[Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds

[Mark Burgin]

Dear Colleagues, 
I would like to suggest a positive approach in supporting Ukraine in its hard situation. Namely, I suggest providing free-of charge membership in the IS4SI for some of our colleagues in Ukraine. Some of us know worthy researchers in Ukraine who do research related to information philosophy, theory and practice. Let us form a combined list of these researchers, discuss this list with the Board and then send official IS4SI invitation letters to the approved researchers. 
In this letter, we can also express our attitude to this aggression. 

Sincerely, 
Mark Burgin 


From: "Marcin SCHROEDER" <mjs at gl.aiu.ac.jp> 
To: "Joseph Brenner" <joe.brenner at bluewin.ch> 
Cc: "Mark Burgin" <mburgin at math.ucla.edu>, "fis" <fis at listas.unizar.es>, "Wolfgang Hofkirchner" <wolfgang.hofkirchner at is4si.org>, "Gordana Dodig Crnkovic" <gordana.dodig-crnkovic at chalmers.se>, "annette.grathoff" <annette.grathoff at is4si.org> 
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 8:57:10 PM 
Subject: Re: [Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds 

Dear Joseph, Dear Friends, 
I support your proposal with my heart and my reason. 
This protest is not against any individual researcher, no matter what their nationality is. It is against unprovoked actions of the Russian government and military threatening peace in the entire world, against actions bringing harm, death and suffering to innocent people of Ukraine. 
Regards, 
Marcin 

Marcin J. Schroeder, Ph.D. 
Specially Appointed Professor 
Global Learning Center 
IEHE (Institute for Excellence in Higher Education) ( 高度教養教育・学生支援機構) 
Tohoku University ( 東北大学) 
41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576 JAPAN ( 〒980-8576 仙台市青葉区川内41) 
schroeder.marcin.e4 at tohoku.ac.jp 

Professor Emeritus 
Akita International University, Akita Japan 
mjs at gl.aiu.ac.jp 
Editor-in-Chief 
Philosophies (MDPI Basel Switzerland) 
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies 





On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 4:52 AM joe.brenner at bluewin.ch < joe.brenner at bluewin.ch > wrote: 


Dear Mark, Dear Marcin, Dear Friends and Colleagues, 

Today Switzerland gave up its otherwise precious neutrality, and two major sports organizations, FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, excluded Russian members and athletes. The Russian Director and Conductor of the prestigious Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland was fired. 

Many of us have positions in and relations to Russian scientific bodies and publications as authors, editors, reviewers and publishers. The question is whether individually or collectively, these relations should be terminated. The argument can be made that this would tend to be a hardship for and isolate our friends in Russia even further. For me, the counterargument is that any pressure that makes the Russian regime less viable internationally and, temporarily, isolated should be exerted. 

We are fortunate in having Mark Burgin and Marcin Schroeder at the head of our initiatives. Before making any moves, given their direct knowledge of that part of the world, I ask them for their guidance. 

Thank you and best wishes to all, 

Joseph 




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