ODF Adoption TC Call - 19 September 2006 - Minutes

[Alan Milnes <MILNEA@uk.ibm.com>]

Roll Call
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Erwin Tenhumberg,       Sun Microsystems
Charles Schulz,         Ars Aperta
Alan Clark,            
Novell
Gary Edwards,        
       ODF Foundation
Robert Weir,            IBM
Martha Mealy,           IBM
Alan Milnes,            IBM


Minutes
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Minutes of the meeting on 5th September were approved.

ODF Focus Area on XML.org
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Focus area launched but not much press coverage yet,
however there has been a big increase in traffic to the website and a number
of blogs had covered it. Agreed to ask the ODF Alliance to publicise it
in their next newsletter.  Rob agreed to ask the Chairs of the ODF
TC and the various sub-committees to provide constant on a regular basis.
All committee members should ensure they update their bios on the Editorial
Board page.  Erwin agreed to ensure that all the appropriate links
are in place on the site.  Erwin would continue to chase with Sun
for a testimonial.

OpenOffice.org Conference recap
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About 300 people attended although nearly 700 had
registered. The ODF panel was a great success and probably the highlight
of the event. The question was raised regarding the profile of those who
had attended and those who hadn't but this was not available. It was suggested
that asking for confirmation about 2 weeks before the event might help
with estimating attendance.

Update on other deliverables
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Erwin has uploaded his white paper to the web site
and is looking for feedback.

ODF Presentation - Erwin hasn't had a chance to review
it in-depth yet. 

ODF News / Round Table
======================

Rob mentioned the OpenDocument day at the KDE Developer
Conference (aKademy), scheduled for Tuesday Sep 26 in Dublin, he would
be speaking on a ODF Developers Toolkit.

There had been no updates from California but a presentation
to the State of Minnesota was being planned.  The situation in France
was difficult at the moment except for the previously agreed roll-outs.

Gary reported on discussions round an ODF User Group
and also the lack of ODF plug-ins.  Gary noted that his recommendation
to Governments was to commit to a file format not a specific application,
and to test against agreed benchmarks and milestones. The current political
situation was noted and it was felt a User Group could help with this.

The meeting was adjourned at this stage.

Regards,

Alan Milnes
IT Architect
Outsourcing Infrastructure Solutions 
Service Delivery Operations
IT Delivery Operations (UK, Ireland and South Africa)
IBM Global Technology Services, EMEA

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