joseph mcelroy
Since 2002
Works in New York United States of America

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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.
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DISCUSSION

Re: commisioning net art


public promotion, throw stones.

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Quoting "joseph (yes)" <joseph@electrichands.com>:

> > Below is some information about us and some of our work We have
> > been asked to present our network based art, and a Performance at the
> > Digitalis 2: The Spiritual in Digital Art to be held from February 23 to
> > March 29, 2003 at The Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, British
> > Columbia, Canada. We were included as the first New Media entry in the
> > Museum of Computer Art http://www.museumofcomputerart.com/newmedia
> >
> > Online Work (this would be the type to put on video screens)
> > http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/cult/
> > http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/time/
> >
> > Experience/Performance Online
> > http://www.furtherfield.org/jfdmcelroy/sailing_mice/index.html
> >
> > Poetry/Photos Online
> > http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/central/
> >
> > Reviews
> > http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/15239/94995
> > http://www.museumofcomputerart.com/newmedia/jarvis_nm.htm
> >
>
> joseph + donna (cor e form art) + (porat per ance ist)
> mc + El + roy
>
> go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
> call me 646 279 2309
>
>
>
> Quoting "G.H. Hovagimyan" <ghovagimyan@hotmail.com>:
>
> > Hi All,
> > The alternative museum <http://www.alternativemuseum.org/> is looking for
> > New York based artists to commission new net art pieces for their web site.
> > If you have an example of your work on the web send the URL by responding
> > to this email.
> > Women artists are especially encouraged to submit a URL of existing work.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > G.H. Hovagimyan
> > Experimental Digital Art
> > http://artnetweb.com/gh
> > http://www.biddingtons.com/content/creativehovagimyan.html
> > http://artnetweb.com/gh/heartbreak.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband.
> > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp
> >
> > + be me
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> > -> 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
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> +
> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/29.php

DISCUSSION

Re: Charity CD Project


How about each peice use as input, output from another piece on the CD?

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Quoting Lee Wells <leewells@bb19.net>:

> Hello all
>
> Should we decide upon a theme?
> What are the primary social topics discussed on Rhizome?
> First thing to come to mind for me was, kNOwwWARe.
> All just a play on words, sounds, images.
> I think it should make people laugh. People need to laugh more.
> How can we make this more of a collaboration that a group of individuals
> from Rhizome making a compilation CD?
>
> Help me out here
> Cheers
> Lee
>
>
> on 11/4/02 1:57 PM, Max Herman at maxnmherman@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > This is going to have to wait for me till Jan 03. I'll be off neternet
> > stuff till then.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: joseph@electrichands.com
> >> To: Lee Wells <leewells@bb19.net>
> >> CC: Max Herman <maxnmherman@hotmail.com>, mt@rhizome.org,list@rhizome.org
> >> Subject: Re: RHIZOME_RAW: Membership fee?
> >> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 02:52:32 +0000
> >>
> >> 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
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> >>>>> -> post: list@rhizome.org
> >>>>> -> questions: info@rhizome.org
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> >> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _________________________________________________________________
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DISCUSSION

Re: commisioning net art


> Below is some information about us and some of our work We have
> been asked to present our network based art, and a Performance at the
> Digitalis 2: The Spiritual in Digital Art to be held from February 23 to
> March 29, 2003 at The Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, British
> Columbia, Canada. We were included as the first New Media entry in the
> Museum of Computer Art http://www.museumofcomputerart.com/newmedia
>
> Online Work (this would be the type to put on video screens)
> http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/cult/
> http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/time/
>
> Experience/Performance Online
> http://www.furtherfield.org/jfdmcelroy/sailing_mice/index.html
>
> Poetry/Photos Online
> http://www.electrichands.com/sketches/central/
>
> Reviews
> http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/15239/94995
> http://www.museumofcomputerart.com/newmedia/jarvis_nm.htm
>

joseph + donna (cor e form art) + (porat per ance ist)
mc + El + roy

go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309

Quoting "G.H. Hovagimyan" <ghovagimyan@hotmail.com>:

> Hi All,
> The alternative museum <http://www.alternativemuseum.org/> is looking for
> New York based artists to commission new net art pieces for their web site.
> If you have an example of your work on the web send the URL by responding
> to this email.
> Women artists are especially encouraged to submit a URL of existing work.
>
>
>
>
> G.H. Hovagimyan
> Experimental Digital Art
> http://artnetweb.com/gh
> http://www.biddingtons.com/content/creativehovagimyan.html
> http://artnetweb.com/gh/heartbreak.html
>
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband.
> http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp
>
> + be me
> -> 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

DISCUSSION

Nomad Update


NOMAD UPDATE

Survival. It is a question I ask myself, the dual voice that is we,
yet Joseph. Not like a Hamlet joint, you know a doobie. Rhymes with
'to be'. Groovy. Sue me.

But the mind, the spirit of our body, is the master? Does it ride a
pink pony? Can we choose to say it and it are one? Like a fat
Buddha, lounging with my beads and wine, I shake a foot and think these
things (I shake the foot I cannot get into the cross legged position that
will not get me into the state of mind but is the state of mind).

So I ponder know|create rituals on paper, wood, and bodies (which are
one and two?) Now you know where I go for now, though now is
relative as time could be like a fishing line on a spool, going from past to
present.

Burning Man Conversations:

http://www.electrichands.com/experiences/bmstory/idx3.htm

Donna's Top twenty survival items for BM 2003

1. RV
2. Bicycle
3. Water
4. Cash
5. Alcoholic Beverages
6. Liquid Soap
7. Art Supplies
8. First Aid Kit
9. Lotions/Sunscreen
10. Socks
11. Hat
12. Blankets
13. Deodorant
14. Toothbrush/Toothpaste
15. Razor
16. Flashlight
17. Camera
18. Batteries
19. Food
20. Knife

DISCUSSION

Re: Bowling For Columbine


Quoting Wally Keeler <poetburo@sympatico.ca>:

I think you are rushin' to judgement there, but then I am known for my bad
taste.

joseph

> From: "Max Herman" <maxnmherman@hotmail.com>
> > Hey Eryk, I just saw this tonight. Anyone else see it? I thought it was
> > pretty good. About the failings of econogovernment by fear.
>
> Yes, it played last month here at the Toronto Film Festival and was
> exceedingly well received.
> I think one could get excited and claim that the movie was areal gas.
>
> From: "Max Herman" <maxnmherman@hotmail.com>
> > They saved 750. 90 dead. I had the idea of gas even before they did.
>
> Almost all the 117 hostages who were killed when Russian troops stormed a
> Moscow theatre on Saturday died from gas poisoning, it has been admitted.
> Only one of those held for three days by Chechen rebels died of gunshot
> wounds, said Andrei Seltsovsky, chairman of the health committee of the city
> of Moscow. Nearly 650 of the rescued hostages are still being treated for
> gas poisoning in hospital. Dr Seltsovsky told a news conference that 150
> were in intensive care, and 45 remained in a critical condition. Human
> rights group Amnesty International is pressing for an independent inquiry to
> reveal details of the gas used during the Russian military operation to end
> the Moscow theatre siege. (BBC)
>
> > What you said before--who knows. Judge for yourself.
>
> Go ahead. Judge for yourself.
>
>
>
> + new media rugby
> -> post: list@rhizome.org
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