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Re: Now at MIT
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 28 Jul 1999 16:55:19 GMT
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suz@media.mit.edu#Spamcake#
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Todd Lehman wrote:
>
> In lugnet.announce, "Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@media.mit.edu> writes:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Last spring I was accepted into MIT's Media Lab as a Grad student. I
> > started on June 1st.
> >
> > At this time, I think it's important for everyone in this community to
> > understand some consequences of my new position.
> >
> > I no longer work for anyone but the Media Lab (full-time plus).
> > I must be careful around intellectual property issues and
> > potential conflicts of interest concerning Todd's work.
> > I cannot use my position at the ML as any special benefit to LUGNET.
> > (I don't "represent" the ML in discussions)
>
> One consequence of this is that we will need to remove Suzanne's name
> temporarily from certain web pages (for example, the AucZILLA and LUGNET
> homepages) as part of a verbal agreement with Suzanne's advisors at the Lab
> about "mindshare" and outside business. While you're at the Media Lab, they
> want your whole brain...so temporarily means about two years -- the
> approximate duration of the degree program. We can keep Suzanne's name on
> historical documents, however, since these represent work completed prior to
> June 1.
>
> As I understand it, this wouldn't normally be much of an issue, except some
> of the core concepts of LUGNET are potential conflicts of interest since the
> Lab has at least one group of folks which focuses on news and virtual
> communities and things like that. So Suz is not allowed to contribute
> fundamentally to the development of LUGNET while she's at the Lab. She can
> of course still continue to post as a regular user like anyone else; she
> just can't use her position or title at the Lab to promote or give any
> special benefit to LUGNET.
>
> > I'll continue reading newsgroups as normal. You may occasionally see a
> > post or reply from me. The community of adult LEGO enthusiasts will
> > always be special to me. I'll never stop building or playing with my
> > LEGO collection.
> >
> > :-)
>
> Heh heh, we'll see about that when your thesis gets fully underway!
> (Just kidding :-) If you ever stop building or playing with your LEGO
> collection, I'll have to have to have my eyes checked. :-)
>
> > The only other thing I can think of to announce is that I'll have a new
> > web page (nothing on it yet) and new e-mail address (but old ones still
> > work):
> >
> > http://www.media.mit.edu/~suz/
> > suz@media.mit.edu
> >
> > that's it! Good-bye...
> >
> > -Suz.
>
> Can I tell people who your thesis advisor is? :-)
>
> --Todd
sigh, go ahead... twist my arm.
ow OW!
ok. but don't forget my co-advisor!
-Suz.
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