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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-wims@pwg.org [mailto:owner-wims@pwg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard_Landau@Dell.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 05, 2009
11:10 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> wims@pwg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> WIMS&gt; CIM&gt; What is
the W for? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Re:
changing the name of the WIMS group to reflect its broader scope</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If
the goal is to retain the acronym WIMS, we must construct a suitable
backronym.&nbsp; The problem is the W, since the absorbed PMP items are not
&quot;Web-based.&quot;&nbsp; The current charter draft suggests
&quot;Wide-scope.&quot;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A
few minutes with a dictionary yielded some other possibilities.&nbsp; </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Interesting
but rejected: </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Wagner's&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (practical) </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Wonderful&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (boastful)</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Whiz-bang&nbsp;&nbsp; (flippant)</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Possible:</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Well-known</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-
Working group for, as in &quot;Working group for Imaging Management
Semantics.&quot;</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So
long as the W does not stand for <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>,
or for any other meaning of &quot;W&quot; recently related to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>, it's okay.&nbsp; </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Of
course, we could always change the name slightly, since lots of interesting
words end in MS for Management Semantics.&nbsp; For example, Imaging Systems
Management Semantics, or ISMS.&nbsp; Has kind of a nice ring to it.&nbsp; </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>rick</span></font>
<o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>----------------------</span></font>
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Richard_Landau(at)dell(dot)com,
Stds &amp; System Mgt Architecture, CTO Office</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>+1-512-728-9023,
One Dell Way, RR5-3, MS RR5-32, Round Rock, TX 78682</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>

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