REPLY SD Impact on National Goverment policies (SD6122)

[Warren Tignor wtignor ieee.org]

Posted by  "Warren Tignor" <wtignor at ieee.org>
I would like to add the following ideas as possible answers to the question
of how SDS can better serve government policy-making:


  1. Update the "Future of the Field" dated 2001 to include a
     collective SDS effort to influence government policy.
  2. Create a Government Policy Special Interest Group.
  3. Sponsor SD Fellows to government representatives, including the UN.
  4. Send White Papers to governments from the SDS.
  5. Initiate SDS Open Source Projects (e.g., collaborative papers and
     models) that will have relevance to government policies.
  6. Task the Policy Council to contact government representatives when
     the SDS identifies relevant materials.

I look forward to further comments and ideas.

Happy New Year!

Warren Tignor 
Posted by  "Warren Tignor" <wtignor at ieee.org>
posting date  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:17:38 -0500