[ubl-lsc] Re: Next UBL liaison press releases

[Jon Bosak <Jon.Bosak@sun.com>]

UBL LSC (and Frank Vandamme, because Kris is on vacation):

Looks like our plan to announce each new liaison member isn't very
practical; see message from Carol Geyer of OASIS below.

I had occasion today to speak to Karl Best and Patrick Gannon
about this as well, and they have suggested monthly releases,
which seems reasonable to me.  Anyone disagree?

This plan means that I will need quotes from all four new liaisons
for our next press release.  Status of those is as follows:

   HL7: draft quote in review

   SWIFT: need quote

   VCA: quote in progress

   e.centre: need quote

I will also need four "about" info blurbs.  I've appended what
I've got so far for HL7 and SWIFT below; please review and
update.  I couldn't find anything suitable for VCA or e.centre, so
I will need Robert and James to provide something.

Jon
    
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From: "Carol Geyer" <carol.geyer@oasis-open.org>
To: "Jon Bosak" <jon.bosak@sun.com>
Cc: "Patrick Gannon" <patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org>
Subject: FW: [ubl-lsc] Next UBL liaison press releases
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:15:20 -0400

Jon,

I didn't realize you were proposing a weekly UBL liaison press
release.  While I appreciate that each liaison org might like to
be featured in its own OASIS press release, this is not advisable
from our perspective.

We would get much more coverage from one announcement that focuses
on the momentum of industry groups joining the UBL effort than a
repetitive drip of individual releases. Press will not respond
favorably to being spoon-fed this information, and those that
don't ignore the announcements outright may resent OASIS for
wasting their time.

We must be careful to maintain our credibility with the media and
that means being vigilant about issuing press releases that are
meaningful and succinct. At the rate the Consortium is
growing--adding new TCs and approving OASIS Standards, etc.--this
becomes a real concern. If editors start to brand us as
wolf-criers, it will be hard to win them back.

I strongly recommend we fold all these announcements into one
press release.

Carol

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About HL7 (http://www.HL7.org)

Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven, Inc. is
a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing
organization that provides standards for the exchange, management
and integration of data that supports clinical patient care and
the management, delivery and evaluation of healthcare
services. Its 2,200 members represent over 500 corporate members,
including 90 percent of the largest information systems vendors
serving healthcare.

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About SWIFT (http://www.swift.com/)

SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication, is the co-operative supplying secure messaging
services and interface software to 7,000 financial institutions in
190 countries.

SWIFT's global network carried over one billion messages in
1999. The average daily value of payment messages on the SWIFT
network is estimated to be above USD 5 trillion.

SWIFT provides messaging services to banks, broker-dealers and
investment managers, as well as to market infrastructures in
payments, treasury, securities and trade. These services help
customers reduce costs, improve automation and manage risk. Please
find more information about SWIFT on our website: www.swift.com.

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VCA [need blurb]

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e.centre [need blurb]

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