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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: Your role in stopping the war against Iraq
Quoting Dyske Suematsu <dyske@dyske.com>:
> This isn't convincing me that you are willing to learn from me.
> So, in your own words:
>
> You fail to be willing.
I never stated I was willing.
> I have no power or authority to dictate anyone's state of mind. What I say
> are only my opinions. You take it or leave it. I have no interest in having
> you believe in what I believe. If you feel that I have nothing to offer you,
> then, by all means, ignore me.
I will ignore as it pleases me, or not. You are unconcerned about your
opinions, yet are insistent upon their expression. The reason is to establish
power.
> Obviously I'm not there yet. So, you'll have to be patient with me, and
> perhaps look me up 10 years from now.
Yes, run.
joseph & donna
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joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
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> This isn't convincing me that you are willing to learn from me.
> So, in your own words:
>
> You fail to be willing.
I never stated I was willing.
> I have no power or authority to dictate anyone's state of mind. What I say
> are only my opinions. You take it or leave it. I have no interest in having
> you believe in what I believe. If you feel that I have nothing to offer you,
> then, by all means, ignore me.
I will ignore as it pleases me, or not. You are unconcerned about your
opinions, yet are insistent upon their expression. The reason is to establish
power.
> Obviously I'm not there yet. So, you'll have to be patient with me, and
> perhaps look me up 10 years from now.
Yes, run.
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER CUPCAKEKALEIDOSCOPE - send email to
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Re: Your role in stopping the war against Iraq
Quoting Dyske Suematsu <dyske@dyske.com>:
> > What do you offer to teach?
>
> The same issue that we have been discussing.
You have no truth or facts to teach, and dictating a state of mind is
essentially murder. Your "insight" into the personal nature of "truth" is a
stage many go through. It is a convenient excuse of the intelligent mind to
justify the superiority of its opinion in the face of superior knowledge or
conviction. There are stages past this.
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
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> > What do you offer to teach?
>
> The same issue that we have been discussing.
You have no truth or facts to teach, and dictating a state of mind is
essentially murder. Your "insight" into the personal nature of "truth" is a
stage many go through. It is a convenient excuse of the intelligent mind to
justify the superiority of its opinion in the face of superior knowledge or
conviction. There are stages past this.
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER CUPCAKEKALEIDOSCOPE - send email to
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legislation
We have been asked to provide ideas for legislation of benefit to artists by
the legislative analyst for a new york city councilman. Any suggestions?
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
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the legislative analyst for a new york city councilman. Any suggestions?
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
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Re: Your role in stopping the war against Iraq
Quoting Dyske Suematsu <dyske@dyske.com>:
> I do not understand what this convincing consists of. As an illustration of
> what you mean by convincing, perhaps you can convince me of your willingness
> to learn from me.
What do you offer to teach?
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
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> I do not understand what this convincing consists of. As an illustration of
> what you mean by convincing, perhaps you can convince me of your willingness
> to learn from me.
What do you offer to teach?
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
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Re: Your role in stopping the war against Iraq
Quoting Dyske Suematsu <dyske@dyske.com>:
> parties must keep redefining words, it never leads to anything constructive.
> This is another manifestation of the impossibility of "the truth".
You can't define "the truth" but you can know it. I know if you jump up you
will come back down...however you will then try to define your way out..."what
if I were in outer space and such and such" The truth is subject to our
experience of reality. You can "say" all is possible, but action makes it
possible.
>
>
> > This is not speculation, you told me of your lack of knowledge and
> > demonstrated
> > your unwillingness.
>
> Everyone's knowledge is always limited. One can always learn more. In this
> sense, yes, I could say that I have lack of knowledge, but unwillingness?
> Where did I give you the impression that I'm unwilling to learn more?
>
You demonstrated a compassion for loss of life on both sides of the equation
(to put it in neutral terms), yet are not making the effort to calculate (via
knowledge acquisition) where the balance lies. Rather, you are defending
inaction (unwillingness to pursue further) with a neutral position. I would be
speculating if I called the reason for this as insensitivity, cowardness or
laziness.
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
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> parties must keep redefining words, it never leads to anything constructive.
> This is another manifestation of the impossibility of "the truth".
You can't define "the truth" but you can know it. I know if you jump up you
will come back down...however you will then try to define your way out..."what
if I were in outer space and such and such" The truth is subject to our
experience of reality. You can "say" all is possible, but action makes it
possible.
>
>
> > This is not speculation, you told me of your lack of knowledge and
> > demonstrated
> > your unwillingness.
>
> Everyone's knowledge is always limited. One can always learn more. In this
> sense, yes, I could say that I have lack of knowledge, but unwillingness?
> Where did I give you the impression that I'm unwilling to learn more?
>
You demonstrated a compassion for loss of life on both sides of the equation
(to put it in neutral terms), yet are not making the effort to calculate (via
knowledge acquisition) where the balance lies. Rather, you are defending
inaction (unwillingness to pursue further) with a neutral position. I would be
speculating if I called the reason for this as insensitivity, cowardness or
laziness.
joseph & donna
www.electrichands.com
joseph franklyn mcelroy
corporate performance artist www.corporatepa.com
go shopping -> http://www.electrichands.com/shopindex.htm
call me 646 279 2309
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER CUPCAKEKALEIDOSCOPE - send email to
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