I’ll prioritize my NCUC commitment and see what I can  
> do to have some deliverables before Beijing.
>
> In reviewing the various digests I’ve received I note the following:
>
>
> 1. In my absence, Tapani has graciously done my work. He has  
> nothing but my gratitude for his tireless effort at these mundane  
> tasks. I will be in contact with him in the next few days to  
> compare notes and databases to ensure we have the same information  
> and am on the same page.
>
>
> 2. When I took sick leave, Milton and I had just reached a moment  
> of tranquility regarding appointment of a Secretary Treasurer. It  
> appears nothing further has been done on this matter.
>
> I note Bill has listed this as an item for discussion at the NCUC  
> meeting in Beijing. I would ask that discussion be broadened to  
> encompass a review of our noncompliance with much of our current  
> Charter. I think that is a discussion that needs to take place.
>
>
> 3. Three of the people I initially brought into the NCUC have  
> indicated to me their intention to resign from both the NCUC and  
> NCSG at the earliest opportunity. I’ll try to encourage them to  
> reverse course but don’t have much hope. The stated reasons are  
> varied but you can assume what I told them they would find and what  
> they have found in our little world are dissimilar. People are  
> looking for more diplomatic ways out, but that’s the essence of it.
>
> The individuals involved will have to make their intentions known  
> themselves. I only want to alert you to the possibility we may no  
> longer have anybody doing the redesign of our web pages. We’re also  
> about to lose a CPA with an MBA who has had his offers of  
> assistance ignored and a Nordic IG specialist who finds himself  
> nonplused by the personal attacks on the list.
>
>
> 4. I’m ready to launch Outreach, as I have been since Los Angeles,  
> with a substantial direct mailing (e-mail) to over seventy targeted  
> individuals and organisations. Much of this possibility is due to  
> Olga Korotkova who has assisted me not only with the Russian  
> outreach but also with some i.p. targets.
>
> All I am waiting on is a FAQ sheet extolling the virtues of  
> membership from our Communications team. This was promised to me in  
> Los Angeles and has not been delivered. I’d suggest we also want  
> this sheet for distribution in Beijing at whatever Outreach event  
> we are having  and as a basic document, translated into multiple  
> languages, on our web site.
>
> Once the mailing had been sent out the action plan was to activate  
> the Committee with an idea towards greater Outreach for numbers, as  
> opposed to need.
>
> There is still time before Beijing to proceed with this plan and  
> gain some momentum. Covering e-mails, in both English and, where  
> appropriate, Russian are ready to go. I’m dependent upon those  
> better able than I to draft a quality FAQ to send with them. Once  
> done the FAQ will be immediately translated into Russian for use in  
> that segment of Outreach.
>
> I should also note my intention to attend the Russian IGF in April  
> at my own expense to do some Outreach and meet what I had hoped to  
> be our new Members / Applicants. I note Wolfgang is scheduled to  
> speak at the event. This is contingent on us having made  
> substantial progress in starting outreach in the CIS region.
>
> I’m also tentatively scheduled to be at the INTA annual  meeting in  
> Dallas in May. There is a substantial nonprofit / academic/ civil  
> society component of the INTA that does not necessarily buy into  
> some of the more radical positions of the IPC and I felt it  
> appropriate to reach out to them, as well,  as potential members.
>
>
> 5. At the time of my illness I was completing the membership list.  
> As Tapani can testify, that largely is a one person job (albeit  
> with help from many sources) of a rather complex nature. I had a  
> basic list composed in Los Angeles and was integrating it with   
> three other lists with it on a spreadsheet.
>
> Tapani appears, thankfully,  to have overtaken me on that effort.  
> Once I can confirm or assist him with completion we’’ll start up  
> the wider Inreach effort. I have had conversations with every  
> member of the Inreach  Committee and will endeavor to set up a  
> group chat prior to Beijing.
>
>
> Tapani once posed a question as to what would happen to the NCUC if  
> Milton were to be hit by a bus. From my absence I think we have the  
> answer: our Finnish colleague would simply take his place. :)  
> Again, I’m grateful for the work Tapani has done in my absence.
>
> I’ll be in contact with everyone over the next few days. I  
> recognize the importance of Beijing and, as I said, I’m short one  
> document from being able to crank things up with little effort.  
> Hopefully we can figure a way to get that done.
>
> KInd Regards,
>
>
> Ed Morris




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