New OASIS PR Group

["Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS Members,

To make it easier to take full advantage of the promotional benefits of
OASIS membership, the Consortium has created a new OASIS Public
Relations (PR) Group.  This group will facilitate direct communication
between OASIS and the professionals responsible for press and analyst
relations for each of our member organizations.

Members of the OASIS PR Group receive announcements regarding:

* Upcoming OASIS press releases and instructions for participation and
quote submissions
* Planning for TC promotional events, such as OASIS Interoperability
Demos
* Opportunities to author, edit, or contribute to articles on the work
of OASIS
* Sponsorship opportunities for OASIS Information Channels (Cover Pages
and XML.org), OASIS newsletters, receptions, and other events
* Hosting or participating in regional OASIS Open Standards Day events
* Speaking on behalf of OASIS at conferences and public forums

Subscribing:
Any member who would like to stay informed of OASIS PR activities is
welcome to subscribe to this group. It is vital that all OASIS Sponsors
and Contributors have at least one representative on this list.

Currently active OASIS members may subscribe at
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/.
Member employees without an OASIS account must first register at
http://www.oasis-open.org/kmembership_info/person_signup.
Members who contract public relations services from external agencies
will need to create an email alias for their representatives using the
domain name of the OASIS member organization.

Note:
For the next 60 days, OASIS will continue to send announcements on
upcoming press releases to the general members@oasis list. Beginning in
January 2004, these announcements will only be sent to the OASIS PR
Group subscribers, thereby reducing the volume of emails sent to the
members list.

See http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=pubrel
for more details.



____________________________________________
Carol Geyer
Director of Communications
OASIS
http://www.oasis-open.org
carol.geyer@oasis-open.org
Voice: +1 978.667.5115 x209