Re: [Icar] icar futures?

Scott W Brim <swb@employees.org> Tue, 16 November 2004 16:17 UTC

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From: Scott W Brim <swb@employees.org>
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Subject: Re: [Icar] icar futures?
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 10:55:23AM -0500, Mark Allman allegedly wrote:
> 
> > My guess is that to corporate suits, "directorate" sounds like a
> > control point and "review" sounds passive. If we can find a way of
> > making "review" sound as important as we believe it to be, that will
> > help.
> 
> ICAR Directorate?
> 
> I understand that the name is not sexy.  But, I my question to Spencer
> stands because he said he could "explain" other activities enough to
> justify them, but seemed to indicate that may not be the case with
> ICAR.  And, so I am wondering if it's a sexiness thing or whether it's
> more fundamental.

I was intending to get back to this mail later today, and at that time
to list all the reasons why reviews are important, select a couple of
them, and suggest naming a "function" (maybe directorate) after them.
Instead I'm tossing out the idea in hopes that one of you will do it :-)
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