EDXL-Distribution Element

Hello TC Members,

Today is the last day of the EDXL-DE ballot.  We currently have the
required 15% (actually 16% now) of the OASIS wide membership for
ratification!  It was nip and tuck there in the last few hours of
business on Friday, be we made it (providing folks don't decide to change
their vote before 6pm EDT today).  Thanks to everyone for all the
hard work on this "Standard" - okay, Committee Specification
until tomorrow.  The official announcement will be made by OASIS
tomorrow May 1.  Once that is done, we can really shout. 

Any of you having implementations that would like to participate in the
publicity of this, let me know.  We will be looking for companies
that want to be quoted in the PR piece that OASIS will do.  I am
sure the EIC will do one as well.  

I look forward to the fielded implementations of the EDXL-DE, just
in time for hurricane season.  We now need to focus our energies on
the work we have ahead -HospitalAVailabilityExchange (HAVE) and Resource
Messaging (RM).  I hope to see you all in San Francisco with your
sleeves rolled up and ready to tackle these next projects.

Thanks also to the DHS/DM program and the EIC for their support in
facilitating this important work.

Again, thanks to you all for the hard work that is allowing us to put
forth data standards for the critical work of supporting emergency
management.  

Best regards,

Elysa Jones, Chair

OASIS EM-TC

Engineering Program Manager

Warning Systems, Inc.

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