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[Carol Geyer]

Here are more details on the Washington Tech e-Seminar at which David L and David A have agreed to represent the OASIS EI MS. Schedule: 9 Nov, time TBD: 15-minute walk-through of the system 13 Nov, 10:30-noon ET: e-seminar (one-hour event preceded by 30 minutes prep.) D&D, please let me know if these days work for you. Format: The editor, Michael Hardy would like D&D to jointly give a 25-35 minute presentation, using PowerPoint slides for visual and the telephone for the audio part. Michael will serve as moderator. While the presentation is underway and after it is done, the audience will type in questions that go into a queue. D&D will not need to worry about the submitted questions; Michael will select the best ones and read them aloud. The theme again business opportunities for government contractors working in the field of communications interoperability for first responders. The audience will largely be people who work for government contractors, so the main emphasis of the event should be on market opportunities. That is, how do the government initiatives at the federal, state and local levels fit with the adoption of standards, the development of technologies, etc ... What kinds of market opportunities do those create? How does the OASIS EI MS facilitate this? Typically, anywhere from 200 to 400 people sign up for these e-seminars. Not everyone who signs up attends the live event, but those who do not can access an archive later that includes both the slides and the audio portion. Photos: D&D, please send me your photos (digital head shots); Washington Tech will use these to promote the e-seminar. Slides: D&D will likely want to work jointly on the slides and decide how to divide the speaking. Please use the template at http://www.oasis-open.org/private/presenting.php and prepare your slides in time for them to be reviewed by the EI MS Steering Committee, Dee, Patrick, and me. While you can certainly identify yourselves as employees of your respective companies, remember that you are speaking on behalf of the OASIS Member Section. Be sure when you say things like "We plan..." and "Our goals.." that you're talking about the OASIS MS. I appreciate that some of *our* goals are shared by other organizations and companies, and that's great. Please just keep your OASIS Steering Committee hat firmly on your head. We'll be encouraging the members of the MS to attend this e-seminar, and we want them to feel like you are speaking on their behalf. Thanks so much for taking this on. I look forward to reviewing your slides, Carol _________________________________ Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS +1.978.667.5115 x209 Register now for the Open Standards Forum: "Enabling Transformational Government Through Web Services and SOA" 29-30 Oct 2007 * London http://events.oasis-open.org/home/forum/2007