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DIARY: June 15, 1999 08:51 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Called Joe at to solve proposal submission problems.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Cover Sheet Missing Information, Needs Signature
3...NSF Wants Re-submission of Proposal Using Conventional Printed Media
4...Conventional Printed Media Conflicts with Goals of Proposal
5...Proposals Can Recommend Reviewers
6...Landauer and Wideman are Possible Reviewers


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CONTACTS 
0201 - National Science Foundation          703 306 1234
020101 - Mr. Joe Hennessey; 703 306 1330 Ext 5283
020102 - FastLane SBIR Registrtion
020103 - ENG/DMII

SUBJECTS
Cover Page
Certification Page
FastLane Submit Cover and Summary Pages
Proposal

0706 -
0706 -    ..
0707 - Summary/Objective
0708 -
070801 - Follow up ref SDS 18 0000,
070802 -
070803 - Joe received my letter ref DIP 15 linked to ref SDS 18 0783 to confirm
070804 - instructions yesterday.
070806 -  ..
070807 - Got clarifications on all the questions from yesterday.
070808 -
070810 -  ..
0709 -
0710 -
0711 - Discussion
071201 -  ..
071202 - Cover Sheet Missing Information, Needs Signature
071203 - NSF Wants Re-submission of Proposal Using Conventional Printed Media
071204 - Conventional Printed Media Conflicts with Goals of Proposal
071205 -
071206 - Follow up ref SDS 18 0783.
071207 -
071208 - I asked if we could submit the proposal on Thursday instead of
071209 - tomorrow.
071211 -  ..
071212 - Joe said they need the proposals on Thursday, so this requires
071213 - submission by 990616 via overnight Fed Ex.
071214 -
071215 -     Called and talked to Millie.  She said Fed Ex needs submission by
071216 -     1730 at Embacaderro 3 in order for delivery by next day.
071218 -  ..
071219 - Joe's fax with instructions to fill in "checked" area.  This
071220 - includes...
071221 -
071222 -     a.  Principal Investigator name, education, telephone and
071223 -         email.
071224 -
071225 -         For education, put in high school, 1963
071226 -         ..
071227 -     b.  Certification, name, signature and "date"
071228 -
071229 -         It is a date field.
071231 -          ..
071232 -         Looks like we need to sign it again at the bottom of the page,
071233 -         although that is not checked.
071235 -          ..
071236 -     c.  Principal Investigator/Project Director
071237 -
071238 -         Joe has checked...
071240 -          ..
071241 -         Name, social security num, email address, telephone, web
071242 -         address,
071244 -          ..
071245 -         He does not check highest degree/year, nor fax num.
071246 -            ..
071247 -            Joe said to go ahead and fill in this stuff.
071249 -          ..
071250 -     d.  Project Summary is provided.
071251 -
071252 -         There is nothing checked, so presumably this is to facilitate
071253 -         a composite submission.
071254 -
071255 -            Joe says that is the idea.
071257 -  ..
071258 - Our letter ref DIP 15 0001 asks Joe to clarify scope of re-submission
071259 - of the proposal as shown in Section 3, on 990609. ref SDS 15 4785
071260 -
071261 -         He wants us to type in the information.
071262 -
071263 -         We don't have a typwriter.
071265 -          ..
071266 -         Joe said we can fill out these forms online, and then print
071267 -         them using the web browser.
071269 -          ..
071270 -         This is an alternate environment from the FastLane system.
071272 -  ..
071273 - Yesterday, Joe did not submit parts 7 - 12, so can we assume this
071274 - information, which has been previously submitted via FastLane, is
071275 - satisfactory, since we have not been able to print it; or, does Joe
071276 - want us to prepare it again? ref SDS 18 1085
071277 -
071278 -         Joe wants us to re-submit everything.
071280 -      ..
071281 -     If we use NSF "forms" do we need a typewriter to fill in the
071282 -     boxes, or can we print the stuff?
071284 -      ..
071285 -     Normally, I would make the forms into web pages and link
071286 -     everything together, but NSF seems to object to this, and it would
071287 -     take longer than 2 days.  That is why I submitted it via FastLane.
071288 -
071289 -         Joe said we can use a web browser to access and fill out the
071290 -         necessary proposal forms online, at the NSF web site, then
071291 -         print them using web browser tools.
071293 -          ..
071294 -         One wonders why, if proposals are prepared using a web
071295 -         browser, that someone positioned in the world to review a
071296 -         proposal is not capable, as well, to use a web browser.
071298 -  ..
071299 - Joe wants us to use option b, cited by Cheryl yesterday in our
071300 - discussion, ref SDS 18 2860, so he will have everything together in a
071301 - package, and does not have to get part from FastLane. He wants
071302 - everything together.
071303 -
071304 -     He said to send in 9 copies of the technical proposal using forms
071305 -     downloaded from NSF web site, per section 6.1, as shown on 990609.
071306 -     ref SDS 15 1078  Joe will fax the cover sheet, the certificate,
071307 -     and the PI information sheets, which we just need to sign and send
071308 -     in one copy.
071310 -    ..
071311 -   [On 990616 submitted proposal using these instructions. ref SDS 20
071312 -   0001]
071313 -
071314 -
071315 -
0714 -

SUBJECTS
Reviewers, Section 4.2

0803 -
080401 -  ..
080402 - Proposals Can Recommend Reviewers
080403 - Landauer and Wideman are Possible Reviewers
080404 -
080405 - Follow up ref SDS 18 0866.
080406 -
080407 - Joe said the letter yesterday, ref DIP 14 0001, with links to the
080408 - Welch proposal, ref DIP 10 6781, and to NSF requirements on the
080409 - Internet, and, also, to the telephone discussion yesterday with Joe
080410 - and Cheryl, ref SDS 18 5673, clearly demonstrates the meaning of
080411 - delivering "intelligence" via Interent, set out in the proposal.
080412 - ref DIP 10 1505  Joe said it saves a lot of time having everything
080413 - tied together, and available merely by clicking to get background for
080414 - context on why things were done.
080416 -  ..
080417 - Joe noted that without opportunity to experience the way SDS records
080418 - are connected on the Internet into chains of chronology showing cause
080419 - and effect, the Welch proposal on Communication Metrics sounds like
080420 - extra paperwork, and just a lot of impossible claims.
080422 -  ..
080423 - Joe indicated that NSF experts who review proposals need to experience
080424 - SDS records on the Internet, as he did today, in order to understand
080425 - the proposal for Communication Metrics.  He feels SDS records are a
080426 - much different methodology from traditional ways research is performed
080427 - using printed documents and PDF methods.  As a result, reliance on
080428 - these traditional methods prevents people from understanding the Welch
080429 - proposal, as discussed with Cheryl yesterday. ref SDS 18 I46J  Joe
080430 - urged following Cheryl's recommendation yesterday to cite URLs for web
080431 - pages where reviewers can access the proposal on the Internet via a
080432 - web browser in order to grasp advantages of managing context based on
080433 - chronologies of cause and effect. ref SDS 18 0866
080435 -  ..
080436 - Joe noted that SDS work product on the Internet shows that, despite
080437 - minimal professional credentials, Communication Metrics describes a
080438 - comprehensive theory of knowledge that can be implemented with
080439 - technology to augment intelligence.  He feels the ability to perform
080440 - shows this is not another wildly exaggerated proposal.
080441 -
080442 -     [On 990615 cited URL for proposal on the Internet. ref SDS 19 4088
080444 -      ..
080445 -     [On 990616 notified NSF of URL for proposal. ref SDS 20 0899]
080447 -      ..
080448 -     [On 991213 NSF did not experience Communication Metrics on the
080449 -     Internet. ref SDS 21 1764]
080451 -      ..
080452 -     [On 991222 Sally Nerlove explained NSF reviewers do not have
080453 -     enough time to click on links. ref SDS 22 0001
080455 -  ..
080456 - I asked about proposing a reviewer from Canada who has experience with
080457 - Com Metrics, and so can meet these concerns?
080459 -  ..
080460 - Joe advised that reviewers can be from Canada, so Max Wideman would
080461 - be okay.
080463 -  ..
080464 - He said to send a separate letter and list from 2 - 6 names for
080465 - reviewers.
080466 -
080467 -     [On 990616 notified NSF of reviewers who have experience with Com
080468 -     Metrics. ref SDS 20 0970]
080469 -
080470 -
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