RE: New Biometric Consortium Bulletin Board
The following is a copy of an email sent to the Biometrics Consortium List.
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Dear Colleagues,
After nearly four years of being in the biometric community, and nearly four years of quietly reading the Biometric Consortium List, it is with significant reservation that I write my first email to the group.
Although I work as an engineer developing an interesting biometric technology, and although there have been times when I felt that I could add value to a conversation at hand, I have never written to the list for one basic reason: I could never get over the feeling that, despite how valuable I thought my comments might be, I was to some extent clogging the inboxes (dare I say spamming?) of hundreds of professionals whose time and bandwidth might be better spent in other ways. Of course, part of the reason I projected this feeling on others was that I had felt it myself, going through days or weeks of deleting emails that I didn't feel were pertinent to my work or personal interests.
I mean no offense to those of you who are contributors to the list - I understand that you are operating within the confines of the infrastructure we have. Your contributions have been very valuable, and a nice way for me to stay in touch with the industry. However, I, presumably along with others on this list, simply do not feel comfortable with the "push-to-inbox" format. Much more so than the inbox clutter, I feel that this potential lack of information sharing may be the greatest downside of the current format.
I understand that simply writing this email to the group may seem hypocritical. However, I do feel that this is an important view point that, by nature of those who possess it, may not otherwise make its way to the List.
Again, I mean no offense, but I do not plan on responding any further within the confines of the List. I will post this email on the BC message board, and I will be more than happy to discuss the issue further there.
Thanks again to everyone who makes this list a valuable entity. I hope you will join me in transitioning to the message board, where ideas will, perhaps, be more openly shared.
Best regards,
Joey Pritikin
Product Engineer
Fidelica Microsystems, Inc.
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