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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Re: changing the name of the WIMS group to reflect its broader scope</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If the goal is to retain the acronym WIMS, we must construct a suitable backronym. The problem is the W, since the absorbed PMP items are not "Web-based." The current charter draft suggests "Wide-scope."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A few minutes with a dictionary yielded some other possibilities. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Interesting but rejected: </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Wagner's (practical) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Wonderful (boastful)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Whiz-bang (flippant)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Possible:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Well-known</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">- Working group for, as in "Working group for Imaging Management Semantics."</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">So long as the W does not stand for Washington, or for any other meaning of "W" recently related to Washington, it's okay. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Of course, we could always change the name slightly, since lots of interesting words end in MS for Management Semantics. For example, Imaging Systems Management Semantics, or ISMS. Has kind of a nice ring to it. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">rick</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Richard_Landau(at)dell(dot)com, Stds & System Mgt Architecture, CTO Office</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">+1-512-728-9023, One Dell Way, RR5-3, MS RR5-32, Round Rock, TX 78682</FONT>
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