On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Ayse S Goker wrote:
it was noted in the AGM, and will be published with the AGM minutes when
they are approved at the next meeting
cheers
andy
> Dear John,
>
> Thank you for sharing your email and consideration. We had heard of Steve
> Pollitt's sad news earlier this year, in the spring, and were able to give
> remember him, his work and role in the progress of information retrieval
> at our AGM (when I reported as Chair). Andy MacFarlane (BCS IRSG
> secretary) should be able to point to further details on this. Perhaps a
> piece in the Informer, to commemorate is highly appropriate to follow up.
> Tony Rose is the Informer Editor -- he should be getting this email as
> part of the distribution list. We should consider the involvement of those
> who worked closely with him for their contribution too.
>
> Regards
> Ayse
>
> (previous Chair of BCS IRSG)
>
> Dr. Ayse Goker
> Reader
> School of Computing
> Robert Gordon University
> Aberdeen
>
> > I saw only last week a note that Steve Pollitt has died.
> >
> > Google on Steve Pollitt Huddersfield gives an idea of the sort of work he
> > did. He was a very active member of the ir group for a long time, hosting
> > several meetings.
> >
> > It does seem to me we should have an approach to commemorating the work of
> > people over a long period of time.
> >
> > This also makes both a case in ir and a case in cancer, unfortunately.
> >
> >
> > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email
> > Security System.
> >
>
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