[General] Fwd: <NO>OOXML: Your action is required: Contact KOWSMD now!

[Faisal AlAbhoul]

The move never stops, thought of sharing this with
your gents.

--- Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at ffii.org> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:31:17 +0100
> From: Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at ffii.org>
> To: kuwait at q8net.com
> Subject: <NO>OOXML: Your action is required: Contact
> KOWSMD now!
> 
> 
> Dear Faisal AlAbhoul,
> 
> You signed the <NO>OOXML petition, a movement backed
> now by more than
> 70.000 supporters worldwide. Our effort to influence
> the OOXML (Office
> Open XML) standardization process has been an
> astonishing success so
> far. We aim for at least 100.000 signatures in
> February when the Geneva
> Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM) will convene with
> the aim to resolve
> comments.
> 
> Microsoft is trying by all means to get its
> "standard" adopted without
> substantial changes despite of its thousands of
> officially reported
> technical flaws and the pre-existence of ISO
> 26300:2006 (OpenDocument,
> ODF) as the most appropriate international standard
> for the
> representation of office documents.
> 
> By next Tuesday Dec 11 2007 delegates from your
> National Standards Body
> KOWSMD who will participate in the BRM have to be
> announced to
> ISO. At least Portugal and Ireland will be
> represented by Microsoft. In
> many other countries, we know that Microsoft gold
> partners are proposing
> themselves as heads of national delegations. Many of
> them will prevail
> if we do not take action.
> 
> Will you let Microsoft represent your country at
> Geneva and decide the
> future of OOXML?
> 
> You can make a difference and call now KOWSMD at
> +965-5302626 and help
> us to find out:
> 
>   a. Who will represent KOWSMD on DIS 29500 at the
> Ballot
>      Resolution Meeting in Geneva?
>   b. When will the decision on delegates be made and
> if KOWSMD is
>      aware of the Dec 11 deadline?
>   c. Does your national delegates for the BRM are
> independent enough
>      from Microsoft?
>   d. Does the responsible Committee of KOWSMD for
> DIS 29500 work
>      on resolution proposals for all the 3500
> comments tabled or - if at
>      all - only for the national comments that they
> submitted?
> 
> Please report your findings by replying to this
> email, we will update
> this page with the members of each national
> delegation:
> 
> http://www.noooxml.org/brm
> 
> More things that you can do to help our effort
> against this broken
> standard proposal:
> 
>   1. Join our mailing list and get in touch with
> many other
>      activists:
>     
> http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/noooxml-club
>   2. Become a member of FFII, the worldwide
> association leading the
>      <NO>OOXML campaign:
>      http://action.ffii.org/member_application
>   3. Become a member of DIGISTAN, the organization
> for the promotion
>      of true digital open standards worldwide;
> please indicate your
>      interests to: members at digistan.org
>   4. Blog about OOXML which shapes the public
> debate; blogging has been
>      instrumental to our success in Sweden for
> example;
>   5. support our campaign work with financial means:
>      http://www.noooxml.org/donations
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> --
> Benjamin Henrion <bhenrion at ffii.org>
> <NO>OOXML Campaign leader
> 


Faisal AlAbhoul