RE: Sponsorship Agreement

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

Hi everyone,

Once I receive every organization's comment (REMINDER: THE DEADLINE IS 31
MARCH), I will coalesce and distribute to the group.

Our lawyer, Jeff Neuburger of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP,
will be scheduling a meeting to finalize the agreement in early April. I
encourage all of you to make your legal representatives aware of this as
soon as possible, so that we can expeditiously conclude this process.

Thank you,
Laura

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xmlorg@lists.oasis-open.org
> [mailto:owner-xmlorg@lists.oasis-open.org]On Behalf Of Bob Glushko
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 12:07 PM
> To: 'xmlorg@lists.oasis-open.org'
> Subject: RE: Sponsorship Agreement
>
>
> It would be helpful to know what IBM's concerns or special provisions are;
> it will make it easier for us to review the contract with IBM's
> perspective
> in mind.
>
> thanks
> bob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Laura Walker [mailto:laura.walker@oasis-open.org]
> > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 8:28 AM
> > To: ACXO
> > Subject: FW: Sponsorship Agreement
> >
> >
> > Dear ACXO,
> >
> > Please read the following statement from our counsel.  Within
> > the next 3
> > weeks, OASIS will strive to reconcile all outstanding
> > questions and issues
> > with the XML.ORG sponsorship contract.
> >
> > Our lawyer has suggested that legal representatives of all of
> > the XML.ORG
> > sponsoring organizations be prepared to meet (either face to
> > face or via
> > teleconference) as soon as possible after 31 March, which is
> > the deadline
> > for comments on the current contract.
> >
> > Please work with me and your own legal representatives in
> > identifying the
> > most appropriate time/location to meet.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Laura Walker
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neuburger, Jeffrey D. [mailto:JNeuburger@brownraysman.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 2:39 PM
> > To: Laura Walker (E-mail)
> > Subject: Sponsorship Agreement
> >
> >
> > Laura:
> >
> > As we go down the road of finalizing the Sponsorship
> > agreement, the Sponsors
> > have to recognize and understand that as OASIS seeks to treat
> > all Sponsors
> > equally, whatever agreement we enter into with one Sponsor
> > must apply to all
> > others.  For example, although we negotiated an agreement
> > with one of the
> > sponsoring organizations, now that IBM has raised issues, we
> > essentially
> > have to start from the draft distributed prior to our negotiation, and
> > negotiate all issues -- including issues which were already
> > discussed -- in
> > an open forum with input from all interested sponsors.  All
> > sponsors who
> > want to raise
> > issues have to be part of that negotiation, and the agreement
> > that results
> > from that negotiation will be the Sponsorship Agreement used with all
> > sponsors.
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > Jeffrey D. Neuburger
> > Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP
> > 120 West 45th Street
> > New York NY 10036
> > jneuburger@brownraysman.com
> > Fax: 212.840.2429
> > Phone:212.827.4764
> > http://www.brownraysman.com
> >
> >
>