>From Jed: > Terry Blanton wrote: > >> So, one might be drawn to conclude that he is taking a bit of flak >> from his peers? > > I might conclude that today or tomorrow, if the site is not fixed. But he > said that he has the support of the university, so I don't know what to > think. > > Also, they did not erase everything. A description of his lecture is still > available in another part of the conference announcement pages. > > There is no point to speculating but I get a sense that this is confusion or > some kind of mix-up rather than suppression. However, if it is not restored > soon, I guess it will be de facto suppression. > > I wrote a message to the people in charge of the web page, in the contact > box at the bottom of the page. I asked them why this info was delete. They > did not respond.
The lack of a response suggests a rather mundane explanation to me: Perhaps it's just a simple case that nobody is minding the store anymore. Recent economic events resulting in austerity measures can cause a lot of confusion over the reassignment of responsibilities - whose job it now is to sweep the floors. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
