[OASIS members] Press Release to Annouce OASIS Open Office XML FormatTC

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

OASIS Members:

The Consortium is in the process of drafting a press release to announce
the new OASIS Open Office XML Format Technical Committee. We have
targeted Tuesday, 19 November, for distribution.

While OASIS deeply appreciates the contributions of all members to our
technical work, we have a policy to list only Sponsor member companies
in announcements directed to the press. The higher Sponsor member dues
underwrite the cost of promotional activities such as press releases.
All OASIS e-Gov TC members--Sponsors, Contributors, and
Individuals--will be listed in OASIS member communications and on the
OASIS web site.

The OASIS Open Office XML Format TC press release, therefore, will
include the following statement:

"OASIS Open Office XML Format Technical Committee members include
Arbortext, Boeing, Corel, Drake Certivo, Sun Microsystems, and others."

If you represent an organization listed above, please notify me only if
you do NOT wish to have your company name featured. If you would like to
send a quote on behalf of your organization in support of this new TC,
please email that to me, including a name and title at your company to
whom the quote can be attributed.

If your organization is not a Sponsor member, and you would like to be
featured as a major participant in the OASIS Open Office XML Format TC
press release, please contact Scott McGrath
(scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org) for information on upgrading your
membership to take advantage of this promotional benefit.

If you are interested in joining the new OASIS Open Office XML Format
TC, please notify the TC chair, Michael Brauer of Sun Microsystems
(michael.brauer@sun.com). Sponsors should also notify me if they would
like to be included in the press announcement.

For details on the new TC, see
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200211/msg00001.html.

**Our absolute deadline for accepting Sponsor quotes for the press
release is COB Monday, 18 November.**

Carol


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