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BIO
The McElroys are a husband and wife collaborative artist, technology, and business team who bring significant artistic, technology and community development skills to Corporate Performance Artists. Joseph, is a graduate of Computer Science from Duke University and a former team leader at IBM. He has been a CEO of several companies, and has been responsible for raising $2 million to fund a startup company called EveryDayPrint.com, which while part of the dot-com boom and bust, he managed to bring to profitability and which still survives to this day.
Donna was an operations manager and PR specialist in the firms they have started together. She has recently been credited by several business leaders in the Bronx as being "top spokesperson for the Bronx." She is active in many community development projects, such as participating on the Board of the Bruckner Arts and Antique District, and working to promote many Bronx activities through an online newsletter called Cupcake Kaleidoscope.
Joseph was the leader of the Open Source Sig for the New York Software Industry Association. And was track co-chair for Open Source at the 2001 New York Software Industry Summit. He was on the advisory board for PostgreSql, Inc - the leading Open Source Database and has had articles published by Lutris Technologies and Open Magazine on Open Source business models and technology solutions. He is a database expert with extensive Fortune 500 experience. Among other awards, he won an IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
From magazine "Open" issue September 2001 - "The McElroys kick open the doors of old business models and capitalize on what they believe." The McElroys have achieved re-known as Open Source visionaries with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine, and others. Joseph and Donna make no claims of divine insight, but in review by Lewis Lacock, it is said, "that this dynamic duo of art are the closest things we have to true shamans today". They are doing their best to pursue the knowledge to support such claims someday.
HIGHLIGHTS
* Achieved reputation as Open Source visionarys with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine among others.
* National Columnist on Money Matters for Gather.com.
* Judge for the Advanced Technical Categories of the Emmys.
* Successfully raised $2 million funding for startup.
* Successfully built and sold two technology businesses.
* First Entry into the Multimedia wing of the Museum of Computer Art.
* Artwork collected by the Library at Cornell University.
* Artwork in the collection of Rhizome.org.
* Developed first ever Exhibition Catalog completely on CD Rom. Done for Alternative Museum. Reviewed by New York Times.
* Selected to attend first ever Summer Institute for Performance Art at The Kitchen in NYC.
* IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
* Various academic, mathematic and scholarship awards. Attended Duke University on a full scholarship in mathematics.
* Poetry published in various journals. Art exhibited in museum shows.
* Certificate of Artistic Excellence from Congressman Jose Serrano.
* Recognized by Bronx Borough President Aldofo Carrion for contributions to the community.
Donna was an operations manager and PR specialist in the firms they have started together. She has recently been credited by several business leaders in the Bronx as being "top spokesperson for the Bronx." She is active in many community development projects, such as participating on the Board of the Bruckner Arts and Antique District, and working to promote many Bronx activities through an online newsletter called Cupcake Kaleidoscope.
Joseph was the leader of the Open Source Sig for the New York Software Industry Association. And was track co-chair for Open Source at the 2001 New York Software Industry Summit. He was on the advisory board for PostgreSql, Inc - the leading Open Source Database and has had articles published by Lutris Technologies and Open Magazine on Open Source business models and technology solutions. He is a database expert with extensive Fortune 500 experience. Among other awards, he won an IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
From magazine "Open" issue September 2001 - "The McElroys kick open the doors of old business models and capitalize on what they believe." The McElroys have achieved re-known as Open Source visionaries with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine, and others. Joseph and Donna make no claims of divine insight, but in review by Lewis Lacock, it is said, "that this dynamic duo of art are the closest things we have to true shamans today". They are doing their best to pursue the knowledge to support such claims someday.
HIGHLIGHTS
* Achieved reputation as Open Source visionarys with interviews by Interactive Week, Infoworld, Fortune Technology, Open magazine among others.
* National Columnist on Money Matters for Gather.com.
* Judge for the Advanced Technical Categories of the Emmys.
* Successfully raised $2 million funding for startup.
* Successfully built and sold two technology businesses.
* First Entry into the Multimedia wing of the Museum of Computer Art.
* Artwork collected by the Library at Cornell University.
* Artwork in the collection of Rhizome.org.
* Developed first ever Exhibition Catalog completely on CD Rom. Done for Alternative Museum. Reviewed by New York Times.
* Selected to attend first ever Summer Institute for Performance Art at The Kitchen in NYC.
* IBM Division Award for Technical Excellence.
* Various academic, mathematic and scholarship awards. Attended Duke University on a full scholarship in mathematics.
* Poetry published in various journals. Art exhibited in museum shows.
* Certificate of Artistic Excellence from Congressman Jose Serrano.
* Recognized by Bronx Borough President Aldofo Carrion for contributions to the community.
Re: Membership fee?
Ok lets get it organized.
Max, you curate the CD show.
Lee, you promote the show
I will get the first 100 CDs mastered and printed.
We sell it for $50 bucks a peice.
I cover my costs and Rhizome should net around $4500
Ready 2 go?
joseph
Quoting Lee Wells <leewells@bb19.net>:
> I donate art to Rhizome, music, images, etc. The CD Idea is preaty good and
> has worked for other nonprofit org like, Lumpen Magazine in Chicago.
> http://www.lumpen.com/
>
> on 10/25/02 2:12 AM, Max Herman at maxnmherman@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Yeah, I was thinking a big fatty music CD, all proceeds to Rhizome, I'd
> > donate a song'r two.
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: joseph@electrichands.com
> >> Reply-To: joseph@electrichands.com
> >> To: Mark Tribe <mt@rhizome.org>
> >> CC: list@rhizome.org
> >> Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Membership fee?
> >> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 05:45:52 +0000
> >>
> >> Its time to talk about industry mergers. Forget the membership fees, very
> >> few
> >> will pay. If you are about to fold, either fold, or start a capital
> >> campaign
> >> to raise 7 figures. Fold or Bold.
> >>
> >> joseph
> >>
> >>
> >> Quoting Mark Tribe <mt@rhizome.org>:
> >>
> >>> Hi Rhizomers:
> >>>
> >>> I am hoping to start a discussion here on Raw about Rhizome's financial
> >>> situation and a possible solution. This email is rather long, but I'd
> >>> appreciate it if you'd take the time to read it through, give it some
> >>> thought, and let me know what you think.
> >>>
> >>> First, some background information. It will cost about $400,000 to
> >> operate
> >>> Rhizome.org this year. Here's how we spend it: $6,000 on administrative
> >>> fees (mostly processing credit card gifts); $122,000 on operating
> >> expenses
> >>> (phone, rent, web hosting, office supplies, etc.); $177,000 on payroll
> >>> costs (salaries, health insurance, payroll taxes, etc.); $93,000 on
> >>> professional fees (writers, commissions, consultants, etc.). These
> >> numbers
> >>> may seem high to some of you, but we actually run a very lean, efficient
> >>> operation. It simply costs a lot of money to run a nonprofit
> >> organization
> >>> that offers as many programs to as many people as we do.
> >>>
> >>> In the past, most of our revenue has come from foundations, but
> >> foundation
> >>> support is shrinking. We had hoped to make up the difference through
> >> earned
> >>> income from web hosting and online education, but those services are
> >>> getting off to a slow start. We have also, as you surely know, tried
> >> asking
> >>> for voluntary contributions. But so far this year only about 1% of our
> >>> 19,000 members have made gifts.
> >>>
> >>> The Rhizome Board of Directors met for its quarterly meeting last
> >> Friday.
> >>> The main topic was how to solve our financial problems. I proposed
> >> putting
> >>> the organization into hibernation mode. This would entail shutting down
> >> the
> >>> office, laying off the staff and discontinuing most of our programs. We
> >>> would keep the web site up, ask the SuperUsers to continue to publish
> >>> texts, and keep Raw online. But everything else would stop: no more
> >> Digest
> >>> or Net Art News, no more commissions, no more events. We'd stop adding
> >> new
> >>> projects to the ArtBase, stop improving the web site (we have a long
> >> list
> >>> of bugs to fix and features to add) and stop planning new programs.
> >>>
> >>> The Board felt that hibernation would be a big mistake. Once we went
> >> into
> >>> hibernation, they argued, it would be very hard to re-emerge and rebuild
> >>> momentum. Foundations would lose confidence in us (not to mention the
> >> fact
> >>> that we wouldn't have anyone to write the grants). Most important, our
> >>> ability to fulfill our mission would be compromised.
> >>>
> >>> Then someone suggested charging a membership fee. This idea has been
> >>> proposed before, and I have always opposed it. Rhizome is for everyone,
> >> I
> >>> argued, not just for those who can afford it. I argued that we'd lose
> >>> thousands of members and that our community would become less diverse.
> >>>
> >>> Then we looked at the numbers. The gap between our expenses and what we
> >> can
> >>> raise from foundations, the government, earned income and other sources
> >> is
> >>> about $100,000. That's about $5 per member. If every member gave $5,
> >>> Rhizome would be financially stable. We could continue to grow and serve
> >>> the community.
> >>>
> >>> The board argued that we pay to subscribe to magazines, to enter museums
> >>> and to see performances. We pay to attend festivals and conferences. Why
> >>> shouldn't we pay for Rhizome? Because it's online?
> >>>
> >>> Consider this hypothetical scenario. Let's say we introduced a
> >>> sliding-scale membership fee starting at $11 per year with "thank you
> >>> gifts" (T-shirts, etc.) at higher levels. By paying $11 a year (or more
> >> if
> >>> you could afford it), you get access to everything: Raw, Rare, Digest,
> >> Net
> >>> Art News, the Calendar, Opportunity Listings, ArtBase, Commissions, etc.
> >>> Maybe we'd keep Raw free. Maybe we'd give new memebers a free trial
> >> period
> >>> so they could check out the goods before they have to pay.
> >>>
> >>> Would you pay the fee?
> >>>
> >>> What do you think about the idea of a sliding-scale membership fee for
> >>> Rhizome.org? Good idea? Bad idea?
> >>>
> >>> Do you think it would be better to go into hibernation?
> >>>
> >>> I am eagerly awaiting your responses.
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> + new media rugby
> >>> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> >>> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> >>> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> >>> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> >>> +
> >>> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> >>> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >> + new media rugby
> >> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> >> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> >> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> >> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> >> +
> >> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> >> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Get faster connections
Max, you curate the CD show.
Lee, you promote the show
I will get the first 100 CDs mastered and printed.
We sell it for $50 bucks a peice.
I cover my costs and Rhizome should net around $4500
Ready 2 go?
joseph
Quoting Lee Wells <leewells@bb19.net>:
> I donate art to Rhizome, music, images, etc. The CD Idea is preaty good and
> has worked for other nonprofit org like, Lumpen Magazine in Chicago.
> http://www.lumpen.com/
>
> on 10/25/02 2:12 AM, Max Herman at maxnmherman@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Yeah, I was thinking a big fatty music CD, all proceeds to Rhizome, I'd
> > donate a song'r two.
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: joseph@electrichands.com
> >> Reply-To: joseph@electrichands.com
> >> To: Mark Tribe <mt@rhizome.org>
> >> CC: list@rhizome.org
> >> Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Membership fee?
> >> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 05:45:52 +0000
> >>
> >> Its time to talk about industry mergers. Forget the membership fees, very
> >> few
> >> will pay. If you are about to fold, either fold, or start a capital
> >> campaign
> >> to raise 7 figures. Fold or Bold.
> >>
> >> joseph
> >>
> >>
> >> Quoting Mark Tribe <mt@rhizome.org>:
> >>
> >>> Hi Rhizomers:
> >>>
> >>> I am hoping to start a discussion here on Raw about Rhizome's financial
> >>> situation and a possible solution. This email is rather long, but I'd
> >>> appreciate it if you'd take the time to read it through, give it some
> >>> thought, and let me know what you think.
> >>>
> >>> First, some background information. It will cost about $400,000 to
> >> operate
> >>> Rhizome.org this year. Here's how we spend it: $6,000 on administrative
> >>> fees (mostly processing credit card gifts); $122,000 on operating
> >> expenses
> >>> (phone, rent, web hosting, office supplies, etc.); $177,000 on payroll
> >>> costs (salaries, health insurance, payroll taxes, etc.); $93,000 on
> >>> professional fees (writers, commissions, consultants, etc.). These
> >> numbers
> >>> may seem high to some of you, but we actually run a very lean, efficient
> >>> operation. It simply costs a lot of money to run a nonprofit
> >> organization
> >>> that offers as many programs to as many people as we do.
> >>>
> >>> In the past, most of our revenue has come from foundations, but
> >> foundation
> >>> support is shrinking. We had hoped to make up the difference through
> >> earned
> >>> income from web hosting and online education, but those services are
> >>> getting off to a slow start. We have also, as you surely know, tried
> >> asking
> >>> for voluntary contributions. But so far this year only about 1% of our
> >>> 19,000 members have made gifts.
> >>>
> >>> The Rhizome Board of Directors met for its quarterly meeting last
> >> Friday.
> >>> The main topic was how to solve our financial problems. I proposed
> >> putting
> >>> the organization into hibernation mode. This would entail shutting down
> >> the
> >>> office, laying off the staff and discontinuing most of our programs. We
> >>> would keep the web site up, ask the SuperUsers to continue to publish
> >>> texts, and keep Raw online. But everything else would stop: no more
> >> Digest
> >>> or Net Art News, no more commissions, no more events. We'd stop adding
> >> new
> >>> projects to the ArtBase, stop improving the web site (we have a long
> >> list
> >>> of bugs to fix and features to add) and stop planning new programs.
> >>>
> >>> The Board felt that hibernation would be a big mistake. Once we went
> >> into
> >>> hibernation, they argued, it would be very hard to re-emerge and rebuild
> >>> momentum. Foundations would lose confidence in us (not to mention the
> >> fact
> >>> that we wouldn't have anyone to write the grants). Most important, our
> >>> ability to fulfill our mission would be compromised.
> >>>
> >>> Then someone suggested charging a membership fee. This idea has been
> >>> proposed before, and I have always opposed it. Rhizome is for everyone,
> >> I
> >>> argued, not just for those who can afford it. I argued that we'd lose
> >>> thousands of members and that our community would become less diverse.
> >>>
> >>> Then we looked at the numbers. The gap between our expenses and what we
> >> can
> >>> raise from foundations, the government, earned income and other sources
> >> is
> >>> about $100,000. That's about $5 per member. If every member gave $5,
> >>> Rhizome would be financially stable. We could continue to grow and serve
> >>> the community.
> >>>
> >>> The board argued that we pay to subscribe to magazines, to enter museums
> >>> and to see performances. We pay to attend festivals and conferences. Why
> >>> shouldn't we pay for Rhizome? Because it's online?
> >>>
> >>> Consider this hypothetical scenario. Let's say we introduced a
> >>> sliding-scale membership fee starting at $11 per year with "thank you
> >>> gifts" (T-shirts, etc.) at higher levels. By paying $11 a year (or more
> >> if
> >>> you could afford it), you get access to everything: Raw, Rare, Digest,
> >> Net
> >>> Art News, the Calendar, Opportunity Listings, ArtBase, Commissions, etc.
> >>> Maybe we'd keep Raw free. Maybe we'd give new memebers a free trial
> >> period
> >>> so they could check out the goods before they have to pay.
> >>>
> >>> Would you pay the fee?
> >>>
> >>> What do you think about the idea of a sliding-scale membership fee for
> >>> Rhizome.org? Good idea? Bad idea?
> >>>
> >>> Do you think it would be better to go into hibernation?
> >>>
> >>> I am eagerly awaiting your responses.
> >>>
> >>> Sincerely,
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> + new media rugby
> >>> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> >>> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> >>> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> >>> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> >>> +
> >>> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> >>> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >> + new media rugby
> >> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> >> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
> >> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/subscribe.rhiz
> >> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
> >> +
> >> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> >> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Get faster connections
Re: Way of New Relations: Early Notes of Igmar van Shlagel
Hey max, we haven't had a fight yet. How bout you call me the most filthy name
you can think of and then I will return with one. Ok. Start.
Its my birthday, I can act stupid can't I?
Joseph
Quoting Max Herman <maxnmherman@hotmail.com>:
>
>
> Re: Finch's "Art Versus Evil"
>
> by maxherman, 10.25.02 08:31 pm
>
> Why not know, but masterpiece and ave threads seem related. Things are so
> frickin weird! I mean weird like aliens posing as humans weird. But that's
> just me, own fault, gorra bchezne.
>
> So, I looked at what bands the Strokes like, and how they seem to have been
> to fancy prep schools sorta. Anyway, are they evil? Only a dullard would get
> caught up in that. There is some relation between privilege and suffering, a
> balance, like a titre. My friend who studies Bayesian economics (the sum of
> all sub-event probabilities is greater than one, and statistical prediction
> errs in determining search-horizons i.e. finding only itself) at U of U in
> UT is a "truly nice" man, and once told another band member we sound like
> the Strokes. To say the Strokes are evil would be to ungraciously
> under-accept a compliment, which is a grievous sinful manner of evil. Fit
> only for the priest, the slave, and the liberticide.
>
> I'm a tad parry (paranoid) but it was icy sleet in Eveleth today. I swear I
> can't tell the diff between acts of god and alien prophetic manipulations
> lately. I do know that paranoia is a form of willful exhaustive anemania.
> C'est la vie. But hold on! One second.
>
> The Strokes' job is to make music, and if the sum total of all good created
> by those capable of good is less than the sum of all bad, we'll jointly be
> tasting the cracker. It's a sin to get pissy about what others aren't
> doing
you can think of and then I will return with one. Ok. Start.
Its my birthday, I can act stupid can't I?
Joseph
Quoting Max Herman <maxnmherman@hotmail.com>:
>
>
> Re: Finch's "Art Versus Evil"
>
> by maxherman, 10.25.02 08:31 pm
>
> Why not know, but masterpiece and ave threads seem related. Things are so
> frickin weird! I mean weird like aliens posing as humans weird. But that's
> just me, own fault, gorra bchezne.
>
> So, I looked at what bands the Strokes like, and how they seem to have been
> to fancy prep schools sorta. Anyway, are they evil? Only a dullard would get
> caught up in that. There is some relation between privilege and suffering, a
> balance, like a titre. My friend who studies Bayesian economics (the sum of
> all sub-event probabilities is greater than one, and statistical prediction
> errs in determining search-horizons i.e. finding only itself) at U of U in
> UT is a "truly nice" man, and once told another band member we sound like
> the Strokes. To say the Strokes are evil would be to ungraciously
> under-accept a compliment, which is a grievous sinful manner of evil. Fit
> only for the priest, the slave, and the liberticide.
>
> I'm a tad parry (paranoid) but it was icy sleet in Eveleth today. I swear I
> can't tell the diff between acts of god and alien prophetic manipulations
> lately. I do know that paranoia is a form of willful exhaustive anemania.
> C'est la vie. But hold on! One second.
>
> The Strokes' job is to make music, and if the sum total of all good created
> by those capable of good is less than the sum of all bad, we'll jointly be
> tasting the cracker. It's a sin to get pissy about what others aren't
> doing
Re: RE: Manufacturing Dissent
Quoting { brad brace } <bbrace@eskimo.com>:
>
> whatsa ju-ju been?
A ju-ju bean is a candy.
A Ju-Ju is a blessed object that is said to keep evil and negativity at bay
perhaps a ju-ju been is a holy candy that has came and went - maybe it is pope
poop (a holy relic) http://aztlan.net/popepoop.jpg
(Max wasn't that a work of art ;)
Joseph
>
> whatsa ju-ju been?
A ju-ju bean is a candy.
A Ju-Ju is a blessed object that is said to keep evil and negativity at bay
perhaps a ju-ju been is a holy candy that has came and went - maybe it is pope
poop (a holy relic) http://aztlan.net/popepoop.jpg
(Max wasn't that a work of art ;)
Joseph
Re: Rhizome Raw Religions of the World Survey 2002
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > I am a mountain, with a spiral above it and an eye in the center. I know
> what
> > you are also.
>
> Neither you, nor I are anything of the sort.
> And you lack the capacity to know yourself, least of all others.
> 'Kicking God's ass' is an idiotic, ignorant, blind-ape pose.
> 'Kicking ass' is the knee-jerk of an empty ball of impotence and fear,
> who lacks ability to actually understand and master.
>
> A farmer ape indeed you are.
Lordy, Lordy you sure take it all so literal. Regardless, my colorful use of
language reflects a colorful outlook on existence.
Anyway, it's my birthday so wish me a good one. I am off to a party.
Joseph
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 joseph@electrichands.com wrote:
>
> > I am a mountain, with a spiral above it and an eye in the center. I know
> what
> > you are also.
>
> Neither you, nor I are anything of the sort.
> And you lack the capacity to know yourself, least of all others.
> 'Kicking God's ass' is an idiotic, ignorant, blind-ape pose.
> 'Kicking ass' is the knee-jerk of an empty ball of impotence and fear,
> who lacks ability to actually understand and master.
>
> A farmer ape indeed you are.
Lordy, Lordy you sure take it all so literal. Regardless, my colorful use of
language reflects a colorful outlook on existence.
Anyway, it's my birthday so wish me a good one. I am off to a party.
Joseph
Re: Rhizome Raw Religions of the World Survey 2002
Quoting "-IID42 Kandinskij @27+" <death@zaphod.terminal.org>:
> Your egotism knows no boundaries.
> Have you stopped beating your head against mountains yet?
I am a mountain, with a spiral above it and an eye in the center. I know what
you are also.
Joseph
> Your egotism knows no boundaries.
> Have you stopped beating your head against mountains yet?
I am a mountain, with a spiral above it and an eye in the center. I know what
you are also.
Joseph