[alicebot-archcomm] alicebot.org server status

[Dr. Richard S. Wallace]

A big problem with Noel and Nika was non-communication.   They would not
return emails or phone calls for months at a time.  I am not sure how to
solve this problem easily for non-local people.

Rich

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne Kootstra" <anne.kootstra@chello.nl>
To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: RE: [alicebot-archcomm] alicebot.org server status


> Do remember that the community is a global one. Therefor it would make
sence
> that the board should reflect that. Having boardmembers only from the Bay
> area, whether or not they are qualified, should be considered a temporary
> solution if at all.
>
> Nevertheless, since Silicon Valley does have some influence on what is hot
> or not in the virtual world - I am happy that the community is being
> noticed.
>
> --Anne
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: alicebot-archcomm-admin@alice.sunlitsurf.com
> [mailto:alicebot-archcomm-admin@alice.sunlitsurf.com]Namens Dr. Richard
> S. Wallace
> Verzonden: donderdag 15 augustus 2002 22:40
> Aan: alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com
> Onderwerp: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] alicebot.org server status
>
>
> > > And another person - preferrable from your face-to-face community -
> > > should handle all that linux stuff, thus being a kind of servermaster
>
> It is a remarkable blessing in my life that, during the past year, "two
> worlds have merged."  I used to have the problem for many years that, I
> lived one life inside my computer with all my ALICE friends, who were
> numerous but scattered around the world, and another life here in Silicon
> Valley, where there was a kind of parallel universe of history that didn't
> seem to involve ALICE and AIML at all.
>
> This past year however I can barely walk out the door without someone
> mentioning ALICE, bots, chatbots, program D, program E, and the rest of
our
> alphabet soup.  Now that the Internet Bubble has burst, Bot Fever has
> gripped Silicon Valley at last.   Actual profitable companies here in the
> Bay Area are touting AIML wares, asking me to lunch, and inviting me to
> speak at conferences.  Even my friends from the parallel world are
starting
> to wonder what is up with this bot stuff, and how can they get a piece of
> the action.
>
> Thanks to this blessed merging of two worlds, I now have the luxury for
the
> first time of recruiting Foundation volunteers from the local scene.   It
> was amazing to have people come together from all over the world to
> volunteer to work on ALICE and AIML.  But let's face it, we all know by
now
> that relationships cannot be built on e-mail alone.  There are too many
> pitfalls and too many chances for misunderstandings.  We human robots
still
> need that face-to-face contact for some reason, even if we can't exactly
say
> why yet.
>
> A Board that can actually meet and look each other in the eye is vastly
> preferable to one limited to email, IM chat and expensive long distance
> phone calls.   Thank goodness AIML is now big enough that we've finally
been
> discovered by Silicon Valley.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
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