Paris, 3 July 2006


EFITA newsletter / 267 / European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment


Point of view (in Fr-English): new proposals
With the framework of two French calls for project proposals, we recently submitted two proposals:
- the first one (ministry in charge of industry and commerce) about EDI with a mapping of data exchanges in Agriculture,
- the second one (ministry in charge of agriculture) to develop an agricultural web TV for training and information dissemination (together with web conferencing and videoconferencing through the web).
The success of these proposals is not certain at all since experts evaluating project proposals are more oriented towards "real" technical and scientific approaches. ICT or e.g. management are not their first concerns. Most often they do not see how it is important to develop tools and methods that will help farmers and agricultural organisations to adopt new technologies, and e.g. it is always funny to see them very happy to still publish on paper and disappointed to publish only on the web.
Contact: Guy WAKSMAN
Email: waksman(a)acta-informatique.fr


Pan-European campaign promoting the environmental, economic and social viability of the sustainable use of crop protection products
See: http://www.ecpa.be/website/page.asp?mi=1&news=15467


Administrative burdens
See: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?REQUEST=Seek-Deliver&LANGUAGE=fr&DOCID=121972-2006
See: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/agriculture/tenderdocs/burden/specs.pdf
Note: ACTA Informatique organised two seminars (in French) about administration burdens (4 March 2004 & 6 Oct. 2005). Files of these seminars are available on our web site.
See: http://www.acta-informatique.fr?d=5253

Cómo seleccionar empleados... (in Spanish)
Ponga unos cien ladrillos sin ningún orden particular en un cuarto que además de la puerta sólo tenga una ventana.

Luego meta 2 ó 3 candidatos en el cuarto y cierre la puerta.

Déjelos solos y regrese 6 horas después y proceda a analizar la situación.

Si están contando los ladrillos, póngalos en el departamento de contabilidad.
Si los están recontando, póngalos en auditoria.
Si han vuelto un lío el lugar con los ladrillos, póngalos en ingeniería.
Si están acomodando los ladrillos de un modo raro, póngalos en planificación.
Si se están tirando los ladrillos, póngalos en operaciones.
Si están durmiendo, póngalos en seguridad.
Si rompieron los ladrillos en pedacitos, póngalos en tecnología de información.
Si están sentados sin hacer nada, póngalos en recursos humanos.
Si dicen que han probado varias combinaciones, aunque no han movido un solo ladrillo, póngalos en ventas.
Si se han ausentado por el resto del día, póngalos en mercadeo.
Si están mirando por la ventana, póngalos en planificación estratégica.
Y, por último -aunque no menos importante- si están conversando y no han movido un solo ladrillo, ¡¡¡felicítelos y póngalos en la alta gerencia !!!
Contact : I. KITRON
Email: kitron1(a)terra.com.br


Drunken words...!

Things that are difficult to say when you're drunk...

a) Innovative
b) Preliminary
c) Proliferation
d) Cinnamon

Things that are VERY difficult to say when you're drunk...

a) Specificity
b) British Constitution
c) Passive-aggressive disorder
d) Transubstantiate

Things that are ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE to say when you're drunk...

a) Thanks, but I don't want to sleep with you.
b) Nope, no more booze for me.
c) Good evening officer, isn't it lovely out tonight?
d) I'm not interested in fighting you.
e) Oh, I just couldn't - no one wants to hear me sing.
f) Thank you, but I won't make any attempt to dance, I have no co-ordination. I'd hate to look like a fool.
g) Where is the nearest toilet? I refuse to vomit in the street.
h) I must be going home now as I have work in the morning.

Contact: Mick HARKIN
E-mail: harkin(a)iol.ie

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