OASIS Press Release to Announce EDXL-RM and HAVE Approval

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

--PLEASE NOTE QUOTE DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, 13 NOV--

The Consortium is in the process of drafting a press release to announce the approval of the Emergency Data Exchange Language Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM) 1.0 and the EDXL Hospital AVailability Exchange (HAVE) 1.0 as OASIS Standards. We have targeted Monday, 17 Nov, for distribution.

*Recognition*
While OASIS deeply appreciates the contributions of all members to our technical work, only Foundational- and Sponsor-level members elect to receive promotional benefits, such as inclusion in announcements directed to the press.
The subhead of the EDXL-RM and HAVE press release will highlight: 

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AtHoc, EDS, ESI Acquisition, Sandia National Laboratories, and Warning Systems Inc (WSI)
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If you represent one of these organizations, and you do *not* wish to be included in the press release, please notify me.

If you represent a Contributor-level organization, and you wish to be recognized as a leader in the EDXL-RM and HAVE work, please contact dee.schur@oasis-open.org immediately for information on upgrading your membership to take advantage of this promotional benefit.

*Quotes*
If you represent a Foundational or Sponsor-level organization participating in the OASIS EM TC, you may submit a quote in support of this work. Please email quotes to me, including a name and title at your organization to whom the quote
can be attributed, by Thursday, 13 Nov.

*More information*
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/emergency/
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200811/msg00001.html


Thanks,
Carol

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Carol Geyer, Director of Communications
OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
http://www.oasis-open.org
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