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3) According to the proposal, the plaque will be mounted in the PARC facility lobby and will be accessible during hours when the facility is open. What days/hours is the lobby open to the public? Will PARC require visitors to register or sign in to gain access to the plaque? | 3) According to the proposal, the plaque will be mounted in the PARC facility lobby and will be accessible during hours when the facility is open. What days/hours is the lobby open to the public? Will PARC require visitors to register or sign in to gain access to the plaque? | ||
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Reply by Dick Ahrons: Security protected lobby, open to public daily 8AM-4:30 PM, 650 812-4000 | |||
I believe 7 days per week, but check for holidays. Just walk in, no sign-in required | |||
4) Some of the references listed don't contain texts or excerpts (e.g., "Alto: A Personal Computer” Charles P. Thacker, et al. Xerox, Palo Alto Research Center, 1979). Per the Milestone Guidelines, material supporting the proposal must be furnished one of two ways: | 4) Some of the references listed don't contain texts or excerpts (e.g., "Alto: A Personal Computer” Charles P. Thacker, et al. Xerox, Palo Alto Research Center, 1979). Per the Milestone Guidelines, material supporting the proposal must be furnished one of two ways: | ||
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- For materials which are copyright encumbered, or which you do not have the rights to post, give references in the text of the proposal, but email the documents themselves to ieee-history@ieee.org so that IEEE History Center staff can forward them to the advocate reviewing the milestone proposal. | - For materials which are copyright encumbered, or which you do not have the rights to post, give references in the text of the proposal, but email the documents themselves to ieee-history@ieee.org so that IEEE History Center staff can forward them to the advocate reviewing the milestone proposal. | ||
===Re: Proposal Review -- [[User:Richard Ahrons|Richard Ahrons]] ([[User talk:Richard Ahrons|talk]]) 20:31, 29 June 2019 (UTC)=== | |||
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Proposal Review -- Jason.k.hui (talk) 21:56, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
I have reviewed the proposal and the following are my questions/comments:
1) Under Year or range of years in which the achievement occurred:, please remove the quote mark in front of 1983
2) a) In the first sentence of the citation, it states the Xerox Alto set the model for personal computers for more than 40 years. At what point do you start counting the 40+ years from? Is it 1972, 1983 or something in between?
b) There is a specific distinction on PARC-developed Ethernet networking. Why is the high-resolution display and mouse that's mentioned in the same sentence not identified in the same way?
c) What is meant by "defined the agenda for the personal computing industry?"
3) According to the proposal, the plaque will be mounted in the PARC facility lobby and will be accessible during hours when the facility is open. What days/hours is the lobby open to the public? Will PARC require visitors to register or sign in to gain access to the plaque?
Reply by Dick Ahrons: Security protected lobby, open to public daily 8AM-4:30 PM, 650 812-4000 I believe 7 days per week, but check for holidays. Just walk in, no sign-in required
4) Some of the references listed don't contain texts or excerpts (e.g., "Alto: A Personal Computer” Charles P. Thacker, et al. Xerox, Palo Alto Research Center, 1979). Per the Milestone Guidelines, material supporting the proposal must be furnished one of two ways:
- For materials that are not copyright encumbered and which you have the rights to post: attach them to the proposal or provide links to the documents if they exist on other web sites.
- For materials which are copyright encumbered, or which you do not have the rights to post, give references in the text of the proposal, but email the documents themselves to ieee-history@ieee.org so that IEEE History Center staff can forward them to the advocate reviewing the milestone proposal.
Re: Proposal Review -- Richard Ahrons (talk) 20:31, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
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