Are you frustrated or what? Don't mind if I say that this isn't an issue for Technet. Work things out whith your employer. Lon > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]namens David Douthit > Verzonden: zaterdag 20 mei 2000 7:22 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: [TN] Bad Day at Black Rock > > > On May 17th I was scheduled to present a paper titled “Conformal > Coatings and Harsh Environments” at the Fourth Joint DoD/FAA/NASA > Conference on Aging Aircraft. > > On Tuesday morning May 16th I was informed by my current employer that > not only was > I not going to be allowed to present the paper but that I was not to > discuss the contents of this paper with anyone. The reason given was it > was a possible “Conflict Of Interest” (COI). > > This paper represents over 7 years of research (4 years while working > for my current employer) and first hand experience (gained while working > for a previous employer). > All of the research work was done on my own time and at my own expense. > I have made 5 previous presentations on this subject and have been > published twice. > My current employer was aware of this previous activity and was also > aware of the May 17th > presentation months ahead of time. > > The presentation was stopped by one person who is located 2000 miles and > 2 divisions away from my current working area (my current job has > absolutely nothing to do with anything contained in the paper). During a > conversation I had with this person I was informed he did not agree with > certain parts of my paper but other areas had merit. This is the reason > he stopped the paper. > > The most painful moment of my professional career was telling a room > full of my fellow professionals at the conference, that after 7 years > plus thousands of hours and dollars of my own time and money, I could > not talk to them! > > I consider the decision of this one individual to stop the presentation > and publication of my paper an insult to the technical paper selection > committees for the SAE AEMR98 conference, the APEX2000 conference (Jack > Crawford!! I hope you are listening. You are about to get a very > interesting phone call!), the Aging Aircraft Conference, and the > Binghamton University Developments in Advanced Packaging Reliability > Symposium (for which I was selected to be one of instructors July > 31st-August 2nd). I do not believe I will be allowed to attend this > symposium! > > A bigger insult is to you, my fellow professionals. It denies you the > opportunity to review, discuss, and critique my work because one person > does not agree with some of the issues in my paper. But the biggest > danger is the insult to the entire conference process. The censoring of > individual personal efforts dilutes the quality and lowers the quantity > of useful information and ideas presented in these meetings. > > If this censorship continues I may be forced into the ludicrous position > of being the only truck driver in the world writing papers and making > presentations on electronic equipment reliability and contamination! > > Currently, no decision has been made as to whether or not a conflict of > interest really exists (I don’t hold much hope for a favorable answer). > I am not allowed to distribute copies of my own paper (even though it > has been published by the IPC and is the public domain - I think??!!) I > cannot communicate with anyone outside my company about the contents of > this paper. I don’t even know if I will be allowed to continue the work > I have been doing on three IPC committees. (Hello Jack! My company may > want to review my efforts on the coating handbook committee for > “Conflicts of Interest”!) > > The level of my frustration and anger is far beyond measure! > > Thank you letting me “vent my spleen”. > > David A. 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