OASIS NEWS: Results of Board of Directors Election

["Laura Walker: OASIS" <laura.walker@oasis-open.org>]

Dear OASIS Members,

I am pleased to announce the results of the recent OASIS Board of
Directors election. Jim Hughes of Hewlett-Packard, Christopher Kurt of
Microsoft, Simon Nicholson of Sun Microsystems and Michael Weiner of IBM
received the most votes and will become the newest members of the OASIS
Board, each serving two-year terms that begin in August.

In addition, the existing OASIS Board appointed Colin Evans of Intel to
serve out the term of Amy Krane of Enigma, who vacated her seat on the
Board earlier this year. As Colin placed fifth in the general
election--receiving just one vote less than the fourth candidate--the
Board is confident his appointment reflects well the intent of the
membership.

The new members of the Board join current OASIS directors, Patrick J.
Gannon, Una Kearns of Documentum and Norbert H. Mikula of DataChannel,
whose terms expire in 2002.

With 14 high quality candidates, it was a *very* close election--the
closest, in fact, in the history of the Consortium. I applaud all the
nominees, the member companies who submitted nominations and everyone
who took the time to participate in the election process.

On behalf of the Consortium, I would like to express our heartfelt
thanks to Eric Garcia of Sabre, Alan Hestor of Xerox, Bill Smith of Sun
Microsystems and Dr. Robert Sutor of IBM for their service on the OASIS
Board. As their terms draw to a close, the legacy of their guidance and
dedication remains with us and we look forward to their continuing
participation in the work of the Consortium.

Regards,
Laura



Laura Walker
Executive Director
OASIS
+1 978 667 5115 x201
+1 978 667 5114 Fax

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