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

[KETELS Kris <kris.ketels@swift.com>]

Jon,

Could you add at the end of our quote a last sentence:

"SWIFT is also leading convergence initiatives in the finance industry, collaborating with over 30 different organisations involved
in financial standards."

thanks
kris

Jon Bosak wrote:

> 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
>
> ------- Start of forwarded message -------
>
> 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
>
> ##################################################################
>
> 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.
>
> ##################################################################
>
> 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.
>
> ##################################################################
>
> VCA [need blurb]
>
> ##################################################################
>
> e.centre [need blurb]
>
> ##################################################################
>
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