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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=ZH-CN link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dear Annette,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>In the mentioned letter, they were strongly opposed to the war, but didn't mention whether to accept the consequences. The original link has been blocked. Please visit this one:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"微软雅黑",sans-serif;color:blue'>https://publicseminar.org/essays/an-open-letter-by-russian-scientists/</span></u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:等线;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:等线;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-margin-top-alt:.3gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.6pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-margin-top-alt:.3gd;mso-para-margin-right:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:0cm;mso-para-margin-left:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Xueshan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:等线;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> fis-bounces@listas.unizar.es <fis-bounces@listas.unizar.es> <b>On Behalf Of </b>annette.grathoff@is4si.org<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 9:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp; markburg@cs.ucla.edu<br><b>Cc:</b> wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org; yxs@pku.edu.cn; fis@listas.unizar.es; pcmarijuan.iacs@aragon.es; gordana.dodig-crnkovic@chalmers.se; joe.brenner@bluewin.ch<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dear Mark,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>I support the proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>May I add as a small underlining of Marcin´s statement (below, from 28, 2022 8:57:10 PM) the idea to mention the letter signed by more than 6000 Russian Scientists who stated to accept the consequences (including sanctions) for their science due to their land´s aggression,<br>which Xueshan (in his letter from 02.03.2022 02:26) pointed us to, but which unfortunately has been deleted now (I do not want to imagine how its subscribers are now probably suffering for having raised their voice for worldwide understanding and respectful collaboration!)? <br>Maybe somebody still has the text as a copy?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>I think it is important to avoid any polarization tendencies and to emphasize the positive aspects of humanity, remembering brave and peace-supporting engagement without borders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Annette<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>---</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dr. Annette Grathoff</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Evolution of Information Processing Systems</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Vienna</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="mailto:grathoff@icbm.de" target="_blank">grathoff@icbm.de</a></span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>06802341968</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>General Secretary of the</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI)</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><a href="mailto:Annette.grathoff@is4si.org" target="_blank">Annette.grathoff@is4si.org</a></span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Mark Burgin wrote on 10.03.2022 08:41 (GMT +01:00):<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>I would like to suggest a positive approach in supporting Ukraine in its hard<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>situation. Namely, I suggest providing free-of charge membership in the IS4SI for<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>some of our colleagues in Ukraine. Some of us know worthy researchers in Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>who do research related to information philosophy, theory and practice. Let us<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>form a combined list of these researchers, discuss this list with the Board and<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>then send official IS4SI invitation letters to the approved researchers. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>In this letter, we can also express our attitude to this aggression. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Mark Burgin <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>From: "Marcin SCHROEDER" <<a href="mailto:mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp">mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>To: "Joseph Brenner" <<a href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch">joe.brenner@bluewin.ch</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Cc: "Mark Burgin" <<a href="mailto:mburgin@math.ucla.edu">mburgin@math.ucla.edu</a>>, "fis" <<a href="mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es">fis@listas.unizar.es</a>>,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>"Wolfgang Hofkirchner" <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org">wolfgang.hofkirchner@is4si.org</a>>, "Gordana Dodig Crnkovic"<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><<a href="mailto:gordana.dodig-crnkovic@chalmers.se">gordana.dodig-crnkovic@chalmers.se</a>>, "annette.grathoff"<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><<a href="mailto:annette.grathoff@is4si.org">annette.grathoff@is4si.org</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 8:57:10 PM <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Subject: Re: [Fis] The Sports, Music and Information Worlds <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Dear Joseph, Dear Friends, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>I support your proposal with my heart and my reason. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>This protest is not against any individual researcher, no matter what their<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>nationality is. It is against unprovoked actions of the Russian government and<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>military threatening peace in the entire world, against actions bringing harm,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>death and suffering to innocent people of Ukraine. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Marcin <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Marcin J. Schroeder, Ph.D. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Specially Appointed Professor <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Global Learning Center <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>IEHE (Institute for Excellence in Higher Education) (<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:#333333'>高度教養教育</span><span style='font-family:"微软雅黑",sans-serif;color:#333333'>・</span><span style='color:#333333'>学生支援機構<span lang=DE>) <o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Tohoku University ( </span><span style='color:#333333'>東北大学<span lang=DE>) <o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576 JAPAN ( </span><span style='color:#333333'>〒<span lang=DE>980-8576<o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre><span style='color:#333333'>仙台市青葉区川内<span lang=DE>41) <o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><a href="mailto:schroeder.marcin.e4@tohoku.ac.jp">schroeder.marcin.e4@tohoku.ac.jp</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Professor Emeritus <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Akita International University, Akita Japan <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><a href="mailto:mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp">mjs@gl.aiu.ac.jp</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Editor-in-Chief <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Philosophies (MDPI Basel Switzerland) <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies" target="_blank" title="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/philosophies</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 4:52 AM <a href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch">joe.brenner@bluewin.ch</a> < <a href="mailto:joe.brenner@bluewin.ch">joe.brenner@bluewin.ch</a> ><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Dear Mark, Dear Marcin, Dear Friends and Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Today Switzerland gave up its otherwise precious neutrality, and two major sports<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>organizations, FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, excluded Russian<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>members and athletes. The Russian Director and Conductor of the prestigious<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland was fired. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Many of us have positions in and relations to Russian scientific bodies and<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>publications as authors, editors, reviewers and publishers. The question is<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>whether individually or collectively, these relations should be terminated. The<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>argument can be made that this would tend to be a hardship for and isolate our<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>friends in Russia even further. For me, the counterargument is that any pressure<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>that makes the Russian regime less viable internationally and, temporarily,<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>isolated should be exerted. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>We are fortunate in having Mark Burgin and Marcin Schroeder at the head of our<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>initiatives. Before making any moves, given their direct knowledge of that part<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>of the world, I ask them for their guidance. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Thank you and best wishes to all, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Joseph <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>_______________________________________________ <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Fis mailing list <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><a href="mailto:Fis@listas.unizar.es">Fis@listas.unizar.es</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><a href="http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis" target="_blank" title="http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis">http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>---------- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>INFORMACI</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>�</span><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>N SOBRE PROTECCI</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>�</span><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>N DE DATOS DE CAR</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>�</span><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>CTER PERSONAL <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Ud. recibe este correo por pertenecer a una lista de correo gestionada por la<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Universidad de Zaragoza. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Puede encontrar toda la informaci</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>�</span><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>n sobre como tratamos sus datos en el<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>siguiente enlace:<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><a href="https://sicuz.unizar.es/informacion-sobre-proteccion-de-datos-de-caracter-personal-en-listas" target="_blank" title="https://sicuz.unizar.es/informacion-sobre-proteccion-de-datos-de-caracter-personal-en-listas">https://sicuz.unizar.es/informacion-sobre-proteccion-de-datos-de-caracter-personal-en-listas</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>Recuerde que si est</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>�</span><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'> suscrito a una lista voluntaria Ud. puede darse de baja<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>desde la propia aplicaci</span><span lang=DE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>�</span><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>n en el momento en que lo desee. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><a href="http://listas.unizar.es" target="_blank" title="http://listas.unizar.es">http://listas.unizar.es</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'>---------- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=DE style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>