<div class="im">Hi Kathrin,<br><br>You raise some good points and these need to be
discussed. I just hope they were done outside the context of a single
conference, an individual or a group of individuals. That would not
lead to the toxic nature of this discussion and would keep it
professional.<br>
<br></div>Furthermore, why don't you identify yourself fully? That will add
credibility to your concerns. Please tell everyone on this list your
affiliation, what you do, where you live, etc. If you don't identify yourself fully,
people will not believe you and will have serious concerns about the
authenticity of both yourself and your message. <br><div class="im">
<br clear="all">With best regards,<br><br>Prashant Palvia, Ph.D.<br>Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor<br></div>The University of North Carolina at Greensboro<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kathrin Gruger</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kgruger@gmail.com">kgruger@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:09 AM<br>Subject: [AISWorld] concerns about WSKS - Lytras' e-mails<br>
To: <a href="mailto:aisworld@lists.aisnet.org">aisworld@lists.aisnet.org</a><br><br><br><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Dear all,</font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Apologies
for this broadcast e-mail, but I have to respond as I have been personally
attacked by Miltiadis' e-mails.</font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Dear
Miltiadis,</font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I
congratulate you for all your publications, which I want to believe that you
have achieved in more ethical ways that the ones that I have previously raised
and they are still unanswered.</font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I cannot
understand why my identity (affiliation, country, what else I do not know....)
is the major issue and not the e-mail replies that I have experienced through
my paper submission. I believe anyone could had been in my position (i.e.
submitting a paper and getting such replies), unless if replies to paper submissions
are differentiated depending on the identity of the person.<span> </span></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I am a real
young person (even if I do not have a website) <span> </span>that works and wants to work hard to hopefully<span> </span>enter the academic world. I have nothing to
prove and I do not work in the "police force" <span> </span>to make scenarios and/or search of evidence of
anything. I have simply raised an issue which I have confronted and the e-mails
seemed standardized replies to paper submissions. <span> </span></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The issue I
raised referred to the exploitation of the special issues of academic journals
for urging people to pay the registration fee at the 4rth WSKS conference.</font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Even if
review processes are applied as you mentioned in your previous e-mails, my
previous concerns are still valid and unanswered. Your e-mails guaranteed
someone who pays (one or two) conference registration fees an (ISI) journal
publication. If you<span> </span>were later going to
apply review processes and quality standards, why this information was hidden
and not mentioned?. By hiding this information, the e-mails are further more
dishonest on what they promise. </font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I have been
personally attacked, threaten and insulted by your e-mails; you presented
and made me feel like a criminal because I informed the community for something
I felt responsible of discussing with others. </font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I sincerely
thank AISWORLD for giving me the opportunity to publicly raise these issues as
well as the several academics for sending me informative and supporting e-mails
to the above issue. I truly appreciate your feedback</font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Dear
Miltiadis, </font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">please
delete my name and paper submission from your database. Thank you for your kind
consideration to accept my paper for the conference and your publications, but <span> </span>I do not wish to be part of the small group of
academics and the activities that you lead. </font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">I am happy
to share/discuss the issue with anyone and hopefully someone from the
scientific committee of the conference, who should probably have a better
insight into the e-mail responses to my paper submission. </font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">yours
sincerely</font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Kathrin (a
real person without a website. yes, people without a website do exist) </font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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